Kelly Macdonald Quotes
It was both comforting and terrifying to go in to audition for 'The Girl in the Cafe,' as I'd worked with everyone in the room on 'State Of Play.'
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I am a proud Zionist. I can tell you about every blossom that grows in this land. I know the history and the Bible.
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Islam is antiauthoritarian, sex-positive monotheism.
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Fundamentally, footballers don't look around a dressing room and think, 'He's a black player... he's Japanese.' They don't think like that. They think, 'He's a good player; he can help. He's not very good.' I'm not trying to defend anyone's actions, but there are going to be isolated incidents because it's an emotive, passionate sport.
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I never want to make a complete, 180 reactional record. I wanted a connection to what I've done in the past but still move forward and evolve.
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I like science fiction, I like fantasy, I like time travel, so I had this idea: What if you had a phone that could call into the past?
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Some talk shows have become so exploitive and tabloid, I wonder if I can believe some of their guests. Where do they find these guests, and why do they deserve air time?
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I'm ambitious, I want to play in the Champions League, and that's the aim with Tottenham - to start qualifying for the Champions League on a consistent basis.
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When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you.
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If a strong government finds that it can, with impunity, destroy a weak people, then the hour has struck for that weak people to appeal to the League of Nations to give its judgment in all freedom. God and history will remember your judgment.
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Many environmental battles are won by delaying a destructive project long enough to change the conversation - to allow new economic, political and social dynamics to emerge.
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About no subject is there less philosophizing than about philosophy.
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Music kept me off the streets and out of trouble and gave me something that was mine that no one could take away from me.
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Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis.
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I think riots happen when communities are under pressure for long periods of time. That's not a mistake.
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I received my doctorate from the University of Vienna in 1910.
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The chief contribution of Protestantism to human thought is its massive proof that God is a bore.
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The goal as a musician, I think, is to be able to make music as a living for the rest of your life.
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Marriage is another trap. If you are someone who likes independence, it's another stamp against that. And you have to swear to fidelity.
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I do not think the gay population has been all that rabid for gay marriage. Note that I do not use the words 'gay community.' Expunge that expression from your vocabulary. We are not a community.
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It is remarkable that among all the preachers there are so few moral teachers. The prophets are employed in excusing the ways of men.
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We don't want to create a literary ghetto in which black writers are only allowed to write black characters and women writers are put on 'girl books.'
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All any girl needs, at any time in history, is simple velvet and basic diamonds.
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It was both comforting and terrifying to go in to audition for 'The Girl in the Cafe,' as I'd worked with everyone in the room on 'State Of Play.'
