Maggie Q Quotes

I'm not a vampire movie fan, per se. That's not to say that I haven't enjoyed movies with vampires in them.

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• The way children are taught football doesn't encourage skill; the focus is on other areas.

  

  Gary Lineker
  • Children
  • Focus
  • Football

• I literally was saved by a role, from becoming a cab driver. I never did have to wait tables, though, so looking back I guess I had it pretty soft.

  

  Sam Waterston
  • Pretty
  • Never
  • Looking

• For me, family has always come first.

  

  Candace Parker
  • Family
  • Me
  • Always

• I am doing the mountain climbing to empower women.

  

  Samina Baig
  • Women
  • Mountain
  • Climbing

• Eighty per cent of my output is 'Mallory clowns on the Western canon,' and I'm happy to be that person.

  

  Mallory Ortberg
  • Happy
  • Person
  • Eighty

• When I'm reading material, if I'm a little bit afraid of a part and I'm willing to admit that to myself, then I'll do it, definitely. If I'm worried about being able to do it, to get it - I absolutely just love it.

  

  Jack Lemmon
  • Reading
  • Afraid
  • Worried

• You can't write a screenplay if you've been doing a zero-hours contract. Which means that the people who write drama, the people who commission dramas, and the people who direct dramas all come from a small circle of society.

  

  Eddie Marsan
  • People
  • Society
  • Small

• It's not like I've ever been the popular pretty girl at school or anything. I was always such a weirdo.

  

  Maisie Williams
  • School
  • Pretty
  • Girl

• Vulnerable young women are being brainwashed by the radical lies of ISIS militants in the Middle East.

  

  Dana Perino
  • Women
  • Lies
  • Young

• It was hard for me to hear anyone saying they didn't like 'Billy Madison.'

  

  Tamra Davis
  • Like
  • Hard
  • Saying

• I did swimming, gymnastics, dance, and the acting was just a small part. I didn't have pushy parents; it wasn't forced upon me. They just said, 'See if you like it. If you do, great; if you don't, don't worry about it.' I was really fortunate to have that guidance and supportive parents.

  

  Aaron Taylor-Johnson
  • Great
  • Parents
  • Small

• If you get 10,000 guys to put their ideal woman into a computer, it still comes out looking like Angelina Jolie.

  

  Sally Phillips
  • You
  • Woman
  • Looking

• The movie business is a big gamble.

  

  Jackie Chan
  • Business
  • Movie
  • Big

• The Arab spring that began in 2010 was driven by the educated youth who were connected to the outside world. They had visions of liberal politics derived from social networks. They used innovative means to spread awareness and to network among activists.

  

  Wadah Khanfar
  • World
  • Politics
  • Spring

• If I still lived in Russia, I'd be dead... or a really effective oligarch.

  

  Gary Shteyngart
  • Dead
  • Russia
  • Lived

• The trouble with the artists this year is they are all obsessed with Twitter and headlines. It feels like they are all getting a bit above themselves.

  

  Gary Barlow Take That
  • Trouble
  • Year
  • Artists

• I'm delirious with joy. It proves that if you confront the universe with good intentions in your heart, it will reflect that and reward your intent. Usually. It just doesn't always do it in the way you expect.

  

  J. Michael Straczynski
  • Good
  • Heart
  • Joy

• When we cannot hope to win, it is an advantage to yield.

  

  Quintilian
  • Hope
  • Win
  • Yield

• Luxurious food and drinks, in no way protect you from harm. Wealth beyond what is natural, is no more use than an overflowing container. Real value is not generated by theaters, and baths, perfumes or ointments, but by philosophy.

  

  Epicurus
  • Real
  • Food
  • Value

• That's the thing about making a movie: You never finish editing. They just take it away from you.

  

  Abel Ferrara
  • Movie
  • Never
  • Finish

• We're seeing TV series that are as good as movies were in the '70s and '80s - shows like 'The Wire,' 'The Sopranos' and 'Breaking Bad.'

  

  Tahar Rahim
  • Good
  • Bad
  • Movies

• I was born a proud daughter of Pakistan, though like all Swatis I thought of myself first as a Swati and Pashtun, before Pakistani.

  

  Malala Yousafzai
  • Proud
  • Myself
  • Thought

• A lot of charities spend a million dollars on a fundraiser to make $15,000. It's a social swirl. They do some great stuff and then - it's called mission drift. It becomes more about the parties.

  

  Sam Simon
  • Great
  • More
  • Mission

• I'm not a vampire movie fan, per se. That's not to say that I haven't enjoyed movies with vampires in them.

  

  Maggie Q
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