Matthew Macfadyen Quotes
I was quite a shy child. I would get terribly nervous and throw up before my birthday party. And then I would be fine. I feel the same now. I get nervous, then it's fine.
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River Phoenix and I were friends for nine years, and I watched him grow and mature, and I also saw him struggle. I watched him deal with the whole up and down aspects of Hollywood and saw him bounce back, so when he passed away, it was such an enormous shock.
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I need to know the price of a gallon of milk and a dozen eggs. I need to know right now.
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People should know what they want, not just what they don't want.
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Often what we do is open our house for various charity events. I don't seat according to protocol. I don't invite people because of who they are in the administration or their positions of power. The few who do come, are there because I like them.
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I got a bike when I was little, a BMX. I called it 'Fido Dido' after the tough little cartoon guy with spiked hair. I thought he was the coolest thing ever.
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I'm not the type of person that is forced.
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Start every day off with a smile and get it over with.
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The old Devil gets mad when you're trying to do good. Pray that God will move the stumbling blocks.
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Once your IQ is 150 or over, it stops beings ability and becomes a disability.
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By asking a novel question that you don't know the answer to, you discover whether you can formulate a way of finding the answer, and you stretch your own mind, and very often you learn something new.
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In your darkest moments of despair, a friend's hand on yours will get you through the worst.
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The whole point of music is being able to share your story. I've been songwriting for a long time, usually while on the road, as a way to get my feelings out.
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Men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all the other alternatives.
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Evolution - evolutionary change - does not happen quickly.
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Thirty was so strange for me. I've really had to come to terms with the fact that I am now a walking and talking adult.
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I couldn't be more proud to introduce Anne-Marie Duff, a phenomenal actress who is bursting on the world stage, to Broadway audiences as Lady Macbeth.
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'The Voice' is built on positivity. Once we started filming, I knew that America was really going to love it.
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I learned early on not to listen to either critique - the people who love you or the people who don't like you.
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I grew up in the projects in Queens, and we were really poor.
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You create a world away from home and make new rooms for yourself. But when you arrive back home in your old rooms, the world you've made for yourself ceases to be real. Everything seems to crumble. Anyone who's been sent away to boarding school can understand that.
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I've probably put up with more criticism than a lot of people out there. At the end of the day, you block out everything, especially with your personal life.
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Once we reach a certain age, we tend to recalibrate our expectations. We expect less from the world once we've seen it up close.
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They say that gardens look better when they are created by loving gardeners rather than by landscapers, because the garden is more tended to and cared for. The same thing goes for cooking. I only cook for people I love.
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I was quite a shy child. I would get terribly nervous and throw up before my birthday party. And then I would be fine. I feel the same now. I get nervous, then it's fine.
