Andrew Marr Quotes
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We were talking about how old quarterbacks can't throw before 10 am... Practice starts too early for us. Wake me up in the middle of the night and I can throw. I can throw anytime.
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I believe in the power of intention to change the landscape of our society - and it is my intention to live an authentic life of compassion and integrity and action. Jamey Rodemeyer's life changed mine.
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You have no power at all if you do not exercise constant power.
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Let no one weep for me, or celebrate my funeral with mourning; for I still live, as I pass to and fro through the mouths of men.
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I feel like a younger man, and I'm sure having a child and all that has to do with that.
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An influential member of parliament has not only to pay much money to become such, and to give time and labour, he has also to sacrifice his mind too - at least all the characteristics part of it that which is original and most his own.
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The Oscars are a lot different when you are a nominee. You walk around with this big smile on your face, and everyone, even people who work for rival film companies, tells you they voted for you.
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A person isn't who they are during the last conversation you had with them - they're who they've been throughout your whole relationship.
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With every film, I try and give the audiences a little more than the previous film in terms of comedy, action, drama and so on.
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Social conditions that spur large numbers of people into action are ignored in favor of a Hollywood version of history focusing on one conquering hero. Since a movement for social change is embodied in its leader, death of the leader means death of the movement.
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'Good English' is whatever educated people talk; so that what is good in one place or time would not be so in another.
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I don't study cricket too much. Whatever I have learned or experienced is through cricket I've played on the field, and whatever little I have watched.
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If there is no criticism, you become lazy. But it should be constructive, and it should be the truth. If it's biased and there's no truth in it, then I don't care about it. If it's true, it helps me grow.
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Mama is my chance to be a stand-up comedian. In my mind, it's my chance to be Chris Rock.
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Every girl has days when she doesn't like her appearance, but it's when you feel happy in yourself that you look good.
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Some things are really sacred and important to other cultures, so you have to be aware, politically, about those things before you just adopt them.
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I've never seen anywhere in the world as beautiful as Kashmir. It has something to do with the fact that the valley is very small and the mountains are very big, so you have this miniature countryside surrounded by the Himalayas, and it's just spectacular. And it's true, the people are very beautiful too.
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I think fan fiction is the way most writers start, and the same goes for music and design.
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Mama tried to save us from the streets, but the streets were too strong.
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We won't let each other fail.
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I'm horrible to live with. I don't clean. My clothes end up wherever I take them off. I forget to flush the toilet.
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Every tradition grows ever more venerable - the more remote its origin, the more confused that origin is. The reverence due to it increases from generation to generation. The tradition finally becomes holy and inspires awe.
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It's not an accident that both my sister and I are writers. Our parents created an accidental Petri dish. My family has great storytellers, and I grew up in a very funny, conversational house and didn't have television. This small family farm was a bubble world that didn't have much to do with reality.
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The British happened to the rest of the world. Now the world happens to Britain.
