James McAvoy Quotes
Nobody can be whatever they want to be. No kid can do whatever they want to do. It's a total lie. But they have the right to try and do whatever they want to do. That's their right, to aim to do whatever they want to do.
Quotes to Explore
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We are slaves to whatever we don't understand.
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There's a generation of people who've made their own money and are among the most generous people you would ever meet.
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Both my parents are Scottish, and although I grew up in Canada after moving over, all of my family are proud to be Scots.
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No, it's a Bb. It looks wrong and it sounds wrong, but it's right.
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It's humbling and enthralling to know your legacy when you're alive.
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Because Islam in its original form was tough and hard, not weak and pliable.
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You learn from the things that happen in your career. You get up and down. You never give up. All the things that happened in my career, thank God it happened early rather than late in my career.
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I was a 'young adult' when I wrote 'The Outsiders,' although it was not a genre at the time. It's an interesting time of life to write about, when your ideals get slammed up against reality, and you must compromise.
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I said to myself I've got to go up there and do it because the New York Mets keep winning every day. The game was on the line and I wanted to go out there and come through for my team. That win tonight means a lot for us.
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I just want to have a nice, happy life.
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Any cut to Pell Grants means low-income must take out additional loans or work longer hours - risk factors that increase their odds of dropping out of school.
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Sport and health are so important to our nation that they deserve to be right at the front of people's minds.
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I want to get better. Every time you lose, you learn from it, and after every win, you look to building on the tempo.
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We have now just enshrined, as soon as I sign this bill, the core principle that everybody should have some basic security when it comes to their healthcare.
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The idea of confidence, of the emotions of the population, is an incredibly important one in economics. John Maynard Keynes called it 'animal spirit.' And if people are feeling generally good about the future, they're more likely to spend money, to start new companies; companies are more likely to hire people, make investments.
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I love traditions. I mean, cultural ones.
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I always take things step by step and match by match.
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Bad things happen when people work together. Everything goes out of control.
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People who are used to constant attention and flattery become inured to the merely pleasant and become "peak seekers." They expect the highs, and when their unrealistic goals or expectations are not met, they are not simply disappointed, they are devastated.
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People accept their limitations so as to prevent themselves from wanting anything they might get.
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I do seem to work in a lot of different mediums, which means it keeps things fresh and sparks interest in me. Fame and fortune is fairly irrelevant to me. It's nice because it gives creative freedom. But just wanting to be famous is ridiculous because it's so vacuous. So, I get offered lots of different things and if they spark my interest, I'll try and do them because they form part of a wider creative circle.
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Nobody can be whatever they want to be. No kid can do whatever they want to do. It's a total lie. But they have the right to try and do whatever they want to do. That's their right, to aim to do whatever they want to do.
