Kelly Macdonald Quotes

Mine wasn't a lakes-and-boats kind of childhood. I grew up on a Glasgow council estate with a single mother. For our holidays, we went to Grandma and Grandad's caravan near Aberfoyle.

Kelly Macdonald

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actress
  • Nationality: scottish
  • Birth: February 23, 1976

Topics

MotherChildhoodHolidaysKindUp

Do you not see how necessary a world of pains and troubles is to school an intelligence and make it a soul?

John Keats

SoulIntelligenceSchoolWorldYou

Ultimately, the first, best step in getting your work noticed is to write good work. If people don't engage in your writing, no amount of serialization or free downloads is going to matter. You have to write something worth reading, and often it takes time to get at that level.

John Scalzi

WorkGoodTimeBestStepPeople

We have been in the territories since 1967. In 2002, we had sometimes three or four suicide attacks every day. We came to the conclusion that it can't continue like that.

Silvan Shalom

DaySuicideEvery DaySometimesFour

No matter how you feel about social media, you can't deny the giant that is Facebook.

Shonda Rhimes

Social MediaFeelMediaYouMatter

Imagine being a running back or a receiver. You get tackled, and then when you get up, you're surrounded by a bunch of guys, and they're all screaming and yelling at you... Mentally, it wears on you, like, 'God, how long can I do this?' It's a mental thing.

Mike Daniels

GodLongYouBackUpMental

In the world of book writing, an author really gets to have control over what he or she writes, which is why it is very satisfying. With the help of a great compatible editor, you really have something in the end you can call your own.

Liz Tuccillo

GreatWritingControlWorldBook

That's a nice thing about being a topical standup: you can add in things to keep it fresh.

Loni Love

YouNiceFreshThingsBeingKeep

The first phase of social media was listening to the conversation. The second phase was joining the conversation. The third phase will be hosting the conversation on your site.

Jason Calacanis

Social MediaListeningMediaWill

'No Sweetness Here' is the kind of old-fashioned social realism I have always been drawn to in fiction, and it does what I think all good literature should: It entertains you.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

GoodThinkLiteratureYouKindHere

When people don't know who you are, they're seeing your work for the first time. But if they've seen a lot, getting certain things across is a more difficult.

Philip Seymour Hoffman

WorkTimePeopleYouSeeingKnow

I'd love to go to school and have a normal life, but I don't see any professor at Yale being able to teach me more than Steven Spielberg.

Shia LaBeouf

LifeLoveSchoolMeGoTeach

I think all of us could play the teacher because we all grew up with teachers. It's just kind of this peeking-over-the-shoulder presence that we've all grown up knowing.

Ryan Eggold

TeacherThinkPlayKindKnowingUp

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