Rachel McAdams Quotes
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It's often discouraging sitting working at home, wondering whether to put the heating on, answering the doorbell to the gas board, feeling it's all utterly pointless.
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I'm very heterosexual, so dating women is something I'm not ashamed of. But my love life is not as exciting as it is reported to be.
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My mum is black, my dad is white, and when I was a teenager, people would say, 'So what are you? Are you black? Or white? What are you more of?'
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I competed in track for 10 years and have been doing kickboxing forever.
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In recording, you're trying to make something work sonically - getting the right inflection on the right guitar sound - and maybe a part that would be musically great doesn't sound as cool.
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If you're in a dark place, you're there for a reason. And the only way to get through to those kids or to other people going through the same thing is really to meet them in that dark place and then slowly bring them to the light.
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In order to experience everyday spirituality, we need to remember that we are spiritual beings spending some time in a human body.
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Individual goals never meant that much to me. The Heisman is no exception.
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The Great War was a progressive revelation and disillusionment.
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Don't dress to kill, dress to survive.
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It's like everybody is shooting something, and everybody's a filmmaker; everybody can shoot a cat video and post it. So the big thing now is - for people that have talent and have something to say, and are creative, and are capable of making something good - is how do they get attention to it?
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Flipping through the 'Toronto Star' one day in 2008, I noticed a piece about a phenomenal boxer from the Philippines who had won several different titles in several different weight divisions. Manny Pacquiao's rise from heart-crushing poverty to the top ranks of his sport was astounding.
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I'm a four-down guy. I can rush the passer and stop the run. I know I can be a difference-maker.
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I use other cookbooks for inspiration. I must say I tend to cook from my own cookbooks for parties.
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Like Hillary Clinton, I, too, have traveled hundreds of thousands of miles around the globe. But unlike Mrs. Clinton, I know that flying is an activity, not an accomplishment.
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I can't be bought. I don't need to be bought. I'm not a careerist. I don't need to have a career in politics. I'm in a very, very luxurious position, but I am in a position of strength.
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The South Africans decided that they would like to prove to the world they did not have any nuclear weapons and their decision was not doubted because it was the end of the Cold War, it was also the end of apartheid.
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I have a condition called Aspergers Syndrome, which is like a mild form of autism It means I don't interact properly in certain social situations.
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Social media is an amazing tool, but it's really the face-to-face interaction that makes a long-term impact.
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People think how a sugar basin has no physiognomy, no soul. But it changes every day.
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When you're challenged, you're totally alive and totally dealing with reality, particularly if it could be dangerous. And that excites me!
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For me, songwriting is something like breathing: I just do it. But that doesn't mean you're fantastic.
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The delineation between the actor and his part is a practical matter. When the camera runs, you want the actor to be the character.
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I can be quite surprised by what makes me cry, but it's usually spiritual things.
