James McAvoy Quotes
I don't know why I get cast in a lot of period pieces. Stephen Fry told me that I had a face for period, that I look like someone from 1920.James McAvoy
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Quitting law school was the most difficult decision of my life. But I felt this great relief that this is my life and I can do what I want with it.
Carly Fiorina -
I am practically in the employ of Mr. Nobel. I have to meet everyone he sends my way.
Naguib Mahfouz -
I sometimes read in a gossip column that I was at a party when I was in Europe at the time. It sometimes feels I've got a Doppelganger somewhere.
Candace Bushnell -
Allowing homosexuality means allowing satanic rights.
Yahya Jammeh -
I had moved across the country, taken internships, networked, worked long hours, and called in favors to get there. And I had done it. I was working in Hollywood. So imagine the melancholy I found myself in when I realized that I didn't love casting the way that I always thought I would.
Taylor Jenkins Reid -
If I'm offered a good case in Florida or a good case somewhere else, South Florida will win every time.
F. Lee Bailey
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No one rises so high as he who knows not whither he is going.
Oliver Cromwell -
Every time a blast happens, people ask, 'But why would someone do this?' Weirdly, it hasn't been answered well anywhere - neither in fiction nor non-fiction.
Karan Mahajan -
Eighteenth-century matrons would have never have dreamed of appointing a redhaired wet nurse for their precious offspring - redheads passed on their horrible characters through their milk.
Kate Williams -
I consider myself somewhat spiritual, but not practicing.
J. C. Chandor -
My brother and I had many games. We were inseparable. We had a little team going on between us. We had even a language that was kind of like pig latin. So we'd speak in the language. It's called Op.
Lake Bell -
An old building is like a show. You smell the soul of a building. And the building tells you how to redo it.
Cameron Mackintosh
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There's nothing as exciting as a comeback - seeing someone with dreams, watching them fail, and then getting a second chance.
Rachel Griffiths -
I write a book a year while creating TV and film projects. And being a writer isn't just writing: I have to chase down paychecks and manage foreign tax payments. I maintain a vibrant relationship with readers and bloggers. And when it comes to Hollywood, I typically have to have fifteen business meetings in the hopes that one leads to a project.
Taylor Jenkins Reid -
I wanted to be a professional baseball player.
Balthazar Getty -
You got to be rigorous in your appraisal system. The biggest cowards are managers who don't let people know where they stand.
Jack Welch -
In every European nation, there have been problems in history when the society was too divided.
Harri Holkeri -
If there's 'game' in the title, I'm there! Ready to play!
Natalie Dormer
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One term that's used in this industry a lot is this notion of 'feeding the beast.' You've got all of these people whose livelihoods are dependent on it. There are enormous pressures to keep material going into it, and the pressures to feed it are not irrational. They're the basis of your business.
Ed Catmull -
Patriotism was a living fire of unquestioned belief and purpose.
Frank Knox -
God is my Father, He loves me, I shall never think of anything He will forget. Why should I worry?
Oswald Chambers -
Every age has its own outlook. It is specially good at seeing certain truths and specially liable to make certain mistakes. We all, therefore, need the books that will correct the characteristic mistake of our own period. And that means the old books.
C. S. Lewis -
Distracting a politician from governing is like distracting a bear from eating your baby.
P. J. O'Rourke -
I don't know why I get cast in a lot of period pieces. Stephen Fry told me that I had a face for period, that I look like someone from 1920.
James McAvoy