Ewan McGregor Quotes
When I would knock about the town in London, I was doing it with my head down, walking very quickly and it had become the norm for me because I'm recognized there. And people are not unkind but occasionally there's a sort of British who do you think you are sort of, I don't really think I'm anybody. I just go about my normal day. But sometimes you're faced with that.
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I was raised doing martial arts.
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Good tests kill flawed theories; we remain alive to guess again.
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I wasn't a great debater.
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Do not have regrets. Guilt is a wasted emotion.
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Courage is on display every day, and only the courageous wring the most out of life.
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I think a strong dollar is the result of policies, but I don't think the strong dollar is in and of itself a policy.
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I think we have a real obligation when we do have animals in captivity to understand their needs and to care for them as well as we can.
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When I would knock about the town in London, I was doing it with my head down, walking very quickly and it had become the norm for me because I'm recognized there. And people are not unkind but occasionally there's a sort of British who do you think you are sort of, I don't really think I'm anybody. I just go about my normal day. But sometimes you're faced with that.
