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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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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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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By the end of an intense four years at UCLA, I had co-authored a new math proof, which the media, in fact, loved. As it turned out, math itself blazed my entry back into the spotlight and consequently into wonderful acting jobs like 'The West Wing' and others. You just never know, do you?
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But God, who is immortal, has no need of difference of sex, nor of succession.
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I worry about everything in the world, and it's just too much for anybody to think about, so I have my art as my consolation.
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I think music in itself is healing. It's an explosive expression of humanity.
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If you read quickly to get through a poem to what it means, you have missed the body of the poem.
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I have a background in erotic dancing, but that's mostly just - it's not professional, it's just amateur.
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Dad worked in a warehouse when I was little and I didn't see him for three years as he was doing all the overtime God gave him to buy me new ballet shoes, or a new tutu.
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I grew up in a very large family in a very small house. I never slept alone until after I was married.
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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.
