Macaulay Culkin Quotes

I try not to label myself anything, really, but you know, I'm definitely an indoorsy person, and I definitely kind of just try to, you know, stay away from life in the public eye, at least.

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• I am the daughter of the Chairman of the Board and thus, was raised with great music.

  

  Nancy Sinatra
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• You must consider, when reading this treatise, that mental perception, because connected with matter, is subject to conditions similar to those to which physical perception is subject.

  

  Maimonides
  • Reading
  • Matter
  • Perception

• In our culture, the shame about accidental pregnancy is inextricable from the shame about having had sex. That disapproval of sex is one reason our record with contraception is so poor. If you're not supposed to be sexual, you don't plan for sex. You cross your fingers and hope for the best.

  

  Katha Pollitt
  • Hope
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• My favorite film is probably the finale - 'Deathly Hallows: Part 2'.

  

  Eddie Redmayne
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• Once you're signed to a label you compromise.

  

  Talib Kweli Black Star
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• For someone who writes fiction, in order to activate the imagination and the unconscious, it's essential to be free.

  

  Manuel Puig
  • Free
  • Imagination
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• I will say this: I think 'Big Brother' is the biggest snooze known to mankind.

  

  R. J. Cutler
  • Think
  • Brother
  • Think Big

• Peoples do not defy repression and death, nor do they remain for nights on end protesting energetically, just because of merely formal matters.

  

  Fidel Castro
  • Death
  • End
  • Just Because

• Cinema gives you the opportunity to be both a grandparent and a grandchild whereas in life you cannot be both at the same time.

  

  Abbas Kiarostami
  • Life
  • Time
  • Opportunity

• Renouncement: the heroism of mediocrity.

  

  Natalie Clifford Barney
  • Mediocrity
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• People always say 'humbling,' but I actually think it's quite inflating being nominated for an award. It's wonderful; it's a great feeling.

  

  Taron Egerton
  • People
  • Great
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• I got into television, and I'm a television guy, so I've never really had a movie career.

  

  Ed O'Neill
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• When I read, I take notes and underline things. So reading is a vigorous process for me, but I read in bed. My poor husband is trying to go to sleep, and I'm reaching over him to get the Post-it notes.

  

  Sally Mann
  • Trying
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• Acting is the work of two people - it's only possible when you have the complicity, the help, even the manipulation of a director.

  

  Victoria Abril
  • People
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• The nightmare of a film career, or at least the challenge of one, is that you're rarely going to get the opportunity to explore character because once people see you in one thing, you know, they want to see that again.

  

  Campbell Scott
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• It's not class warfare to suggest that we shouldn't look to seniors and the less fortunate to bear the brunt of deficit reduction. I believe America needs to understand there needs to be a sense of fairness.

  

  Ted Deutch
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• I did my thesis on clowns. It's a powerful thing when you've got this little red nose on. It's a mask, the smallest in the world, but it unveils you. You stand up there and do these exercises that free you, let you play, and see what comes out. What comes out is the truth.

  

  Becky Lynch
  • Up
  • World
  • Truth

• I don't want to set the world up for surprises.

  

  Barry Diller
  • Up
  • World
  • Want

• I threw a lot of balls and walked a lot of batters. Not something I'm proud of, but something I learned from.

  

  Randy Johnson
  • Proud
  • Something
  • Learned

• I'm not very technically minded. I mean, I don't know how to do e-mail on computers.

  

  Kate Winslet
  • Know
  • Very
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• So often, we're expected to maintain some sort of standard - that won't get you where you need to go. One of the most daring things I've done is drop out of graduate school. I had no job, but something inside me was saying, 'Go! Be in the world!' I had to listen to myself, and it worked out. I still think, 'Who was that girl?'

  

  Taylor Schilling
  • World
  • School
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• I'm comfortable and confident about the future.

  

  Lance Burton
  • Future
  • Confident
  • About

• I try not to label myself anything, really, but you know, I'm definitely an indoorsy person, and I definitely kind of just try to, you know, stay away from life in the public eye, at least.

  

  Macaulay Culkin
  • Life
  • Myself
  • Eye