Kelly Macdonald Quotes
Robert Altman was such an incredible person to have the privilege to know and meet and have dinner with.
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That is what fame is, isn't it? To get the world to fall in love with you.
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Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.
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We do participate in the government programs, like probably 95 percent of farmers do. People who aren't familiar with the agriculture industry, you know, try and make that look like something exceptional.
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When the tech geeks talk, I pay close attention.
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My passion for music is one of my greatest loves.
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Everybody will make mistakes, and for some that mistake will rise to the level of being a crime.
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All business is capitalistic. You require capital for any sort of business endeavour.
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Getting sober was one of the three pivotal events in my life, along with becoming an actor and having a child. Of the three, finding my sobriety was the hardest thing.
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What remains constant for me, during the last 15 years, has been the conviction that the cold war was a calamity for the entire world, and that it can be justified by no consideration of theory, nor by any supposed national interest.
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Some of my corresponents seem to think that I can work wonders. Let me say as a devotee of truth that I have no such gift. All the power I may have comes from God. But He does not work directly. He works through His numberless agencies. In this case it is the Congress.
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Enemies of Syria are the enemies of the people and the enemies of God. And the enemies of God will go to hell.
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The endearing elegance of female friendship.
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Machiavelli says that if as a ruler you accept that your every action must pass moral scrutiny, you will without fail be defeated by an opponent who submits to no such moral test. To hold on to power, you have not only to master the crafts of deception and treachery but to be prepared to use them where necessary.
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St. Benedict said to take care of your mind, body and soul. I swim for an hour every morning, do 15 minutes of Tibetan stretching and breathing exercises, and play soccer with friends four or more nights a week.
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The marginal cost of doing something 'just this once' always seems to be negligible, but the full cost will typically be much higher. Yet unconsciously, we will naturally employ the marginal-cost doctrine in our personal lives.
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Marriage is not different from a relationship.
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I would like to do something autobiographical, set to music. I don't know how I'm going to do it, but I'm going to try.
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I think I can try the film world out for a while.
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Though finally overwhelmed by a preening lassitude, 'Hotel' is never less than fascinating, breaking into multiscreen scenarios like Mr. Figgis's 2000 experiment, 'Timecode.'
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Yesterday is a cancelled check. Today is cash on the line. Tomorrow is a promissory note.
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There is nothing so striking to the eye on a return to England from the Continent as the stateliness of our trees. I do not know of any trees in Europe to compare with ours.
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He never tired of watching her breathe. Every night spent beside her was an honour.
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If you've ever known the love of God, you know it's nothing but reckless and it's nothing but raging. Sometimes it hurts to be loved, and if it doesn't hurt it's probably not love, may be infatuation. I think a lot of American people are infatuated with God, but we don't really love Him, and they don't really let Him love them. Being loved by God is one of the most painful things in the world, it's also the only thing that can bring us salvation and it's like everything else that is really wonderful, there's a little bit of pain in it, little bit of hurt.
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Robert Altman was such an incredible person to have the privilege to know and meet and have dinner with.
