Kevin Spacey Quotes
I was not a studious kid, and I struggled to find things that would command my attention and engage my ideas and energies.
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We were five kids at home, and my mother and grandmother ensured that we all had a very grounded upbringing in Madras. Even in school, I never used to tell anyone that my dad was an actor.
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It's a shame in a way that people come and go with one album.
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I was quite nervous about meeting William's father, but he was very, very welcoming, very friendly, it couldn't have gone easier really for me.
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It always surprises me when donors who operate successful businesses assume that just building a school structure means that a community now has access to education. When creating a business, does renting an office space now mean that you're producing goods, training staff and generating revenues?
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I remember when people actually wore coats and ties to theatre every night. They don't anymore. It's very different.
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I'm not so sure I believe in dopplegangers. I just prefer to be Dane DeHaan.
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Polls that have been taken by kindergarten, first- and second-grade teachers indicate that 30 percent of the kids have been deprived in some way so that they are physically unable to keep up with the class.
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So being two different people in one day unnerved me to no end.
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Most of the things we do, we do for no better reason than that our fathers have done them or our neighbors do them, and the same is true of a larger part than what we suspect of what we think.
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It's so hard to be the girl in a country song, so we're speaking up.
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I told my agent which women I aspire to have a career like: Frances McDormand, Kate Winslet, Laura Linney and Emma Thompson - character actresses who have something to say. I also said that I loved Madeline Kahn and Jessica Lange.
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I don't trust that many people. Just my mother and my wife and a couple of friends. When I trust people, it doesn't end well.
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I have a very rich and wonderful personal life, and at its core are my sons.
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I like to play a strong woman, but a strong woman can also be very fragile and vulnerable at the same time.
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I never met a woman I didn't like. I love 'em all, in their different ways.
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That's the mantra I use when the team tells me something is too complicated. People keep saying, 'We need more prioritization.' I say, 'Guys, what you want is less work. And that is not going to happen.'
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I'm far from being a homosexual.
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Society can overlook murder, adultery or swindling; it never forgives preaching of a new gospel.
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Self-awareness is not just relaxation and not just meditation. It must combine relaxation with activity and dynamism. Technology can aid that.
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I think we all feel geeky at times, don't we? Isn't that all a part of the wonderful tapestry of life?
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I try my best to keep the house looking clean, but honestly, with four kids, you can find plenty of messes. I don't have a special technique other than I can't focus when the house is a wreck, so cleaning is therapeutic for me. That works in my favor sometimes.
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I've got a nice car. I love my job. I've got a bagel store, and I have breakfast every morning with friends I grew up with. I've been in movies, I've written books - I don't know how that all happened.
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You made new rules for the people you loved. They weren't subject to the same judgment criteria you reserved for the rest of the world. In some ways you were way easier on them, and in others, much harder.
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I was not a studious kid, and I struggled to find things that would command my attention and engage my ideas and energies.
