Kevin Macdonald Quotes
My grandfather died before I started making films, but I definitely learnt this from him: believe in your own judgment and stick to your guns - 99% of the time, you'll be glad you did.
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A lot of my work involves instilling objects with the power of touch - a transference of soul, spirit, energy through actions.
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As a very young girl, I understood that the interior activities of the home are as significant as the exterior activities of society.
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If I had my way, I wouldn't be sharing my personal life online. I'm a private person. At home, I don't wander around shirtless, flexing my muscles. I roam around unshaven, with my hair disheveled. Unfortunately, people perceive you differently. It's okay; they're free to speculate.
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The making of documentaries for 'Humanoids From The Deep,' 'Galaxy Of Terror' and 'Forbidden World' are absolutely fascinating.
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Cartooning was a good fit for me. And yet now, years later, I almost never think about it.
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I grew up in California, and when I read that Proposition 8 was on the ballot, I was disappointed because it seemed to be inconsistent with the spirit of the state, with the independence and diversity of the frontier that California has always been.
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Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.
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It is a matter of simple fact that Icelanders have always been notoriously indolent.
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Every time I touch the ball, I think I'm going to go all the way. I think I'm going to score a touchdown. I'm the runner I am because I think that I'm going to go all the way every single time I touch the ball.
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In Maryland, we have the unfortunate distinction of being the most gerrymandered state in the entire nation.
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Antonio Damasio is a distinguished neuroscientist with a flair for writing about science and an enthusiasm for philosophizing.
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Shakespeare lets us see real people undergoing real processes, with real feelings.
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The greatest pride, or the greatest despondency, is the greatest ignorance of one's self.
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I love Shakira - she is such a beautiful person. She does so many good things for the world on top of making good music. And she is an awesome mom. When you are Latina, it is all about family, and to see that she prioritizes family and her career at the same time is really nice.
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I always take hundreds and hundreds of pictures. I used to work for 'National Geographic,' and they gave us a lot of film.
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Don't take 'no' for an answer.
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I want Bolivians to support their president.
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Until I got 'Full Metal Jacket,' I was doing Off-Off-Broadway plays with three people in the audience.
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It's not any desire on my part to start playing dads, but it's a convention of drama. If you don't get the parts of young people going out to nightclubs, you have to play their fathers.
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For a kid in London, Hollywood seems like such a mythical place.
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The greatest thing a man can do in this world is to make the most possible out of the stuff that has been given him. This is success, and there is no other.
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If he have faith, the believer cannot be restrained. He betrays himself. He breaks out. He confesses and teaches this gospel to the people at the risk of life itself.
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Poetry is the universal art of the spirit which has become free in itself and which is not tied down for its realization to external sensuous material; instead, it launches out exclusively in the inner space and the inner time of ideas and feelings.
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My grandfather died before I started making films, but I definitely learnt this from him: believe in your own judgment and stick to your guns - 99% of the time, you'll be glad you did.
