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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Our children will outwit us if they want; for when it comes to technology, they hold the higher ground. Unlike other tools passed carefully and ceremonially from one generation to the next - the sharp scissors, the car keys - this is one they understand better than we do.
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God grant you the strength to fight off the temptations of surrender.
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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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Why, a quarter of a century after the Cold War, do we still have 28,000 troops in Korea?
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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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Anytime I get to help the firefighters, I will. I'm real lucky to be in a position to help.
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The emotions of the game do not change.
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I feel like there are women who are genuinely born to be mothers, and women who are born to be aunties, and women who really probably not should be allowed near children. The tragedy that happens is when any one of those women ends up in the wrong category.
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If I didn't work in television or film, if I didn't have the right look, I never took it personally. Because there was always the theatre. I'm not a nihilist, I'm an optimist. And that has served me well in this profession.
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I stand for freedom of expression, doing what you believe in, and going after your dreams.
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I always performed out of fear of failure - and that's a tough way to play. It was as if my back was to the wall and I was constantly surrounded by very dangerous people that were not friendly to me.
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A lot of psychological principles and even medical principles, you see them coming around to what the Bible said hundreds of years ago: a merry heart is good like a medicine.
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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.
