Martin McDonagh Quotes
I never feel like a smug or a smart-alec film director, and there are plenty of those around.
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It happens that I'm heterosexual, but I don't care about that. I do care about protecting the rights of 10 percent of our population who are homosexual and who don't have the ability to protect their rights.
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Somebody said they threw their copy of Dungeons and Dragons into the fire, and it screamed. It's a game! The magic spells in it are as real as the gold. Try retiring on that stuff.
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I want to pursue a career in film.
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I was supposed to be a doctor. I was supposed to go to Princeton. And everything I was supposed to do I didn't.
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My dad was really complex, and I was raised by that. My mom is really bright - very book bright - and so those things collide... I learned that I could put all of that stuff together in the world of acting, and I could make a dollar at it.
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The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity.
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Glamour is about feeling good in your own skin.
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I could probably name thousands of albums that I want.
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If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there worrying. It's the worry that gets you, not the lack of sleep.
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As an artist, you're always going to be yearning and wanting and never satisfied. I never feel like I've really achieved something.
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No one has a finer command of language than the person who keeps his mouth shut.
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We have been learning since we were children how to make money, buy things, build things. The whole education system is set up to teach us how to think, not to feel.
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Not all offers I get are exciting and inspiring. I would rather sit at home and not work than jump into mediocrity for the sake of just moving ahead. If it's a good script, I would sacrifice my personal time and grab it.
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The amount of culture going on in a small country like Israel is amazing.
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It's always nice to have more than just two hands if you're making cakes.
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Poverty-fighting programs are not handouts - they are investments.
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Winning is very important to me. I wouldn't be happy with anything less. And I work towards my goal.
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Knowing that anything can happen at any time, I made sure the people that I love know that.
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Thank God for the gays. I don't know what would have happened but I know what did happen. Good for them and good for me.
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I'm always pushing back against the last thing I did in some way, and some of that is restlessness and a sense of limited time.
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A state’s foreign policy should not just be smart, it should also be just.
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Like every country, North Korea has some very smart people. They could be contributing a lot more to science and other areas, but North Koreans are forced to spend so much time memorising the fake history of our dictators and other propaganda, so are at a huge disadvantage.
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We're our own worst enemy, ... I don't like the way we're playing. We turn the ball over and commit penalties. We're making too many mistakes and need to play smart to win football games we're supposed to win. That's why we're here. To win.
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I never feel like a smug or a smart-alec film director, and there are plenty of those around.
