Matthew Vaughn Quotes
I think movies glamorize violence, in the sense that they make it in a way that it's either cool or funny.
Quotes to Explore
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I stayed in the astronaut program until 1993. People ask me why I left. I thought I had a lot of things to contribute that would be difficult to do if I stayed. I thought I could have a stronger voice as an advocate for space exploration. So I ended up starting my own technology consulting company.
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We used the Western style to express our own themes and stories. But don't forget that our heritage includes The Thousand and One Nights.
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I'm an actor, and I like having attention, I guess. There's a reason I like being on stage. There's a reason I like being in front of a camera. It's that interaction.
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Success to me is having ten honeydew melons and eating only the top half of each slice.
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Happiness radiates like the fragrance from a flower and draws all good things towards you.
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You can't play it safe if you want to get ahead.
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One of the first major storylines that 'All My Children' featured was Erica Kane, a rebellious daughter, and her mother, sort of a matriarchal type, who was trying to guide her daughter to a safer place.
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Acting is an escape from the boring person that I am in real life.
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When I was doing all this acting stuff, all these kids, like, assumed, 'Oh, my God, you're on TV, and you probably have a lot of money.' And I was living in a garage.
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Children who have an education grow up to lead healthier lives - earn higher income, take better care of their families, contribute to their economies.
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That's one of the things I miss most about Australia - the countryside.
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I've been writing songs since I was at least 20. That's what I wanted to do before I became a model.
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There is nothing so unthinkable as thought, unless it be the entire absence of thought.
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I'm not a performer who will come on stage and tell you everything about my life. It's just not who I am.
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When I was a kid just starting out on the radio, I would always watch people. And I'd see the interest they'd have in trying to get a photo with an artist or get a ticket stub signed. I guess, to me, that's the ultimate thing – to know that what you've done is important enough to other people that they want to take a picture with you.
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Women are capable of doing so many things these days, physically, emotionally, within relationships and career. There are so many things that women have evolved into and I feel really proud about where women are right now.
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We need to do more to conserve fuel or face tougher choices such as steep price increase or even quantitative restrictions.
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The live setting is always better for me. I usually thrive at live. I feel like having a band behind me and being able to interact with the crowd helps boost my energy up.
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In 'Billy Madison,' I worked with Adam before anyone really knew he was Adam Sandler.
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I worked for a temp agency called Manpower.
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You'd rather own gold; never own the miner.
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People are still thinking of solving problems by violence and war, and that has to stop.
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I think movies glamorize violence, in the sense that they make it in a way that it's either cool or funny.
