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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The Masonic fraternity tramples upon our rights, defeats the administration of justice, and bids defiance to every government which it cannot control.
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The message of women's liberation is that women can love each other and ourselves against our degrading education.
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Grown up, and that is a terribly hard thing to do. It is much easier to skip it and go from one childhood to another.
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Act with purpose, courage, confidence, competence and intelligence until these qualities 'lock in' to your subconscious mind.
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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.