Ewan McGregor Quotes
I'm sometimes asked 'Can you lose the accent?'and I say 'No, but I can put on another one'.
Quotes to Explore
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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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I don't believe in fate or destiny. I believe in various degrees of hatred, paranoia, and abandonment. However much of that gets heaped upon you doesn't matter - it's only a matter of how much you can take and what it does to you.
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Worship isn't God's show. God is the audience. God's watching. The congregation, they are the actors in this drama. Worship is their show. And the minister is just reminding the people of their forgotten lines.
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Those who act will fail. Those who seize will lose.
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It takes getting everything you ever wanted and then losing it, to know what true freedom is.
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Teaching my kids to give back is an essential part of parenting. It's not something that's optional. Compassion is one of the basic values that I want my children to have: that if they see a need, whether it's around the corner or thousands of miles of away, they should feel motivated to do whatever they can to help.
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I'm sometimes asked 'Can you lose the accent?'and I say 'No, but I can put on another one'.
