Kevin Macdonald Quotes
I remember going to the university film club to see 'The Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp' one night and being bowled over. It was one of the most beautiful films I'd ever seen. And it felt so personal.
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I'm known for having crazy shoes. I have a total Napoleon complex - I'm only 5'4", and every heel I have is four inches or more.
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If I go on a diet and work out, I'm always in a bad mood. I'd rather be a little heavier but nice.
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I don't care about image and all that nonsense. I'm in sweat pants every day. I don't play the game at all.
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Sometimes a chord on a guitar will somehow spur some thought in your head, and you will write a song about it.
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I only buy a computer when it's two years old, after the glitches have been worked out.
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Introspection, or 'sitting in the silence,' is an unscientific way of trying to force apart the mind and senses, tied together by the life force. The contemplative mind, attempting its return to divinity, is constantly dragged back toward the senses by the life currents.
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In America it's live by the sword of freedom of expression and be will to die by it as well.
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Racism is unacceptable in the real world, and it's unacceptable online.
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Those of us born into vitalist and expressionist cultures must hope that governments will draw back from shutting down the modernist project of exploring, experimenting, and imagining - of voyaging into the unknown - that has been essential for rewarding lives.
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I can't think of anything worse than trying to schmooze someone with the idea that you're an actor.
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My wife will tell you that if you feel my hands before I walk on for a performance, you could chill a bottle of wine.
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Man, in his animal capacity, is qualified to subsist in every climate.
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I've done the Rolling Stones eating each other.
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All the old great companies were run by guys who knew what an animator meant, and guys who knew how to draw. All the companies today are run by executives.
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Many ethnic minorities chafed at the postcolonial nationalism of India and Pakistan, and some rebelled.
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I wish I could play the World Cup; that's one of my dreams.
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The collective judgment of the electorate must be respected.
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If you like a wine that you drink, now with your phone, it's so easy. Just take a picture of the label. You learn about it. You learn where it comes from and what the soil is like and why you like it. And that'll lead you to another wine.
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If the artist isn't having a great day or finds it all boring, my role becomes that of a coach. Getting the very best out of the artist. Helping them perform at their very best when it's game time. One way to get them there is to bring them out of their comfort zones.
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When you are older, you realise that everything else is just nothing compared to painting and drawing.
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What is magnificent about humans is when they decide to turn and stand. If they respond with non-violence on principle and hold their ground, they are really magnificent.
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It was clear soon after his election that Obama, like FDR, wanted to start dealing with the economic crisis immediately after his inauguration.
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In my art, I deconstruct and then I reconstruct, so visual perception is one of my primary interests.
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I remember going to the university film club to see 'The Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp' one night and being bowled over. It was one of the most beautiful films I'd ever seen. And it felt so personal.
