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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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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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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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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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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I'd never been around or seen a black showrunner, and in some ways you wish that it wasn't a big deal.
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It's very difficult for me to look at politics with clear eyes. I'll read a story in the paper and the first thing that pops into my head is, what would my dad say about that? Then I try to break out of that and think, 'What would Said say about that,' and then it gets complicated.
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I am not an academic who happens to have written a novel. I am a novelist who happens to be quite good academically.
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I'm a novelist, and I'm a woman, and I'm considered to be a serious author whether I like it or not.
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My family was quite poor, and the NHS was recruiting people from abroad to do psychiatric nursing. It was the only hope I had to leave Hong Kong.
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I had started Zero-G specifically to broaden the public for access to weightlessness.
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I'm not a rock star. Sure I am, to a certain extent because of the situation, but when kids ask me how it feels to be a rock star, I say leave me alone, I'm not a rock star. I'm not in it for the fame, I'm in it because I like to play.
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It's a crazy world, stardom. I don't even think of myself as a star. I just like to go to work.
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There are advantages to being a star though - you can always get a table in a full restaurant.
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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.'
