Michael Lindsay-Hogg (Sir Michael Edward Lindsay-Hogg) Quotes
I didn't have the equipment for the regular world of being a lawyer. I didn't have the imagination for that. I did have a funny kind of ambition, but I didn't know where to put it.
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The lurking suspicion that something could be simplified is the world's richest source of rewarding challenges.
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The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.
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I was real into Devo, Pavement, Captain Beefheart, and the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion.
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America is a poem in our eyes; its ample geography dazzles the imagination, and it will not wait long for metres.
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I want to give a child a life who wouldn't be given a life. I want a child that nobody else wants.
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I've written a screenplay that is a series of monologues and songs; they form this sort of human tapestry across time and place. The form is strange, but I find it really fascinating.
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I try to push ideas away, and the ones that will not leave me alone are the ones that ultimately end up happening.
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In trying to scramble out of a hole, it sometimes digs it deeper.
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I guess I'm a good manager now. Moreover, I'm loving the concept of donning the producer's hat. It's all very exciting as well as a great learning experience. You're a part of a film right from its conception to its execution, and that's an amazing feeling.
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I am not in a position to be accurate on news analysis. But what I firmly believe is that Iranian President Rouhani and the government have committed themselves to a process. I don't think this process is about changing the principles of the Islamic republic, but it is about accepting a certain path of opening in the political and economic fields.
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I grew up on a farm in Oregon, an adopted child, with one sibling, and parents the age of all my peers' grandparents. We lived in isolation from the people around us, and it was always a struggle to cope with as a child. The heart can really expire under those conditions. I always felt like I was looking at the world from the outside.
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I think most people are aware of the garbage in the tabloids and don't give them a lot of credence.
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If the Rolling Stones are playing a concert across town, that's not my audience anyways. But I do find that there's a lot of people coming back around to see me again.
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I listen to a lot of choral stuff at home, but I'm also liking Labrinth, Emeli Sande, Tom Odell and Wretch 32.
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I'm a Canadian who can't vote, so far be it from me to speak for what Americans want. But, I am also a close observer of politics and media in this country, and the intersection of both - and how both intersect, and overlap with, each other.
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I never drink water. I'm afraid it will become habit-forming.
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My focus is always on the day. What I've done behind me, I try to have respect for it, and keep an eye on it, and make sure it isn't abused, and obviously be thoughtful about it, because it's all real to me. I'm basically in every band I ever was in, and the songs, I still mean them all.
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Death is just life's next big adventure.
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My two essential ingredients are chilies, any kind, dried or fresh; and acid, whether it's citrus - lemon, lime, yuzu - or vinegars. Food has to pop.
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After the 'Golden Compass,' I wasn't sure if I'd ever get another acting job.
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I do a lot of yoga and meditation. It calms my nerves and helps me channelise my energy.
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Through e-commerce, women have found a means to jump over cultural and traditional lack of available time for remunerated activities.
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So it's hard to be an artist and be true to the reality of the world you want to create and also make it entertaining and successful financially.
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I didn't have the equipment for the regular world of being a lawyer. I didn't have the imagination for that. I did have a funny kind of ambition, but I didn't know where to put it.
