Ken MacLeod Quotes

I'm a long-term optimist, and I don't think the problems with our society are from being overly optimistic.

Ken MacLeod

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: scottish
  • Birth: August 2, 1954

Topics

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You have to find what makes you stable in the storm. Then, no matter what's happening round you, no matter what the hype or the publicity, you can still manage to make leaps in your work as an artist.

Jimmy Smits

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I don't actually keep the dresses I've worn during other friends' weddings. Closets are small in New York City - I can't be squandering space on bridesmaid dresses.

Jill Davis

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Certainly, I seem to need to do a play a year. I feel wrong if I haven't got one planned.

Michael Gambon

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Education is very important, and I understand that.

Amar'e Stoudemire

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If any man be in Christ, he's a new preacher. The old things are passed away and all things become new.

Russell Johnson

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I have a particular love of an actor that I did work with, oddly, in 'Donnie Brasco,' who has since become a wonderful talent: Paul Giamatti. I would love to do a whole movie with Paul Giamatti.

Mike Newell

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In sport, Americans are prominent in the Premier League - both on and off the pitch.

Louis Susman

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When I was a kid, there was nothing better than water balloon fights. I grew up in Brooklyn: we had the fire hydrants, and we would open up a soda can at both ends and squirt people walking by. I love the kinds of things that encourage you to let your guard down, be open and vulnerable, and just to be laughing sincerely.

Dawnn Lewis

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Many mothers and daughters are as close as any two people can be, but closeness always carries with it the need - indeed, the desire - to consider how your actions will affect the other person, and this can make you feel that you are no longer in control of your own life.

Deborah Tannen

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The body should be reconfigured by the clothes, never again the other way round.

Donatella Versace

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The history of black women in the economy is rooted in the legacy of slavery. Enslaved black women were forced to provide care work, unpaid, for white families.

Alicia Garza

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I worked with Mike Nichols. First time I worked with Mike Nichols, I just really loved this man.

Richard Jenkins

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