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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The biggest challenge for me is just knowing how to calm down.
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All of a sudden, you have this newborn you have no training for. It's frightening.
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I don't swim! That's like athletic.
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The person senses what it feels like to be free from inhibitions. At the same time he feels connected and integrated – with his body and, through his body, with his environment. He has a sense of well-being and inner peace. He gains the knowledge that the life of the body resides in its involuntary aspect. […] Unfortunately these beautiful feelings do not always hold up under the stress of daily living in our modern culture. The pace, the pressure and the philosophy of our times are antithetical to life.
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I was writing a story, 'The Artistic Career of Corky,' about two young men, Bertie Wooster and his friend Corky, getting into a lot of trouble, and neither of them had brains enough to get out of the trouble. I thought: Well, how can I get them out? And I thought: Suppose one of them had an omniscient valet?
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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.
