Kelly Macdonald Quotes
I've always been pretty self-sufficient. I never had to borrow money from my mum, even in the early days.
Quotes to Explore
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It's my private life, and it's not up for grabs.
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I've said it before, and I'll say it again. I've written 29 damn plays. Isn't that enough?
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We are two brothers: I am a doctor; my brother is an engineer.
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Do you follow American politics? They hate Obama. Hate him. He's a black man. That's what it is: it's racist. This guy is no bleeding-heart liberal. He's a centrist.
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Some of the greatest survivors have been women. Look at the courage so many women have shown after surviving earthquakes in the rubble for days on end.
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If you substitute marijuana for tobacco and alcohol, you'll add eight to 24 years to your life.
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Politics is the womb in which war develops.
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I get very bored easily. I'm a child of the Internet or whatever; I want more and more of new and interesting things.
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Values are more important than money.
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And one cannot discharge the duty of loyalty without the patient and an open minded study of the institution that marked the country and defined its character.
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To give pain is the tyranny; to make happy, the true empire of beauty.
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After I lost my fiance, it seemed like it would be better to always be alone than to risk being hurt again.
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The expectation was that 'True Confessions' would be my first published book, but that didn't happen. After it was rejected by every publisher in New York and Canada, I shoved it in a closet and went on to write and publish my next three books.
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Well, I'm an independent person.
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I like seeing advanced acrobatics, but I also like to see more than tumbling. It's important to combine the artistry of gymnastics with the tough skills. It's called artistic gymnastics. We should stand by the name.
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I've done all these historical epics and chivalrous roles, but there's an odder, quirkier side to me that nobody knows about.
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I love accents. It's a great way to separate yourself when playing a role.
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One must do the same subject over again ten times, a hundred times. In art nothing must resemble an accident, not even movement.
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When I was asked to leave, I left... Then they made me come back. I did, and I decided to enjoy it. It was one year. I care about everyone at 'Criminal Minds' but I knew, in my heart, I had left.
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I have found, writing a blog, that being non-opaque is necessary. You pretty much have to say what you know in much more firm terms or risk that the legions who always know more than you do will tell the story better.
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I like books that aren't just lovely but that have memories in themselves. Just like playing a song, picking up a book again that has memories can take you back to another place or another time.
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Bringing your whole self to work is the mantra for me as I sit in my office and do the work, and it's also the mantra as I look out at the community that I'm trying to brand for Uber.
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If it feels like a mistake before you go in, don't go in.
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I've always been pretty self-sufficient. I never had to borrow money from my mum, even in the early days.
