Michael Shannon Quotes
When I'm working, I don't wake up and say, 'OK, time to go be intense.' I just look at whatever scenes we're working on that day and break them down - just real intense everyday work.
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There is one confrontation scene toward the end of the picture. In the middle of the scene, I thought, That's Sean Connery! I don't know how else to describe Sean Connery. I still feel that way.
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I have two older brothers. I am the baby. We're all very, very close. We're great communicators, so we get along really well.
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A good lie detector doesn't jump to conclusions but tries to understand the person across the table, her personality, and her motivations. Your goal as a lie spotter isn't to point the finger and say, 'You're lying' - your goal is to get to the truth.
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The true character of ministry is a servants heart.
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I wasn't really excited about doing television, to be quite honest.
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The gravest risks from al Qaeda combine its affinity for big targets and its announced desire for weapons of mass destruction.
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I'm convinced that the place, if you have your druthers, to go to have that experience is New York City.
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The scariest thing about receiving praise at a young age is the fear of burning out or losing it, or proving people right that you were just a novelty. Obviously, I can see mistakes in things that I've done or said and can see flaws in things I've made, but that's just part of growing.
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I have a hyper personality.
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My goodness, my hair's been talked about by a million people, you know? It sort of goes with the territory.
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My room used to be full of Michael Jackson posters.
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Most men of business think 'Anyhow this system will probably last my time. It has gone on a long time, and is likely to go on still.'
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I think most people don't like others who, without a voice of their own, emulate the other. I certainly don't want anybody just to pick up my thoughts and hand them back to me.
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Ankles are nearly always neat and good-looking, but knees are nearly always not.
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My mother has become my daughter and I've become her guardian.
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Nobody has ever gotten a bigger push than Bill Clinton gave to Obama.
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I want to become a very good writer.
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The old injunction 'Don't talk with your mouth full' is based on the presumption that, however multifunctional a mouth may be, it should only perform one job at a time. Humans have found a way around this limitation in the form of food writing.
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Yanukovych has changed everything in Ukrainian jails - real criminals have been released, while representatives of the middle class and politically rebellious free-minded people have filled the prisons.
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For the traditional fantasies, a lot more of my research comes from reading rather than doing. I like my worlds to feel real, so I do a lot of world building research.
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Theater represents to me this phenomenon in juxtaposition to real life, where there are all these imposed guidelines.
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Real change is always violent, but it may hurt a lot less than what's in place before the violence occurs.
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When I'm working, I don't wake up and say, 'OK, time to go be intense.' I just look at whatever scenes we're working on that day and break them down - just real intense everyday work.
