Michael Shannon Quotes
If I were God, I would just be up there scratching my head, thinking, 'What the hell am I supposed to do with this?' For everyone helping an old lady across the street, there's someone else bludgeoning a person to death. And sometimes they're the same. How can He separate us all out?
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California has always led the way on environmental protection and always reaped the benefits, pioneering everything from catalytic convertors on cars to stationary source reduction.
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There has to be a global mission of human progress.
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Every child should at least grow up in family rather than without one.
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Part of what's so tricky in a film that's two hours long is how many themes can you effectively explore.
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Growing up eating fruits and vegetables fresh from our farm added a lot to the way I taste and look at food today, and I wanted the same for my kids and other kids.
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Nine times out of ten, in the arts as in life, there is actually no truth to be discovered; there is only error to be exposed.
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We don't need a lot of initiatives for women in film; what we need is money.
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My mom used to tell me, 'If you read 50 books, I'll get you a motorbike.'
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I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.
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If we were the team that won out, then life was good and we felt that we were worth something.
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Americans must outgrow the unbecoming arrogance that leads us to assert that America somehow owns a monopoly on goodness and truth - a belief that leads some to view the world as but a stage on which to play out the great historical drama: the United States of America versus the Powers of Evil.
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The joy of life is variety; the tenderest love requires to be renewed by intervals of absence.
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We are sufficiently at the mercy of machines, Roger; if our music must necessarily be mechanical, then it is time for us to throw in the sponge, and abandon all hope for the future of humanity.
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It is easy to love one's enemy when one is making fine speeches; but so difficult to do so in the actual everyday work of life.
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To convince someone of the truth, it is not enough to state it, but rather one must find the path from error to truth.
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Khatami is a symptom and not the cause of change in Iran.
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I was carrying my friend in his casket to put him in the hearse, and I was thinking, 'I need to write a song for this guy, because he always told me I would have a No. 1 song.'
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There are things I can't force. I must adjust. There are times when the greatest change needed is a change of my viewpoint.
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I am not against acting in a Hindi film, but I will take it up only if the story is right.
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I've had women tell me that when their daughters see them taking care of themselves, and being defined from within, and thinking for themselves instead of thinking about that silly culture out there, it's powerful modeling.
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I remember seeing some little wrinkles in my early 30s and thinking they were interesting. But you know the horror of it is that the screen image has to be perfect.
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The average man never really thinks from end to end of his life. The mental activity of such people is only a mouthing of cliches. What they mistake for thought is simply a repetition of what they have heard. My guess is that well over 80 percent of the human race goes through life without having a single original thought.
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To be diagnosed with cancer was a frightening thing, and my first reaction was sheer panic, but I was really fortunate that the cancer was caught at such an early stage that I didn't need chemo or radiotherapy. But I know that cancer is a chronic condition, and once you've had it, you're on the list, because it can come back.
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If I were God, I would just be up there scratching my head, thinking, 'What the hell am I supposed to do with this?' For everyone helping an old lady across the street, there's someone else bludgeoning a person to death. And sometimes they're the same. How can He separate us all out?
