Michael McKean Quotes
When we can figure out a way to really tour and make a profit, then we'll do it again.
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Love is important. I didn't have the energy to be giving it to somebody else in a way that they deserved, and I knew that. So I've always been scared to go too far with somebody I care for because I knew there would come a day when I'd need to pick up and finish a painting for the next three months. That day is inevitable.
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I get intrigued by a first lin and I write to find out why it means something to me. You make discoveries just the way the reader does, so you're simultaneously the writer and the reader.
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All of my books are based in some way on my personal experiences, or the experiences of members of my family, or the stories kids would tell me in school.
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That's what film can do in a way that TV and other long-form storytelling can't. It gives you this very immersive moment.
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Disney's something to be a little alarmed about. It's not just a little theme park anymore. It's now an ethic and outlook and strategy that goes way beyond central Florida.
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No man or woman who tries to pursue an ideal in his or her won way is without enemies.
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I really like the way Fox handles their shows.
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Fantasy is sort of a blank slate that everybody can project their own culture onto. Everybody can read it in their own way.
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If the gentleman has ability, he is magnanimous, generous, tolerant, and straightforward, through which he opens the way to instruct others.
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My director is usually aware of what works for me and what doesn't. For 'Srimanthudu,' I have to give full credit to director Koratala Sivagaru for handling my character the way he did.
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If you're not in a major city, many bands don't come your way, and you have to really travel to see them.
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You can't achieve anything without getting in someone's way.
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I naturally wanted to be saved, so when I came home I told my mom I wanted to be confirmed. That's the way I related to it, being raised an Episcopalian. I went to Dallas and got confirmed.
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There is no surer token of a little mind than to imagine that anything in the way of physical labor is dishonoring.
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To make the bloody thing talk the way I do when I'm on a verbal roll, in my idioms and rhythms.
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In a way, 'WALL-E' had some of the same disturbing elements that 'Up' does.
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We need to get away from labels. That's the way people talk in Washington, D.C. - through labels, through ideological frames, through partisan frames.
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A person is born with a liking for profit.
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This perpetual round of constrained civilities to persons quite indifferent to us, is the most provoking and tiresome thing in theworld, but it is unavoidable in a country town, where everybody is known.... 'Tis a most shocking and unworthy way of spending our precious irrecoverable time, to those who know not its value.
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Exhaustion is the shortest way to equality and fraternity.
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You’re supposed to get more conservative in your tastes as you get older, but I tend to go the other way. I listen to stuff that’s two steps away from white noise. But I must admit that I’ve been so busy with Napalm and personal things in recent years that I’ve not dug down into what’s going on. I’m a little disconnected at the minute but it’s not through choice, it’s through circumstance. Generally speaking, anything that’s nasty, horrible and confrontational is my bag.
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Once you teach people to say what they do not understand, it is easy enough to get them to say anything you like.
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My mom's chicken, with rice and gravy was my favorite dish as a kid, and it still is now. That's my favorite meal from her or from anybody. It's a family favorite.
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When we can figure out a way to really tour and make a profit, then we'll do it again.
