Andrew Garfield Quotes

I read Naomi Klein's 'No Logo' when I was 15. It's one of the things that's shaped my relationship to fame - to endorsements, to selling things.

Andrew Garfield

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• The author may not interpret. But he must tell why and how he wrote his book.

  

  Umberto Eco
  • Why
  • May
  • Book

• Two things form the bedrock of any open society - freedom of expression and rule of law. If you don't have those things, you don't have a free country.

  

  Salman Rushdie
  • Country
  • Society
  • Free

• If I was to do anything besides acting, I would be a fireman or a beat cop. I'd do a regular job.

  

  Manny Montana
  • Job
  • Acting
  • Beat

• I just want to do my job.

  

  Ma Long
  • Job
  • Want
  • Just

• I write 'Broad City,' so I connect it to me.

  

  Ilana Glazer
  • Me
  • City
  • Write

• In my household, a Trapper-Keeper was too expensive - we had plain old three-ring notebooks - and I always wanted a Trapper-Keeper.

  

  Maggie Carey
  • Always
  • Old
  • Expensive

• I came to acting in a very circuitous way.

  

  Victoria Pratt
  • Way
  • Acting
  • Very

• Everything is about class in England, whether it's upper, lower or middle. Why should that be?

  

  Francesca Annis
  • Why
  • Everything
  • Class

• I'm a fan of Bjork, a fan of Premier, you know, those are the first two names that come to my mind. You know, I've learned a lot from every person I've collaborated with, from Madlib to Jean Grae and Hi-Tek, to Mos to DJ Quik, to even somebody like Jermaine Dupri. I've taken something important away from every experience.

  

  Talib Kweli Black Star
  • Important
  • Mind
  • Experience

• I want to make the music that's not there anymore. I'm so passionate about the singing voice... What I'm trying to do actually with my album is show that it's my voice that's leading. It's my voice that's the instrument.

  

  Sam Smith
  • Music
  • Trying
  • Singing

• I've lived in New York for 40 years. I came right after college.

  

  R. L. Stine
  • College
  • Years
  • New York

• When you're a mom to three children, nothing bothers you. Trust me. Who cares what people say? I've got other things to deal with.

  

  Faith Hill
  • People
  • Children
  • Mom

• I wrote The Green Eye of the Little Yellow God in five hours, but I had it all planned out. It isn't poetry and it does not pretend to be, but it does what it sets out to do.

  

  J. Milton Hayes
  • God
  • Poetry
  • Eye

• I have always believed that life is too short for rows and disagreements. Even if I think I'm right, I would prefer to apologize and remain friends rather than win and be an enemy.

  

  Maeve Binchy
  • Life
  • Friends
  • Enemy

• I don't know what other people are like, I haven't been able to crawl inside anybody else.

  

  Iris DeMent
  • People
  • Know
  • Inside

• The 21st century - and the atheists - needs the presence of religion, just as religion must deal with the real challenges and the thinkers of the day in order to sharpen the conscience and the intelligence of those who study the timeless sacred texts in a spirit of responding to the questions of their time.

  

  Tariq Ramadan
  • Time
  • Real
  • Day

• At the Oscars, if you didn't vote for '12 Years a Slave,' you were a racist. You have to be very careful about what you say. I do have particular views and opinions that most of this town doesn't share, but it's not like I'm a fascist or a racist. There's nothing like that in my history.

  

  Gary Oldman
  • History
  • Vote
  • Opinions

• Elegance is very dangerous. It's like TNT. A little goes a long way.

  

  Edoardo Ponti
  • Long
  • Way
  • Elegance

• In reality, a cell is a biological mini-me compared to the human body. A cell has every biological system that you have.

  

  Bruce Lipton
  • Reality

• Too many leaders are so caught up in the momentum of work that they lose sight of the opportunity to connect with people. I discovered that the more fully present I was with other people, the more fully present they were with me, and the more productive our relationship became over time.

  

  Douglas Conant
  • People
  • Up
  • Time

• The U.K.'s relationship with the U.S. has proved strong enough over time to bear the weight of honest disagreement. It does not require unconditional support where our interests or judgements differ.

  

  John Chilcot
  • Time
  • Strong
  • Support

• The artist who is not also a craftsman is no good; but, alas, most of our artists are nothing else.

  

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  • Artist
  • Craftsman
  • No Good

• I have friends who are leading men, and they're only ever allowed to play leading men of a certain type. But as a character actor, there's a wider variety of projects available. On the big Hollywood films, all they care about is having their lead in place, so it's actually easier for someone like me to slip in. And I'm happy to do so.

  

  Eddie Marsan
  • Men
  • Character
  • Friends

• I read Naomi Klein's 'No Logo' when I was 15. It's one of the things that's shaped my relationship to fame - to endorsements, to selling things.

  

  Andrew Garfield
  • Relationship