Ewan McGregor Quotes
I find that the acting's getting easier - with experience, everything is more instinctual.
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Amazon is holding its own because the service it provides - offering millions of books and other items quickly and easily from home at any hour of the day or night - is a real one, and one that was impossible before there was an Internet.
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No matter how good you are, how brave you are or anything, it comes down to that car so many times. Not every time, but so many times.
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There are certainly things labels can still provide that indie artists can't. They can pave the way to radio and pay big bucks for promotion.
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You cannot force a state to be demilitarized. Even if a state enters a treaty where it commits to be demilitarized, there's no way to reverse statehood if it violates it.
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In almost everything, experience is more valuable than precept.
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What hasn't Barbie been? I don't think I can create an occupation that she has not done yet.
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I have lots of passions - gardens, art, music and reading. I have eclectic taste and read a huge variety of books.
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I believe in forgiveness.
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We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.
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The most important thing is posture: when you get old, it's the way you walk, the way you stand, that shows it.
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Since I have been singing for so many years, I don't always need to approach a song quite so laboriously and meticulously.
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Being an economist is the least ethical profession, closer to charlatanism than any science.
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I have been absolutely hag-ridden with ambition. If I could wish to have anything in the world it would be to be free of ambition.
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Gandalf the Grey was always the guy I prefer. Gandalf the White was driven to do a particular job, whereas Gandalf the Grey is a bit more humane.
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All of the great writers whom I admire have died. I guess the most recent one would be Marquez.
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Professor Obama has at least talked to us like we're adults.
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Wit lies in recognizing the resemblance among things which differ and the difference between things which are alike.
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I still get to preach 14, 15 times a year. But you have to make a living.
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After Land I wanted to continue exploring the theme but I needed a new challenge so turned to colour. I explored Bradford and produced a series of urban landscapes that I liked, but because Land had made such an impact on the general public my colour work wasn't reviewed.
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Blacks on prime-time TV are only portrayed as comedians - and often in no better a light than 'Amos & Andy.'
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I know the movies that I've liked, and I know the experience that they've given me, so the goal is always to try to create a movie that I would like myself and that would knock me out, challenge me or intrigue me in some way. That's been my criteria for figuring out what I want to do, or also when I'm writing something or creating a scene.
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My experience in decision-making has shown that patterns are tough to break. In the military, we study an opponent, looking for gaps, flaws, or weaknesses that can be exploited. Successful leaders at all levels in all disciplines conduct this kind of analysis.
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I believe that as we face unparalleled prosperity in some quarters and deep impoverishment in others, it is the willingness of the next generation to bridge the gap between the two that will return us to our sense of purpose and focus.
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I find that the acting's getting easier - with experience, everything is more instinctual.
