Matthew Macfadyen Quotes
I think people ought to do what they feel useful at the time. If I do things because I ought to do them, I switch off.
Matthew Macfadyen
Quotes to Explore
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If you have two parents who have to work, who want to work, you need to have someone to guide your child.
Laura Linney
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The South Africans decided that they would like to prove to the world they did not have any nuclear weapons and their decision was not doubted because it was the end of the Cold War, it was also the end of apartheid.
Hans Blix
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Soldiers are not policemen, and it's very unfair, even for those soldiers who have some police training, to burden them with police duties. It's not what they're trained for, or equipped for.
P. J. O'Rourke
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As Senator, I will always put the health and safety of New Hampshire's families first.
Maggie Hassan
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For me, let's keep jazz as folk music. Let's not make jazz classical music. Let's keep it as street music, as people's everyday-life music. Let's see jazz musicians continue to use the materials, the tools, the spirit of the actual time that they're living in, as what they build their lives as musicians around.
Pat Metheny
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Effective preaching starts with loving the people we're preaching to.
Adam Hamilton
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In France and other European countries, film stars are more celebrated. In Germany, if we are good at what we do, we are respected but not acclaimed. And, of course, we are not paid like Americans are.
Barbara Sukowa
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Make no mistake: the anti-war voices long for us to lose any war they cannot prevent.
Ralph Peters
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My first-ever car, my parents bought me a red Fiat Uno. I was 17 and just so happy to have a car, so I was very fortunate that my parents were in a position to get me one - it was a secondhand car, but I was just so happy to have it.
Victoria Beckham
Spice Girls
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When a guy tells me I'm cute, it's not something desirable. Cute is more like what you want your pet to be.
Natalie Portman
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I prefer to make movies which not only have a message for 'then' but a message for 'now.'
Nate Parker
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When liberty returns, I will return.
Victor Hugo
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I would try to be super-assertive in meetings and, you know, pound my hand off the table, and it never ended well. People would say, 'What are you beating the table for?' It's not natural for me.
Peggy Johnson
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That's one of the great things about comedy: we can - and should - say the things that other people aren't supposed to say. If we didn't do that, if we didn't push against those limits, we'd just be standing around onstage and yelling.
Zach Galifianakis
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The difference between stupid and intelligent people - and this is true whether or not they are well-educated - is that intelligent people can handle subtlety.
Neal Stephenson
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Often it is the case that it takes ‘just a little’ to help and support people, so they can help themselves. I have met adults and children, men and women, whose living conditions are difficult for us to imagine, but every time I come away inspired by their strength and will to improve their lives and provide a better life for their children.
Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark
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I don't reflect on sort of the age of the roles that I get. It's usually just what plays into what's believable - 'Am I believable at this age?'
Joel Kinnaman
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I think people ought to do what they feel useful at the time. If I do things because I ought to do them, I switch off.
Matthew Macfadyen
