Stephen Mangan (Stephen James Mangan) Quotes

I dont like to watch myself on screen because in my mind there is a touch of George Clooney about me, but when I see it, there is more than a little Donkey from Shrek about me.

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• It's hard to make a good movie in four weeks. It's hard. I've done it, but it's not easy.

  

  Sam Rockwell
  • Good
  • Done
  • Movie

• Certitude is not the test of certainty. We have been cocksure of many things that were not so.

  

  Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
  • Things
  • Test
  • Certainty

• I have decided in 2020 to run for president.

  

  Kanye West
  • President
  • Run
  • Decided

• An idealist is one who, on noticing that roses smell better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup.

  

  H. L. Mencken
  • Better
  • Soup
  • Roses

• Soviet expansionism in Europe, the battle for control of China, and the 1950 invasion of South Korea would shatter once-euphoric dreams of post-war cooperation with the Kremlin.

  

  M. Stanton Evans
  • War
  • Control
  • Dreams

• I find myself gravitating towards drama. It interests me. In the books I read, the paintings I like, it's always the darker stuff.

  

  Naomi Watts
  • Drama
  • Books
  • Interests

• I was into sports and swimming as a kid and didn't spend a whole lot of time sitting down. I was a gymnast.

  

  Mads Mikkelsen
  • Time
  • Sports
  • Swimming

• At Oracle, silver medal is first loser.

  

  Safra A. Catz
  • First
  • Loser
  • Silver

• I'm not into nostalgia, and I only look back to find lessons.

  

  Ian Schrager
  • Find
  • Look
  • Nostalgia

• The battleground has been moderates of all faith traditions in all the countries of the world against the radicals of all faith traditions in all parts of the world.

  

  Feisal Abdul Rauf
  • World
  • Faith
  • Traditions

• It's because we are so flooded with American culture that we're startled when we see ourselves up there on the screen.

  

  Yahoo Serious
  • Up
  • American
  • Culture

• 'Brand-Dropping' is the term that the Kluger Agency coined to describe discreetly advertising by product mentioning in song, and we feel we can make this the way of the future without jeopardizing any artist's creative outlet or typical style.

  

  Adam Kluger
  • Future
  • Song
  • Style

• Luckily, I don't have to be anybody but Yolanda, because people don't expect me to be anything other than who I am. For an artist, it's a great place to be.

  

  Yolanda Adams
  • People
  • Great
  • Place

• The founder of the Mona Foundation actually knew my dad for years, and the more I learned about it, the more I realized I really found the perfect charity. It sponsors schools and educational initiatives all over the planet.

  

  Rainn Wilson
  • Dad
  • Perfect
  • Charity

• I'm a much more chill person now that I know who I am and know my own voice, so I don't really get nervous with live TV at all.

  

  Olivia Munn
  • Live
  • Voice
  • Chill

• It's more egalitarian on the Internet - anyone can put anything up. But in terms of the money it takes to allow a band to get good, there's less of it to invest.

  

  Chris Martin Coldplay
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  • Good
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• Clothes and jewellery should be startling, individual.

  

  Alexander McQueen
  • Individual
  • Clothes
  • Jewellery

• If you are going to be on TV for however many years, you want to make sure that you have writers that are giving you something to work with, and I got that in spades.

  

  Michael Shannon
  • Giving
  • Spades

• Always, if you win mentally, you can win physically as well.

  

  Haile Gebrselassie
  • You
  • Always
  • Win

• I think there is a generation gap. I personally look forward to, as our generation becomes the leaders, you are gonna see a change, and I think hopefully gay marriage will be a part of that country.

  

  Vanessa Kerry
  • Country
  • Change
  • Marriage

• I always had the dream that, once I became No 1 in the world, that if I had a child I hoped I would have it early enough so the child can see me playing.

  

  Roger Federer
  • World
  • Children
  • Dream

• There's what is on screen and then for us, it's if you get along with the people and enjoy showing up at work.

  

  Owen Wilson
  • People
  • Enjoy
  • Screen

• I dont like to watch myself on screen because in my mind there is a touch of George Clooney about me, but when I see it, there is more than a little Donkey from Shrek about me.

  

  Stephen Mangan
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