Macaulay Culkin Quotes
I'm the most out-of-work actor I know. In the last two years I've basically taken meetings for a living.
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My inspiration for writing is all the wonderful books that I read as a child and that I still read. I think that for those of us who write, when we find a wonderful book written by someone else, we don't really get jealous, we get inspired, and that's kind of the mark of what a good writer is.
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I used to sing in jazz clubs with a friend until she went another way.
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I think that we are trying to put data communications, telecommunications and media communications together and be the No. 1 player there.
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Its no secret that I've never liked tax credits.
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I try and take the commonplace - and some of it is writ large, like death - take the commonplace and make it universally resonant, revelatory, and beautiful at the same time.
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During the late '20s my father left us. My mother was in a complete hole with no money, and we were evicted.
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When you promise something, you must fulfill it.
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I was admittedly comfortable with Iman Cosmetics being identified as a beauty brand that filled the gap for black women because it was deeply personal for me.
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RFK was a compelling figure because he was willing to challenge his audiences, and in turn connect with them in a unique way. Kennedy showed that our values define us and can inspire others to believe in the possibility of change and a better society.
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One of the most widely read novels by a black American is Ralph Ellison's 'Invisible Man.' It is his masterwork - it won the National Book Award in 1953 and catapulted my man to the highest levels of literary esteem.
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Anything - a destination, a person - that has some mystery around it becomes exciting and attractive.
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I can't exactly say why there's not much protest music to speak off. And I know there are acts out there still putting a message in their music.
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Somebody tell the damn players to start playing like old school.
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The emotions of the game do not change.
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I have this assemblage of small facts, which looks like intelligence but no real depth of knowledge about anything. That's why I'm an actor.
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You're able to do things in novels: introduce subplots, other characters, thematic layers and so on, in a way that you simply can't in a movie. A movie really has to choose its battles.
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Sometimes, America, when something's too bad, we don't want to look at it. We want to turn our head.
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Ringside seats mean you hear the breaking of ribs, the splattered cartilage of what was once the boxer's nose, the dislocation of the jaw, the horrifying 'ugggh' that the boxer utters milliseconds after receiving a crushing left hook to the solar plexus or kidneys or head.
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My mum is a school teacher and my dad is an electrician.
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The type of girls that would sleep with you in a heartbeat aren't the type of girls I'd want to take home anyway.
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For what is modesty but hypocritical humility, by means of which, in a world swelling with vile envy, a man seeks to beg pardon for his excellences and merits from those who have none? For whoever attributes no merit to himself because he really has none is not modest, but merely honest.
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I stood for parliament with the amazing support and help of my ex-husband, but it's not something that was handed to me like a peerage. I worked hard and was elected. So my achievements, such as they are, are my own.
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I'm the most out-of-work actor I know. In the last two years I've basically taken meetings for a living.
