Ewan McGregor Quotes
I'm sometimes asked 'Can you lose the accent?'and I say 'No, but I can put on another one'.
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I believe in the Prince of Peace. I believe that War is Murder. I believe that armies and navies are at bottom the tinsel and braggadocio of oppression and wrong, and I believe that the wicked conquest of weaker and darker nations by nations whiter and stronger but foreshadows the death of that strength.
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Success follows doing what you want to do. There is no other way to be successful.
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I am absolutely and inherently self-destructive in that I am always making sure I'm doing what I want to do.
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Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don't mean to do harm. But the harm does not interest them.
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The people must know before they can act, and there is no educator to compare with the press.
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I'm a voice for children's books and children's reading.
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I know my country has not perfected itself. At times, we've struggled to keep the promise of liberty and equality for all of our people. We've made our share of mistakes, and there are times when our actions around the world have not lived up to our best intentions.
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I really haven't liked the commercialization of mountaineering, particularly of Mt. Everest. By paying $65,000, you can be conducted to the summit by a couple of good guides.
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Artists don't talk about art. Artists talk about work. If I have anything to say to young writers, it's stop thinking of writing as art. Think of it as work.
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I know many sports fans that don't enjoy soccer. The argument is that there's no action, not enough of it.
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Believe me, the drug of freedom is universally potent.
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Drawings, paintings, and sculptures. That's the three pillars of art academia.
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We have an ideal location for a couple of organic wineries on the island. But the reintroduction of commercial agriculture to Lanai is 100% dependent upon increasing the available water on the island. So we're going to use solar energy to convert seawater to fresh water.
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I was not a giant comic book fan as a kid, but to the extent that I did read comics, Spider-Man was always my favorite guy.
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If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.
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You've got to allow yourself the things you enjoy or you'll just be miserable.
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My life since the White House has been much more all-encompassing, much more enjoyable. The main thing that I've acquired has been access to the poorest and most destitute, forgotten, and suffering people on Earth. It's not possible for a President to actually know them.
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You can't reverse fame. You can lose all the money, but you'll never lose people knowing you.
