Rachel McAdams Quotes
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I would love to be a singer if I had the talent for it. I'd love to be a graphic designer if I had the talent for it. Those are things I've always just admired - the work of other artists.
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The library world is set up on this model where the library is a physical building and has a number of books and serves a geographical community.
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I try to live my life in a holistic way, show that all of it intersects because I'm coming from the same place. Now, at the core of it, I'm just trying to connect and be there, so I'm trying to be there for my family, my wife, my kids, my friends.
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I tend not to wear ties very often. I'm usually in old stuff: Hermes or Marc Jacobs boots and jeans and a T-shirt and a leather jacket or a jean jacket.
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Everywhere I go, I will make a good payday. But we got to choose the right opponent and the right time and the right venue.
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What clients are really interested in is honesty, plus a baseline of competence.
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When I was 15 years old, I read an article about Ivan Boesky, the well-known takeover trader - turned out years later it was all on inside information! But before that came to light, he was very successful, very flamboyant. And I thought, 'This is what I want to do.' So I'm 15 years old, I decide I'm going to Wall Street.
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It's nice not to be too boring.
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The more I talk about things, the more I understand myself.
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I am not in the business of suppressing books.
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The Irish do not want anyone to wish them well; they want everyone to wish their enemies ill.
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I'd like to imagine that in order to beat me a person would have to play almost perfect tennis.
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I am hopeful that no one will forget what happened in Bosnia.
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The really wonderful thing that happened to me when I was in space was this feeling of belonging to the entire universe.
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I could do a franchise for the end of everything. 'The End of Dogs,' 'The End of Cats.'
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I want women to have more access to quality care, and the access to healthcare for women is not through Planned Parenthood; it is through community health centers across the state.
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We sometimes think that being a celebrity is the same as being a role model. But a role model is actually someone you can touch, talk to and dream with.
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I've been training quite hard.
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In real life, events seem much less dramatic.
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Only losers make decisions when things are bad. The time to rejig your life is the time when it's seemingly smooth.
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I only did karaoke once in my life. It was with Courtney Love and it was a total disaster. She pulled me on stage in front of 500 people at a wedding. I'd never done karaoke before.
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I don't find acting to be a particularly noble way to make a living. I'm not saving anybody's life, I'm not a teacher, I'm not working for UNICEF. I don't think I'm some big deal.
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The idea of me writing something that I'd get to be in as well was not what I saw coming. I do think that life works that way. When you kind of let go of something and accept that it hasn't worked, it takes all the pressure off, and then you end up getting it.
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What I love is dropping into someone else's life and exploring it.
