Ian McLeod Quotes
In some roles you do get into a mode of terror. It's always very frightening - the first audiences are frightening.
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When I was a kid, I had an Atari 2600, and I would play Pac Man, Frogger, all that kind of stuff. And I did enjoy going to the arcade.
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I just didn't know where I fit in - I didn't seem to fit in my parent's generation. I didn't seem to fit in my own generation. Little by little, this took me into a spiritual search for understanding; a search for meaning and fulfillment.
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If you go to a paintball subreddit, paintball companies can advertise to you.
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What I wear is constantly evolving. I am really big on comfortable clothes. I love soft, loose-fitting clothing that has some edge or something new/fresh to it.
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Location work has its charms, and can seem glamorous on the outside, but I think living at home and having the stability of a home life once you've finished work is very underrated!
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Separate is not equal. Civil unions are civil unions. Marriage is marriage. They're different institutions.
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The idea that somebody else is going to swoop down and play the fairy godmother role is pretty unlikely, so why not take care of yourself?
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I think it was much better when you got on your horse and rode two miles to talk to your neighbor.
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I watched videos of great players. I was inspired by what they did, then I used to try things out in training.
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Over the years, I have seen the power of the oceans to excite, feed, and sustain people. I have also seen them undergo a growing onslaught of attacks, from destructive fishing practices to rising acidification.
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'Desperate Housewives' is an ensemble cast, where I played a tertiary character. I made a lot of great friends, but that show didn't keep me very busy.
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Financial crisis is the moment of truth for real collectors and true artists.
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There's not one day that goes by that I'm not listening to one of my songs or in rehearsal for one of my songs or dancing to one of my songs.
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What use was it to argue with a little idiot like this? Indeed, peasants never do argue; they use abuse.
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Where there is sorrow there is holy ground.
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Today, local economies are being destroyed by the 'pluralistic,' displaced, global economy, which has no respect for what works in a locality. The global economy is built on the principle that one place can be exploited, even destroyed, for the sake of another place.
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There is no more sombre enemy of good art than the pram in the hall.
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I gave myself until I turned 25 to make it. And if it didn't happen, I thought I'd just try to find a nice husband.
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Ideally, when you play a character, she goes away with half of you, and you go away with half of her. And you learn something.
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If you want better behavior from bankers, then make their financial incentives more like those in the hedge-fund world - where managers have 'skin in the game,' and their net worth is tied to their long-term performance.
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I can't do anything in moderation.
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Man, or at least criminal man, has lost all enterprise and originality. As to my own little practice, it seems to be degenerating into an agency for recovering lost lead pencils and giving advice to young ladies from boarding-schools.
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In some roles you do get into a mode of terror. It's always very frightening - the first audiences are frightening.
