Angus Buchan Quotes
The condition for a miracle is difficulty, however the condition for a great miracle is not difficulty, but impossibility.
Quotes to Explore
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No one has to learn to spell to talk, right? You see a little kid holding a conversation with an adult. He probably doesn't know the words he's saying, but he knows where to fit them to make what he's thinking logical to what you're saying.
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My mother read me biblical stories at night.
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I wrote my first play at the age of 10, 55 years ago, and I've always found it a fantastic relief to imagine I know what things would be like from the point of view of other individuals and to send out signals from where I actually am not. Playwrights never need to write from the place where they are.
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There is always some universal proportion, but along with that there are some places where special things happen. Ireland, for example. I've always felt it's interesting to play there. Maybe they just drink more than anybody else.
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I had the idea that I should beat up every player I tangled with and nothing ever convinced me it wasn't a good idea.
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To leave Afghanistan as a playground for terrorists and adventurers was simply not possible anymore.
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I have never admitted that I am more than twenty-nine, or thirty at the most. Twenty-nine when there are pink shades, thirty when there are not.
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'Twas thine own genius gave the final blow,And help'd to plant the wound that laid thee low:So the struck eagle, stretch'd upon the plain,No more through rolling clouds to soar again,View'd his own feather on the fatal dart,And wing'd the shaft that quiver'd in his heart.
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I like the ability to engage intellectually with someone. I get so bored so quickly, so if you can't keep me interested, then I'm out.
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I have that love for music, when you are finding either old gems that you never heard or newer stuff that perks your ear. It keeps you trying to look for new stuff to write about it. You don't spin your wheels. I take that same approach to music and books.
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Florenz Ziegfeld, to us and our family, was just a delightful person. My sisters, Mary and Pearl, my brother Charlie and I all worked for him, and he treated us just beautifully, almost like a father. When I went with my mother up to his office, he was always gentlemanly and kindly. He was sort of a quiet person.
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I love doing comedy. One of my favorite things in the world is to do 'Parks and Recreation'; a big fun character.
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I quite like being mobbed. After all, it is extremely nice to be recognised. That's what acting is all about - being recognised.
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So in one sense you don't have the classic keyboard player in Yes.
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I never understood why anyone cared about the Kardashians until a friend, who's Latina, told me that she liked them because they're a family who look like hers. I was able to appreciate them differently.
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I was fortunate enough to work under directors who were, most of them, brilliant, emotional men.
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The best thing I ever did in my life was to ask, 'Do I like everybody?' And the answer was, 'No.' So why should everybody like me? If people are against me, so what? I'm against them too.
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Stand a little less between me and the sun.
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There is no part of me that wants to have to pull the blinds down when I'm talking to my wife about dinner because some photographer is in a bush outside.
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I'm always on Instagram! I'm like an Instagram stalker.
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You have to shelve a lot of your inspiration. There's only so much you can do with one record.
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You gave him an opportunity of showing greatness of character and he did not seize it. He will never forgive you for that.
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The condition for a miracle is difficulty, however the condition for a great miracle is not difficulty, but impossibility.
