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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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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I never knew what my role in art was, because I was such a deep appreciator and such a passionate appreciator. But every time I would try to sit down and be an illustrator or painter, it was just not my best use.
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To me there is no past or future in art. If a work of art does not live in the present, it must not be considered at all.
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I try to use every game as an opportunity to witness. I try to do a little signal every time I make a shot as a way to preach the message in little ways that I can.
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The bad boys get all the best lines.
