Andrew Keegan Quotes
I did have a literal shed of fan mail once. It was literally filled with, like, 25 of those giant mail cartons.
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I am in love with myself, with my friends, with my family, with kids, with life and my movies.
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I write poems, I meditate. I don't live up to people's expectations. I don't do the conventional cool things - I know I am the coolest person.
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I won't ever direct a film. And I certainly won't write an autobiography. Only self-obsessed people want to write or talk about themselves!
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Only by the sweat of my own brow. I am a totally working man.
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When the dog looks at you, the dog is not thinking what kind of a person you are. The dog is not judging you.
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You don't make houses cheaper by making them more expensive to build.
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Exile is more than a geographical concept. You can be an exile in your homeland, in your own house, in a room.
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That is why we wholeheartedly support the American-led effort to free the people of Iraq. And though we are a small country with a small military, we are proud to stand side by side with our allies in the fight to end the reign of terror in Baghdad.
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I spent most of my career in hi tech, not in politics.
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I didn't want to be a writer. First I wanted to act, and then I wanted to be a painter like my big sister.
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The insidious aid culture has left African countries more debt-laden, more inflation-prone, more vulnerable to the vagaries of the currency markets and more unattractive to higher-quality investment.
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Personally, I like two types of men - domestic and foreign.
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The reason I was in most of the movies I've done is that they paid for me to be in the theater.
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A government of laws, and not of men.
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I’m not sure I’m good at art, but I find an escape in it.
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I … thought about societies where exceptional fortunes are built up in industries with very little connection to out sincere and significant needs, industries where it is difficult to escape from the disparity between a seriousness of means and a triviality of ends.
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For a while, I called myself an agnostic, which was me wanting to maintain a connection to the culture I was raised in while also undercutting a lot of the beliefs I had.
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When I watch a movie for the first few times I'm usually thinking about where I was in a given scene, who was next to me, what we were doing etc. But after I've gotten through all of this, when I'm really watching the film itself, then I get moved.
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We make two mistakes about the ancient world. One is to assume they were better than us - that, for instance, the ancient Olympics didn't involve money-making. The opposite mistake, and just as common, is to think our Olympics are much more civilised than ancient sporting competitions. Neither is true.
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I thought, how would I feel if my son gave one of those underprivileged kids chicken pox? For him it's not a terrible thing. We have good insurance and easy access to health care. It's a different situation for another family. I didn't want to make the decision for them.
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My family has grown to love all of the Trumps because they are wonderful people willing to sacrifice much for their country.
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The ancient Greek view of happiness was really defined by leading a productive life: It's not about how much you have, it's about what you do with it.
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I did have a literal shed of fan mail once. It was literally filled with, like, 25 of those giant mail cartons.
