Michael Shannon Quotes
Theater is the best. That's where you get the work done. You just really get in there and figure something out about a story or a character or life or the world. That's where magic stuff happens.
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There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope.
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There's nothing wrong with a thick eyebrow; Frida Kahlo had them.
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Balance is key in cooking - you want a little acid, a little sweet, a little savory - the flavors should be harmonious.
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When they offered me 'Wayne's World 2,' they said: 'We were going to give this to another actor, then we thought we'd see you'. I just thought: 'Surely you always had me in mind for that just in the way that it's written?', but they never admitted it. It was a wonderful gig to do. Really special.
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I adore Bette Davis and Vivien Leigh, but more because they were good actresses. That's what makes me interested in them, that they didn't present themselves as idols; they were just doing their jobs.
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The optimal use of natural resources can be made only if there is a well-thought-out policy framework for their exploitation towards a particular end use.
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But the issue is not only life and death but our existence before God and our being judged by him. All of us were sinners before him and worthy of condemnation.
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People want you to fail.
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You don't know where life takes you.
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Kobe Bryant is my favorite basketball player. He takes risks. He goes for the shot. He isn't cautious with whatever he does.
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I'm a home girl. I like to stay home.
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This gorgeous Chinese girl gets up and I fell in love instantly.
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The Pope, I hope, can only be scared by God.
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Playing video games is something I enjoy in my spare time. I'm a gamer, always have been.
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I am afraid the Spanish American has not always a very strict regard for truth.
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The stuff I write with Joe Lo Truglio tends to lean towards horror-comedy and horror.
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There is no similarity between golf and putting; they are two different games, one played in the air, and the other on the ground.
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Bisognan di valor segni più chiari,Che por con leggiadria la lancia in resta:Ma fortuna anco più bisogna assai;Che senza, val virtù raro o non mai.
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Sometimes I think we live in a world where, even when things are good, people always feel unsatisfied with wherever they are, so I think first I just want to enjoy being happy where I am now and not let my ambition take away from being in the moment.
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A lifetime of low calories has come naturally to the longest-lived people in the world... in the Japanese archipelago of Okinawa.
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The answer to religion is not no religion, but another way of thinking of it. Another way of being in it.
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Music knits people together in some strange way. Same thing with food.
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Theater is the best. That's where you get the work done. You just really get in there and figure something out about a story or a character or life or the world. That's where magic stuff happens.
