Kevin Macdonald Quotes
I went to see 'Francis Ha,' which I could certainly relate to. She ends up wandering the streets of Paris all alone - something I've ended up doing a number of times in capital cities around Europe.
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I find it very difficult to say no when I'm in Ireland. You do end up going around doing lots of events and things and not getting work done, and it's not just a question of having hours at the desk.
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When you're not under a 'series regular' contract, and other jobs come up, you try to juggle everything.
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When there's a status quo, usually what shakes everybody up is some sort of military confrontation, at which point we all come running and screaming to pick up the pieces.
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I like when a girl knows what she looks like and dresses to accentuate those features.
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Certainly by the time I was in seventh grade, I knew I had to have a long education if I wanted to become an astronomer, but I figured I'd try it, and if I didn't get far enough, I could always end up teaching in high school or math or physics.
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You set up the story, but the characters start talking, and they go places that you didn't expect. You have to follow.
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I think rap music is brought up, gangster rap in particular, as well as video games, every other thing they try to hang the ills of society on as a scapegoat.
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Carefully calculate the potential size of your market to make sure you can grow. Before starting Mint, I knew that there were about 20 million people who had purchased 'Quicken' or 'Microsoft Money' over the years, and 80 million people using online banking in the U.S. alone.
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I always tell young actors to have a back-up. You don't want to find yourself at the age of 30 still struggling to make a living out of acting.
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Thinking fragments reality - it cuts it up into conceptual bits and pieces.
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I'm all about small towns. I think it's a great place to grow up.
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Every little girl looks up to her mom so much - that's your first hero.
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I'm being mocked because I don't live up to a socially determined view of what other people think a person should look like.
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If you fell down yesterday, stand up today.
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To let the people know there was life beyond Shirley Dean, we decided to focus on voter registration; each day I set up my card table somewhere in the district, signed people up, and passed out noses.
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I first heard African drum rhythms and chants at the movies. Then, when I had the opportunity to go to Africa and visit the villages, I heard the real, raw, true rhythms and realised the origins of the old Negro spirituals I grew up with in the South.
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The Beatles were a group made up of four very complex men, and my small hand could not have broken these men up.
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I hate putting up taxes.
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But I was, and still am, an avid reader and so when I first started I chose to photograph many of the great writers in this country to try and earn a living.
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I think what kids do is play.
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I fly with the stars in the skies I am no longer trying to survive.
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There really wasn’t much in a man’s life that mattered. But those few things mattered terribly.
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I went to see 'Francis Ha,' which I could certainly relate to. She ends up wandering the streets of Paris all alone - something I've ended up doing a number of times in capital cities around Europe.
