Michael Shannon Quotes
I want to focus on each scene. I'm a real perfectionist, and I don't want to feel like I didn't consider every possible variation of a scene. I come from a theater background, so I'm used to a lot of repetition, and I'm used to really attacking something over and over and over again.
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There is nothing more exciting in sport when the top two countries in the world are battling for the Ashes.
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Dissent is the native activity of the scientist, and it has got him into a good deal of trouble in the last years. But if that is cut off, what is left will not be a scientist. And I doubt whether it will be a man.
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I love the Royal Family. The Queen, she's fabulous.
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For a long time I have been thinking about affordable fashion - you can be disappointed when not so many people can wear your stuff.
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I am not keen just for the position; I'm keen to help and to serve. If I can really avoid any bad things on my country, I will not hesitate one second.
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I remember there being a period of time when I had a baby, and I was so sleep-deprived that I'd get into having no filter, and that was not good.
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A woman caring for her children; a woman striving to excel in the private sector; a woman partnering with her neighbors to make their street safer; a woman running for office to improve her country - they all have something to offer, and the more our societies empower women, the more we receive in return.
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I swear to the Lord, I still can't see, why Democracy means, everybody but me.
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Also, I walk and hike in several different nearby parks near our home several early mornings a week.
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I took a writing class in college, liked it, and my first year out of school I couldn't get a job, so I wrote a play.
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We should seek to cooperate with Europe, not to divide Europe to a fictitious new and a fictitious old.
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I have had just an excess of energy. That's why I've always been active.
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People think of teachers who are born to teach, and you think of all these charismatic folks. Some of the most successful teachers are some of the least charismatic, interestingly. But they have a gift of figuring out what motivates people.
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I do wear weaves and I do wear wigs.
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Every actor fears unemployment – even me.
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I lived in Paris for four years, so I am obsessed with pastries. Croissants, pain au chocolat, cakes, macarons, all of that!
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We belong on the cutting edge of innovation. That's an idea as old as America itself. We're a nation of tinkerers, and dreamers, and believers in a better tomorrow.
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I was at the Cross With Mary Magdalene. I received the muse From Ceridwen's cauldron.
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The Germans and I no longer speak the same language.
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When you're on the road, you've got to have your four-track - or some kind of recording device to jam on and have a good time.
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If you compare the violence in 'Happy Valley' to the violence in something like 'Game of Thrones,' it's nothing. But it is shocking because it's so real and grounded. The characters could live next door to you - they're not in a remote fantasy world.
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Generally my focus has been on people who make things, whether it's writers or directors or painters or musicians.
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When you act a scene with Sidney Poitier, he listens intently to every word you say. You can feel your words hit him. He makes the scene utterly real.
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I want to focus on each scene. I'm a real perfectionist, and I don't want to feel like I didn't consider every possible variation of a scene. I come from a theater background, so I'm used to a lot of repetition, and I'm used to really attacking something over and over and over again.
