Ian Mckellen Quotes
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Even when I was making the first 'Paranormal Activity,' I didn't tell anyone I was making it, not my friends or neighbors or co-workers. I just kind of found that there was nothing to gain by announcing to the world that you're doing something.
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I don't think that - you know, I'm sure that there's guys that are doing it, because I'm sure in every sport there's players who want to get the edge. But I think that it's been blown overly - way more than guys are using it in our game.
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A theoretical system does not merely state facts which have been observed and that logically deducible relations to other facts which have also been observed.
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I am a perfectly normal woman. If what we do is storytelling and represent people that we see all day and every day, well, we do not see supermodels all day and every day.
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Interior design is a business of trust.
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I am often in contact with the hareidi public and politicians.
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I don't play an instrument - I just write in my head, and I usually hear fully formed songs. 'We Are Young' turned out so much like it was in my head. But it also exceeded all my expectations.
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I can't take the theater side out of myself.
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People say, 'You should let your hair out; you shouldn't be oppressed - you're not in Malaysia anymore. You should show your curves and be proud of it.' But I am proud - it's my choice to cover up my body. I'm not oppressed - I'm free.
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Tradition does not mean that the living are dead, it means that the dead are living.
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Tonight Illinois has set a tone for the nation, that we won't stand idle hoping that our economy improves. This is a brand new day for the Illinois Republican Party.
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Sometimes, you follow your dreams. I say to the young people, 'If you have a dream, chase it.'
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The nature of good fiction is that it dwells in ambiguity.
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I am a Christian guy. And I am kind of quiet about it because I want people to take me seriously before I throw something that serious in their face.
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Obstacles are things a person sees when he takes his eyes off his goal.
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As long as you keep one foot in the real world while the other foot's in a fairy tale, that fairy tale is going to seem kind of attainable.
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Mr. Obama has an ingenious approach to job losses: He describes them as job gains.
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I'm confident in my ability to maintain a career. I don't know if it will be doing either independent films or plays in New England.
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I'm not a screamer. I'm confrontational, but I don't think that translates into anger.
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Marriage is a team effort. Both of us share that philosophy.
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When you do a play, or even a movie, you have weeks to finesse your character. You really understand why they do what they do. In TV, you get new material weekly about your character.
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Stories are not complicated. They are, in fact, deceptively simple. But like anything simple, they are difficult to create.
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My ambition is to get better as an actor.
