Ewan McGregor Quotes
A lot of parents tell their children that if they want to be an actor, that's fine, but they should do something else first, so they've got something to fall back on. It doesn't work like that, as far as I'm concerned.
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I do get recognized, more and more every day.
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Even if we never cure a single disease, the Human Genome Project and other ventures will have been worth it.
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Consciousness is our only reprieve from Time.
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I'm more in the Stones camp than the Beatles camp.
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The walls between live-action and animation are becoming really porous, and it's interesting.
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I've been building slow, step by step.
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When I was a teenager, my dad used to put a lot of pressure on me to be successful, and I'd really beat myself up about things like losing martial arts competitions.
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I have certainly had my share of long-distance love affairs.
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Most people are overconfident about their own abilities. That is probably a good thing. But we would be horrified if a physician's aide engaged in heart surgery.
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I'm the type of person, I have to study to get an A on the test.
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My mother was a working woman, and I was alone a lot. So I wanted to be a stay-at-home mom.
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We understand how to build and manage businesses that involve technology, engineering, and people at a large scale on a global platform.
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Sometimes we smile at a child thats afraid of the dark. I think more ridiculous is a man or woman afraid of the light.
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A lot of parents tell their children that if they want to be an actor, that's fine, but they should do something else first, so they've got something to fall back on. It doesn't work like that, as far as I'm concerned.
