Ian McShane Quotes
When you're doing a medieval show like 'Pillars,' it starts off a bit like a school play. You're all in funny costumes; you've had your coffee, and you say, 'Good morning'. Then you go on set and, if you've got good actors and directors, it takes on a life of its own.

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Violin playing is a physical art with great traditions behind it.
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There is nothing people can throw at me to say: 'Do this, do that.'
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Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.
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America tends to worship the modest talent because it doesn't put us in an uncomfortable position vis-a-vis the artist.
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It's a shame in a way that people come and go with one album.
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But the weakness comes from these Westernised co-opted Muslim leaders who just want to look good in the eyes of the West and Western media.
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In my opinion - in Georgia, there's a town called Lula. And Lula, Georgia, has the best peaches.
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Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.
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Two hundred years ago, our precursors in Haiti struck a blow for freedom, which was heard around the world, and across centuries.
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I like different statement jewelry, especially around the ears.
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I'm the most Colombian of the Colombians, even though I've lived 47 years outside of Colombia. I've lived 13 years in New York, and I never did a painting about New York. I've lived in France more than 30 years, and I've never painted Paris.
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The Democratic Party is the party of the status quo.
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I laugh at what I used to think was cool when I was growing up. In all seriousness, I thought having braces was cool.
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The spiritual virtue of a sacrament is like light; although it passes among the impure, it is not polluted.
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Like parents, cooks shouldn't have favourites, but some recipes inevitably shine more than others.
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A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events and outcomes. It is a catalyst and it sparks extraordinary results.
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Juilliard definitely emphasizes the theater. They don't train - at all really - for film acting. It's mostly process-oriented, pretty much for the stage.
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I think the biggest part of a good party is the host and then going around making sure nobody's left alone and knows enough about the people in the room to know who to introduce to whom.
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I curate my T.V.-watching quite carefully.
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The more confidence I get with making music, the more I feel like I can just rely on myself to fulfill me.
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I love to walk in the door of my home and love what I see.
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When she kissed him, he melted like a lump of milk chocolate.
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When you're doing a medieval show like 'Pillars,' it starts off a bit like a school play. You're all in funny costumes; you've had your coffee, and you say, 'Good morning'. Then you go on set and, if you've got good actors and directors, it takes on a life of its own.