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.

  

  Dan Colen
  • Work
  • Power
  • Soul

• As a very young girl, I understood that the interior activities of the home are as significant as the exterior activities of society.

  

  Laura Esquivel
  • Home
  • Society
  • Girl

• 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.

  

  Karan Singh Grover
  • People
  • Life
  • Home

• The making of documentaries for 'Humanoids From The Deep,' 'Galaxy Of Terror' and 'Forbidden World' are absolutely fascinating.

  

  Edgar Wright
  • World
  • Deep
  • Galaxy

• Cartooning was a good fit for me. And yet now, years later, I almost never think about it.

  

  Gary Larson
  • Good
  • Think
  • Me

• 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.

  

  Ted Olson
  • Up
  • California
  • Diversity

• Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.

  

  W. Somerset Maugham
  • Powerful
  • Imagination
  • Exercise

• It is a matter of simple fact that Icelanders have always been notoriously indolent.

  

  Halldor Laxness
  • Simple
  • Always
  • Matter

• 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.

  

  LaDainian Tomlinson
  • Way
  • Ball
  • Runner

• In Maryland, we have the unfortunate distinction of being the most gerrymandered state in the entire nation.

  

  Larry Hogan
  • Being
  • Nation
  • Unfortunate

• Antonio Damasio is a distinguished neuroscientist with a flair for writing about science and an enthusiasm for philosophizing.

  

  Ian Hacking
  • Writing
  • Science
  • Enthusiasm

• The greatest pride, or the greatest despondency, is the greatest ignorance of one's self.

  

  Baruch Spinoza
  • Pride
  • Ignorance
  • Self

• 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.

  

  Becky G
  • World
  • Music
  • Family

• I always take hundreds and hundreds of pictures. I used to work for 'National Geographic,' and they gave us a lot of film.

  

  Yann Arthus-Bertrand
  • Work
  • Always
  • Film

• Don't take 'no' for an answer.

  

  Abdullah II of Jordan
  • Answer
  • Take

• Until I got 'Full Metal Jacket,' I was doing Off-Off-Broadway plays with three people in the audience.

  

  Vincent D'Onofrio
  • People
  • Doing
  • Audience

• 'As Long As I Know I'm Getting Paid' is a satire. Lyrically, I want to be direct. With my history in Fall Out Boy, there's some expectation that I'm going to be lyrically obtuse. But that song is a straight-faced satire of consumerism.

  

  Patrick Stump Fall Out Boy
  • Long
  • History
  • Song

• I started writing when I was 9 years old. I was like this weird kid who would just stay in my room, typing little funny magazines and drawing comic strips.

  

  R. L. Stine
  • Writing
  • Funny
  • Weird

• I pray they will carry on in spite of that dreadful monster prejudice, and with patience, courage, fortitude and perseverance achieve success for themselves.

  

  Major Taylor
  • Success
  • Courage
  • Patience

• He's looking for the president's kidnapped daughter; everybody he calls on to help him is busy, but lo and behold, you look across the room, and I'm waiting for that action.

  

  Derek Luke
  • Help
  • Action
  • Waiting

• Intimate scenes are always super awkward - and that is the truth. I know everybody says it, but it really is true.

  

  Meghann Fahy
  • Truth
  • True

• It's weird, you know? I didn't really envision my future, but I'm pretty happy with how it's turned out.

  

  Chloe Gosselin
  • Happy
  • Future
  • Pretty

• There are times when I'm so bored with being healthy and organic that I crave sugar and additives.

  

  Martine McCutcheon
  • Bored

• 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.

  

  Kevin Macdonald
  • Time
  • Believe