James McAvoy Quotes
I am a nerd, but I don't dive head-first into any fiefdom of nerdiness, except for maybe 'Star Trek.'
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Is there any more encouraging sign than to see an Indian, who has never been to a university, like our friend Mr. Asutosh Dey here, for example, carrying out original work and finding it recognized by the foremost societies of the world?
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Muzzle a dog and he will bark out of the other end.
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I would love to get great performances from actors as a director, because that's what I'm always looking for, a director that's going to help me go places I've never been before.
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But eventually it is a game of cricket.
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I love all sorts of music. I'm really into Damian Rice and Amos Lee.
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Every time you come out with an album or a song, you want to feel like you're growing a bit in what you are and giving people something that they can feel.
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I never saw a contradiction between the ideas that sustain me and the ideas of that symbol, of that extraordinary figure, Jesus Christ.
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You've got to perform in a role hundreds of times. In keeping it fresh one can become a large, madly humming, demented refrigerator.
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God is much greater than anything we can imagine.
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For me, a child means an old-age insurance policy. I have a nurturing quality in me.
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A lot of things have been thrown at me in life, and I've got through it all without a rule book, taking it one day at a time.
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Amaranth, the world's most nutritious grain, is available from health food stores.
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If you are not being bullied all I would say - cause I like to talk about the other side of it as well - is you know, be someone that nurtures, and if there's someone in your class that maybe doesn't have a lot of friends, be the person that sits with them in the cafeteria sometimes; be the bigger person.
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I'm a comedian, and my comedy has never endorsed violence towards gays.
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I always wanted to be a snake. Every time I saw a snake on TV. I'd always say 'Why not me?'
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The Cemetery of Forgotten Books is like the greatest, most fantastic library you could ever imagine. It's a labyrinth of books with tunnels, bridges, arches, secret sections - and it's hidden inside an old palace in the old city of Barcelona.
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This is magic we're talking about. It's supposed to go places science can't, defy logic, wink at technology, fill us all with the sensawunda that comes of gazing upon a fictional world and seeing something truly different from our own.
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My grandma did opera singing for the better part of her life; she used to sing all over the place. My grandpa was a sax player, and he used to travel all over the place, too.
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You go through stuff, and you keep going.
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There was one man who was interested in the color of music, the connection between light and music, and that was Einstein.
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Poetry is the record of the best and happiest moments of the happiest and best minds.
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It's a relaxed intensity I've got to live my life in.
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I wanted to be in 'Star Wars' when I was six years old. I asked my mom for two years, and she told me I was crazy.
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I am a nerd, but I don't dive head-first into any fiefdom of nerdiness, except for maybe 'Star Trek.'
