Ewan McGregor Quotes
I'm just into making quality stuff if I can, with interesting people and good scripts. But it's very important that it's about something and that it says something. Otherwise, I don't know what the point is, really.
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My mom is from Cuba, my dad is from Spain, and I grew up in Miami. So there's maybe a little more flair in me than typical Silicon Valley types.
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As you probably know, I've written a lot about the presidency, so it's obviously exciting when you get to interview a president and write about it.
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I was born in San Diego, and we moved to Los Angeles when I was seven. A couple of years later, I started acting!
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Giving people some kind of control over what they do is important. Human beings don't do their best work under conditions of control.
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Put variety into your mental bill of fare as well as into your physical. It will pay you rich returns.
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Those who invoke history will certainly be heard by history. And they will have to accept its verdict.
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I write my songs and just play them, so there are not a whole lot of fireworks. As long as the music comes first, it's OK to have some fireworks. But not the other way around.
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I had to give myself permission to act, then others agreed.
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I try to write in the mornings, as soon as I'm up and caffeinated, and to stay in the chair as long as I can be productive.
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I was so sure I wanted to be a novelist. I would spend hours and hours every day writing. Little stories about nothing in particular. I recall one about someone with an illness. But my dedication wasn't really healthy, and it reached the point where I wasn't sleeping. My mum would tell me, 'You need to go outside to get some fresh air.'
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All great sci-fi is: Be careful what you wish for.
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The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes amounts to certainty; the new therefore always appears in the guise of a miracle.
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We have a mantra: don't be evil, which is to do the best things we know how for our users, for our customers, for everyone. So I think if we were known for that, it would be a wonderful thing.
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George Wallace is gone; Bull Connor is dead. He's not coming back.
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Awards are great, as you get to meet up with friends and colleagues from your industry - a sort of reunion.
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I'm a hard-luck kind of guy. Usually, things that I hope for don't go my way, so I'm very used to that. In fact, I expect it.
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I think the greatest star in American at the moment is Kevin Costner.
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My first two records were influenced by the Beatles and the Beach Boys.
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My special thing is my speed. I'm fast.
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I give a lot of credit to Darrell Bevell and to Tom Cable for their work and their development of the players that they had that was available to them. They did an extraordinary job, and I do think, as Bevell was our offensive coordinator, we broke every record that the Seahawks had offensively. So there's a lot to be said for that.
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If you find yourself feeling overwhelmed by the daily decisions you have to make, it's time to automate something.
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Within every setback or obstacle or disadvantage there is the seed of an equal or opposite or greater advantage or benefit.
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I've only ever chosen men who happen to spend a lot of time out of the country, who have jobs that take them all over the world, and I think that's interesting because my father was absent, and then home, and I've always been in relationships where there's separation.
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I'm just into making quality stuff if I can, with interesting people and good scripts. But it's very important that it's about something and that it says something. Otherwise, I don't know what the point is, really.
