Martin Donovan Quotes

When you are raised Catholic, there is one thing that you are confronted with at a young age, and that's death. You're confronted with all the big issues - and that sparks deep questions, like what the hell are we doing here, anyway?

Martin Donovan

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 19, 1957

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Art is interesting because there can be so many different perspectives in a piece of art. The way I see it may be completely different than the way somebody else sees it. It's interesting to hear what somebody sees in a piece of art compared to somebody else. It could be completely different, and that's interesting to me.

Joakim Noah

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When you're writing about difficult things and darker issues, it's nice to offer some sort of light at the end of the tunnel. Some sense of hope. Sometimes, the best way to do that is by offering it in the music, so that you can dance your way out of the darkness.

Jens Lekman

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Yeah, I'm the Brit who isn't Lewis Hamilton that woke up and realised he was good. I got that tag because I was young, flying around in jets and driving fast cars. I always took my driving seriously, but I suppose I enjoyed life... But I'm not a playboy.

Jenson Button

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I think every actor should be always grateful when they work.

Robert Knepper

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It is not in giving life but in risking life that man is raised above the animal; that is why superiority has been accorded in humanity not to the sex that brings forth but to that which kills.

Simone de Beauvoir

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I think I sound like a fella who's always making a plea through his music. Sort of a plea of sincerity.

Tony Martin

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Most people, I think, have accepted that it's not up to them to control other people's choices, except, it seems, when it comes to Washington, D.C., where everyone has an opinion about people's uteruses.

Shonda Rhimes

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In The Doors we have both musicians and poets, and both know of each other's art, so we can effect a synthesis.

Robby Krieger

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I dug things up. I was curious. I liked to draw what I found.

Mary Leakey

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I can finish a show and walk through the audience without being recognized.

Lou Barlow

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When I was told that I was being offered a role in 'Miss Julie,' I already knew I wanted to do it.

Logan Marshall-Green

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Our players have a fantastic attitude, and people are going to see a Madrid side with a lot of talent.

Julen Lopetegui

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