Matthew Vaughn Quotes
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Character is what was yesterday and will be tomorrow.
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It's fascinating to see actors who do voiceovers every day.
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My hands were constantly blistered or bloody; my ears were always ringing. I tore through drumheads and drumsticks like there was no tomorrow.
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The truth is, if we have our own reasons for doing something - reasons that we endorse - we're more likely to do it; we're more likely to stick with it.
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What happens with every role, you have to trick yourself, you have to creatively find ways to explore the mental state of your character.
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Personal records are not what football is all about, but as goalscorers, we live and die by figures and numbers because, ultimately, that's how people will judge you.
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In Malaysia, we have a lot of divas, like Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey singers. And they were all so so talented, just very talented. For example, there's this one jazz singer, her name is Sheila Majid, and I was always singing her songs.
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In a city, there's more room to be, where in a small town, you have to squish yourself down a little bit. And it's exciting for me to be pursuing a career where I don't have to be small.
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Our philosophy is you need to give nonprofit money for health, nutrition, education, culture, and sports.
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Unlike people, companies outlive their founders and their leaders.
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Of mediumship there are many grades, one of the simplest forms being the capacity to receive an impression or automatic writing, under peaceful conditions, in an ordinary state; but the whole subject is too large to be treated here.
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I've always hated the danger part of climbing, and it's great to come down again because it's safe.
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Everything I write comes from my childhood in one way or another. I am forever drawing on the sense of mystery and wonder and possibility that pervaded that time of my life.
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I love New York, I love the smell of New York... I love the subway.
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We don't have a public that really understands the world anymore, and in the age of complexity, that problem becomes much more difficult.
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Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again.
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Our community is like many around the country that have, as the gentleman from New York referenced, sophisticated planning and zoning regulations. These are elements that are developed as a result of local community pressure to balance interests.
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Scrutiny has never scared me because I have had detractors all my life.
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I live in New York, so I'm used to the audiences that cheer and clap through a play. It is unusual for London audiences.
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Your image isn't your character. Character is what you are as a person.
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I tell people to look at me and understand that everybody first told me that I couldn't be a 6-foot, 9-inch point guard, and I proved them wrong. Then they told me I couldn't be a businessman and make money in urban America, and I proved them wrong. And they thought I couldn't win all these championships, and I proved them wrong there as well.
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If the library's rarest frequenters are the ones we'd like to see in them the most, then libraries are failing.
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The financial crisis of 2008-09 was in large part the result of the so-called 'success' of people who did not understand their fiduciary duty. This kind of 'success' is extremely harmful to all of society.
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For me, I'm not Spielberg. I can't edit while filming another film.
