Ian McShane Quotes
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When the slaves left Africa, they left us this music. They left us blues.
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There is always pressure in football.
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People have these incredible expectations. So instead of being inspired by, say, Joni Mitchell's music, I look at it and say to myself, 'I'm going to quit - why would I think of writing or performing after listening to that?'
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I did almost two years on 'One Life to Live,' so I was thinking, 'Oh yeah, I'm an actor now.'
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In this business, it's easy for either your heart or your head to be swayed, and I try to always stay true to who I am.
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White actors still get way more money in Hollywood. It's been that way for a very long time. I hope it'll change, but it's a matter of forcing that change.
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For many, Christmas is also a time for coming together. But for others, service will come first.
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I am very lucky I got fans, and I interact with them personally. I know that they have poured their love on me unconditionally, and all I can do is work hard and be kind to them.
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Islam was hijacked on that September 11, 2001, on that plane, as an innocent victim.
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I wasn't a ladies' man.
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Once computers can program, they basically take over technological progress because already, today, the majority of technological progress is run by software, by programming.
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There are 309 million people out there that are trying to improve their lot in life. And we've got a system that allows them to do it.
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I have yet to see a drama that puts forward women who are successful and also have a family... they are nearly always seen as victims.
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Even if you buy a Finnish, Korean or American phone - it will be Ericsson on the inside.
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Movies are a complicated collision of literature, theatre, music and all the visual arts.
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I went to Mission Bay High School. Me and my brother, we both went there.
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To be honest, if it wasn't for my daughter, I don't think I would have gotten out of the situation that I was in before 'Idol' because I am a domestic violence survivor.
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Some people lose sense of what their music was when their life starts to get better.
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I'm from New York. My grandparents were settlers of Long Island City. When they came here, there was no bridge, and they had to hire a boat across the river. They had a farm, and my grandmother had to go once a week to Manhattan to buy provisions - very primitive.
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The living nightmare for a red state NASCAR driver would be a gay French driver.
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Celebrity watching and speculation is almost like a sport.
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I think women realise that I love women, and very often women seem to love me.
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I do like clarity and exact thinking and I believe that very important to mankind because when you allow yourself to think inexactly your prejudices, your bias, your self interest comes in in ways you don't notice and you do bad things without knowing that you are doing them: self deception is very easy. So that I do think clear thinking immensely important.
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The bad boys get all the best lines.
