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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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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Lebanon, Israel, Ireland, South Africa - wherever there is a bleeding sore on the body of the world, the same hard-eyed narrow-minded fanatics are busy, indifferent to life, in love with death.
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I really love learning and working long hours.
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My not-so-fun traits are that I get very impatient and I can be really stubborn.
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Samsara - our conditioned existence in the perpetual cycle of habitual tendencies and nirvana - genuine freedom from such an existence- are nothing but different manifestations of a basic continuum. So this continuity of consciousness us always present. This is the meaning of tantra.
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Meditation practice begins by sitting down and assuming your seat cross-legged on the ground. You begin to feel that by simply being on the spot, your life can become workable and even wonderful. You realize that you are capable of sitting like a king or queen on a throne. The regalness of that situation shows you the... dignity that comes from being still and simple.
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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.
