Matthew Modine Quotes

They don't have the news media set up in Africa that we do in the United States, where televisions are so accessible and newspapers and magazines are able to educate people.

Matthew Modine

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 22, 1959

Topics

PeopleMediaNewsAfricaUpWhere

I'll be damned if I'm going to let the white man lick me. There's something out here that I've got to do for my kids, and I'm not going to stop until I've done it.

Medgar Evers

ManMeWhiteStopDoneOut

It's not communism, it's shouldn't be that everybody gets a try no matter how good or bad they are. It's our profession and our art, so we should eventually strive to be working with the best people.

Amy Poehler

GoodArtBestPeopleCommunismBad

Across the board, from my mother to my father to my aunts and uncles, everybody has always given me a lot of love.

Amos Lee

LoveFatherMotherMeAlwaysBoard

I know that to write you have to have stories you want to tell. You have to keep your mind alive, and you have to work hard.

Tracy Kidder

WorkMindWork HardYouAliveKnow

I love the absurd - kind of absurdist comedy, absurd things in life.

Rose McGowan

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I think players tend to get anxious if they've not really done things properly - like eating, resting or training. If you're fully prepared you've got nothing to worry about - it's just a game of football.

Roy Keane

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I think there's a need for more oversight by social workers, because there are a lot of foster parents who are just collecting checks. They need to look closely into the backgrounds of the people whose hands you're putting the kids into and then continue to monitor them.

Michael Oher

ParentsPeopleThinkHandsYouLook

America being a force is a lot more than building up the Defense Department.

Mitch McConnell

BuildingAmericaMoreUpForceThan

Nudity is natural but not until a person accepts and loves who they are.

Jolene Blalock

PersonNaturalWhoUntilLoves

For a moment, nothing happened. Then, after a second or so, nothing continued to happen.

Douglas Adams

MomentNothingHappenHappenedAfter

Everything has been homogenized. Over time, with television and jet travel, everybody has blended together. Some of our wonderful charm has been lost.

Bruce Paltrow

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I am older than everyone I ever knew. All my dogs are dead. Half a dozen cats, parakeets... all gone.

Arthur Miller

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