Michael Shannon Quotes
That's one of the great things about acting - you get to pretend you're somebody else, which is great if you get bored with yourself.
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Failure is success if we learn from it.
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Crawford washed her hands a lot. She washed her arms all the way up past her elbows. She just couldn't get enough done in that direction. She was compulsive about being clean, clean, clean!
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Our most intimate friend is not he to whom we show the worst, but the best of our nature.
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M.G.M. never really gave me a break. They loaned me out for leading roles but cast me in programme pictures.
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Throughout my life, I have valued relationships far more than the professionalism.
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My character in 'True Grit' would set these goals for herself that seemed near impossible, but to her they were possible. She was never going to believe anything else other than that.
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Things were easier for the old novelists who saw people all of a piece. Speaking generally, their heroes were good through and through, their villains wholly bad.
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I was always very grateful I was never hot. In the entire length of my career, I haven't been the most adored.
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The crisis of black politics can only be resolved through the development of multiclass, multiracial, progressive political structures.
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I have a ton of videos on MySpace and YouTube.
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The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.
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I have a mental coach in Korea, and I talk to her every week before the tournament, during the tournament and try to talk to her and try to get a little bit of the pressure off.
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And I think there is too much bloviating around from politicians.
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When you're first learning how to do eyeliner, it's really hard to get both lids the same. A good tip for when you're putting it on, is to make sure your elbow is on a table. Make sure your arm's really stable. And make sure you have an eye makeup q-tip to get that really sharp line.
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Remember our proud history of social justice, universal health care, public pensions and making sure no one is left behind. Let's continue to move forward.
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I could play for the worst team if they paid the most... If the last-place team offers $200 million and the first-place team offers $10, I'm going to go for the $200-million no matter what team it was.
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The pursuit of perfection always implies a definite aristocracy, which is as much a goal of effort as a noble philosophy, an august civil polity or a great art.
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My parents aren't crazy conservative. They're actually pretty open-minded. But my grandparents are, and where I'm from, East Texas, is the Bible Belt.
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I don't want to make games for 12-year-olds. I have no interest in that. I haven't been 12 in a long time.
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Great acting is about listening to what they are saying ....not waiting to deliver your lines.
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I love wearing men's clothing and underwear.
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I'm never at my worst because even at my lowest, its a learning experience. It's something that I'll bounce ideas off. I can take negatives and flip them to positives at all times.
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That's one of the great things about acting - you get to pretend you're somebody else, which is great if you get bored with yourself.
