Saoirse Ronan Quotes

I love New Zealand. It's my favorite place to shoot. It's one of my favorite countries to visit. The people, the food, the landscape, everything about it I love.

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• I found the offer of a knighthood something that I couldn't possibly accept. I found it to be somehow squalid, a knighthood. There's a relationship to government about knights.

  

  Harold Pinter
  • Relationship
  • Government

• The differences between revolution in art and revolution in politics are enormous. Revolution in art lies not in the will to destroy but in the revelation of what has already been destroyed. Art kills only the dead.

  

  Harold Rosenberg
  • Art
  • Politics
  • Lies

• Some talk shows have become so exploitive and tabloid, I wonder if I can believe some of their guests. Where do they find these guests, and why do they deserve air time?

  

  Vicki Lawrence
  • Time
  • Believe
  • Why

• I've been living. I've been doing the writing thing. I've been being the family man. I've been traveling the world. I been to, like, 18 cities last year. I've been getting my thoughts together, trying to figure out what's going on with hip-hop itself.

  

  Raekwon
  • World
  • Writing
  • Trying

• You have to find something there that relates to the characters and reality on some level.

  

  Victor Garber
  • Reality
  • You
  • Find

• Any time you have an injury, it's going to be tough.

  

  Calvin Johnson
  • Time
  • You
  • Tough

• With few exceptions, one ought always do what one is afraid of.

  

  Viggo Mortensen
  • Always
  • Afraid
  • Exceptions

• I prefer more to kind of show people different things than tell them 'oh, here's what you should believe' and, over time, you can build up a rapport with your audience.

  

  Nate Silver
  • People
  • Up
  • Time

• I was a 'Duck Hunt' and 'Mario' guy, and stuff like that. I was never technologically driven. I never had all the cool, new toys. I was the youngest child, I wasn't the only child, so I wasn't spoiled as a kid. And, we were on the farm, so we didn't have a lot. Also, with computers, I'm not very good with them. I just check my email.

  

  Garrett Hedlund
  • Good
  • Guy
  • Cool

• Kids called me 'Skeletor' as a kid because I was so skinny.

  

  Cameron Diaz
  • Kids
  • Me
  • Kid

• Of course, I grew up hearing Latin music but, to be honest, aside from my personal circumstances, like most kids I wanted to rebel against what I considered to be such old fashioned fare.

  

  Oscar Hijuelos
  • Up
  • Music
  • Kids

• Take the time today to understand your contribution to any bad event you've just been through.

  

  Karen Salmansohn
  • Time
  • Bad
  • Today

• Dead battles, like dead generals, hold the military mind in their dead grip.

  

  Barbara Tuchman
  • Mind
  • Military
  • Dead

• There's no way I'm going to stand up for bad ingredients. We love seasonal ingredients. It's a false dichotomy to say that modern cooking is at odds with that, but some people want to have a great ingredient and no technique.

  

  Nathan Myhrvold
  • People
  • Up
  • Great

• There is no age, height, or weight requirement to skate. It is good exercise no matter what your age is. If you want to be competitive, most start young. But, I practice with many adult competitors.

  

  Nancy Kerrigan
  • Good
  • Age
  • Practice

• It doesn't matter what country or what political system you are from. Space brings you together.

  

  Valentina Tereshkova
  • Country
  • Together
  • Political

• I believe it's important that we use names of endearment that reflect a special feeling for the individual involved.

  

  Zig Ziglar
  • Believe
  • Important
  • Feeling

• I've always been somewhere down from the top, so I've never had to suffer being knocked off the top.

  

  Harrison Ford
  • Always
  • Never
  • Down

• I don't want to continue to do what I did when I was 20. I would like to continue to develop myself and not continue to hang around with bands.

  

  Anton Corbijn

• A country song is a song about life.

  

  Alan Jackson
  • Life
  • Country
  • Song

• He reached across and fingered the pendant; I felt it move against my skin. "Willow, look," He said. "We haven't talked much about what might happen, but...you know that I always want to be with you, right? I mean--no matter what." And I had known it; I felt it every time he held me--but even so, actually hearing the words made my heart catch. "I want that, too," I said. "Always, Alex.

  

  L.A. Weatherly
  • Time
  • Heart
  • Words

• The part you don't expect when you start out is all the people who come into your life wanting a piece of you, not caring about your wellbeing. The insane schedule is very difficult. Touring looks very glamourous but it's hard and gruelling - the travelling, the meet-and-greets - it was too crazy.

  

  Cheryl James
  • People
  • Life
  • Crazy

• In general, I think people are worried about saying the wrong thing to any grieving person. On a very basic level, I think they're frightened of touching off tears or sorrow, as though someone tearing up at the mention of unhappy news would be the mentioner's fault.

  

  Elizabeth McCracken
  • People
  • Up
  • Tears

• I love New Zealand. It's my favorite place to shoot. It's one of my favorite countries to visit. The people, the food, the landscape, everything about it I love.

  

  Saoirse Ronan
  • People
  • Country
  • Landscape