Paul McCartney Quotes
At the end of the Beatles, I really was done in for the first time in my life. Until then, I really was a kind of cocky sod.
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You get kind of bored being in catalogues all the time.
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Your Highest Self is not just an idea that sounds lofty and spiritual. It is a way of being. It is the very first principle that you must come to understand and embrace as you move toward attracting to you that which you want and need for this parenthesis in eternity that you know as your life.
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I think how Chicago plays a role in my life - it had such a role in my youth and the decisions that I made as a kid and formulated who I am as an artist early on.
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When it's time to film and to actually take on the role of Precious, I felt an immense responsibility to do it justice.
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I've worked in television all my life, but really I've always wanted to work in the movies.
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The congressmen and senators used to go have a drink in D.C. They would disagree all day long, but they would find that time to sit down and learn about each other personally. I think that's totally wiped out; I don't think it really exists anymore.
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I love life and nothing intimidates me anymore.
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I realise how important it is to use the time I have. I respect people who want to do that by watching television. I happen to want to read books. But I know I can't read all the books or watch all the movies in one lifetime.
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In New York, you walk everywhere, so you're amongst people all of the time, and everybody is in a hurry and going somewhere or has something on their minds. And in L.A., it's still much more of a laid-back life, at least in my experience.
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I became kind of a drop-out in science after I came back to America. I wanted to photograph.
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What I'm mainly interested in is not having women characters that have to be perfect, obviously. That's something I feel strongly about and have that in every single thing I've ever done.
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Being a father is the most important thing, if you ask me. It changed me as a person and gave me an all new life.
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The Marine Corps is some of the best acting training you could have. Having that responsibility for people's lives, suddenly time becomes a really valuable commodity and you want to make the most of it. And for acting, you just have to do the work, just keep doing it.
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I think I've really exhausted the magical. It was a lot of fun, but I've put it behind me for the time being.
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Even though many couples are choosing to marry later in life, our laws haven't been updated to address dating partner abuse.
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In America there's no way I can make the kind of movie I like to make.
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Everybody either hates or loves John Cena; there's no medium. I feel like that I've accomplished something when I get people to cheer for John Cena. I feel like I've done something.
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But the approach to recording this album was kind of an organized, chaotic approach where I wanted to maintain and preserve that wild abandon to creating.
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I am an Armani and a Dolce & Gabbana kind of a person.
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In most countries in the world, your fate and your identity are handed to you; in America, you determine them for yourself. America is a country where you get to write the script of your own life. Your life is like a blank sheet of paper, and you are the artist.
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Habitat for wildlife is continually shrinking - I can at least provide a way station.
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Nearly 30 million people ride Amtrak each year, and they should board the trains knowing that safety is a paramount priority.
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At the end of the Beatles, I really was done in for the first time in my life. Until then, I really was a kind of cocky sod.
