Michael Shannon Quotes
It's a little bit odd. The first time you do the play, you kind of throw yourself into it, trying to get the most out of all the individual moments. Then, a few hours later, you're still there, wondering what you could possibly do differently than what you just did a couple hours ago.
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And it was then that I realized wow, I'm able to write lyrics and sing and stuff like that.
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Gossip can be entertaining: occasionally, I've heard the most fascinating things about myself I never knew.
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Serbia did not want to recognize our country in a peaceful way, so that is why they wanted to destroy us. All our efforts to find a peaceful solution were impossible. In order to save the people, NATO had to intervene.
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There is much good luck in the world, but it is luck. We are none of us safe. We are children, playing or quarrelling on the line.
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Music is my balance... center of my life.
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I try to get the best performance an actor can give.
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I think that I've had a very strange life.
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And I think I have a distinct voice.
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A thought is often original, though you have uttered it a hundred times.
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I don't know what the future holds, but I know that God holds tomorrow, so it is exciting. Even when I have hard things happen, He loves me so big, so much. I come through it and I grow from it, because He has got me.
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The mentality with African and European people is different. In Africa, when you come from a difficult life, when it's not so easy to eat, not so easy to survive, you respect money when you start to earn it, and you respect people more. When you respect people, they will respect you, and your life is better for that.
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My sole ambition is to rid Mexico of the class that has oppressed her and given the people a chance to know what real liberty means. And if I could bring that about today by giving up my life, I would do it gladly.
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As an actress, one of the perks is having access to ridiculously expensive clothing and prancing around on the red carpet. Who wouldn't want to have fun with that?
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One of my favorite comedies is 'Groundhog Day' and 'Scrooged.' I love Bill Murray, and I think he's a great example of an actor who is funny.
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In the evenings I studied chemistry at the University of Chicago, the weekends I helped in the family store.
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On the roads, it is one of those 'might is right' situations. If I see cars coming, I duck out of the way.
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I am one of the million or more male residents of the United Kingdom, who a year ago had no special yearning towards military life, but who joined the army after war was declared.
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On a grassroots level we say that man can touch more than he can grasp.
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You feel like you need to deal with a lot if you're from Cleveland, so you learn to let things roll off your back, and you learn that humor is the best way to deal with it.
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I've signed four autographs for Sam Worthington in L.A., and I haven't told any of the people that I'm not him.
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Stand-up is successful if they laugh. It's unsuccessful if they don't laugh.
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Using these toolkits is like trying to make a bookshelf out of mashed potatoes.
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Don't call a girl a flirt, she's just trying to be nice. Don't call a girl obsessed when she's just in love.
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It's a little bit odd. The first time you do the play, you kind of throw yourself into it, trying to get the most out of all the individual moments. Then, a few hours later, you're still there, wondering what you could possibly do differently than what you just did a couple hours ago.
