Michael Shannon Quotes

One of the reasons I got into acting to begin with is that I was trying to figure out how life worked. It was interesting to me to try and follow how other people, real or imaginary, would deal with problems, because I was trying to deal with my own problems.

Michael Shannon

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 7, 1974

Topics

LifePeopleMeProblemsInteresting

You can't always see both sides of the story. Eventually, you have to pick a side and stick with it. No more equivocating. You have to commit.

John Mulaney

StoryYouMoreSidesSeeBoth Sides

There is no better gift a society can give children than the opportunity to grow up safe and free - the chance to pursue whatever dreams they may have.

John Roberts

DreamsOpportunityChildrenSociety

I developed a problem with authority. Any time that authority was what I interpreted as being unjust, I stood up to it, and that became my personality.

Tom Petty

TimePersonalityProblemAuthority

I got kicked out of ballet class because I pulled a groin muscle. It wasn't mine.

Rita Rudner

ClassMuscleOutGotBecauseMine

We may lose our memory as we get older, but this might not be such a bad thing - who wants to drag a mental junkyard around at a time of life when you're starting to grow interesting little wings?

Michael Leunig

LifeTimeMemoryGrowInteresting

I regret the passing of the studio system. I was very appreciative of it because I had no talent.

Lucille Ball

TalentRegretSystemBecausePassing

But very unfortunately the merchant marine died away till even the majority of fishing done about the Cape is in the hands of the Portuguese who emigrated to the Cape some fifty years ago.

Joseph C. Lincoln

FishingHandsDoneYearsFiftyAway

My dad said, 'If you want to go out with girls and go out with your friends, get a job.' I found one at the local country club as a pot washer in the kitchen.

Johnny Iuzzini

JobKitchenFriendsYouCountryGo

I don't have an Instagram or anything like that. I have Twitter for work and also to read my news.

Christina Applegate

WorkNewsAnythingInstagramLike

I am from Des Moines, Iowa - not even the city but out in the country. I don't have a lot of trappings, I think, in my personality. I'm just a simple person with a silly bone.

Cloris Leachman

PersonalitySimpleI AmCityThink

Nobody feels any worse than I do about losing.

Art Rooney

LosingNobodyWorseThanAboutAny

I have nothing against romance. I believe that we must hold on to the right to dream and to be romantic. But an Indian village is not something that I would romanticize that easily.

Arundhati Roy

RomanticBelieveDreamVillageRight

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