James McAvoy Quotes

I don't think I'm ever going to get to the point where people run across a freeway to take a picture of me. I really don't see it getting to that level of hysteria unless I have an affair with the Queen of Sweden or something like that.

James McAvoy

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: scottish
  • Birth: April 21, 1979

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I don't feel I could've played major league baseball.

Jim Brown

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The world is shrinking as we see more and more of it in the media, and the more we see of the world, the smaller we are, the more aware we are of how insignificant any one of us is.

Jock Sturges

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Income taxes are very poor at generating income from automation because the gains are realized by technology companies that are experts at not paying taxes.

Andrew Yang

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All our knowledge merely helps us to die a more painful death than animals that know nothing.

Maurice Maeterlinck

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We have a camp up in the Adirondacks with no electricity, and I find that it's one of the most fertile places for me as far as songwriting because there isn't much to do.

Michael Bacon

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We will oppose and resist tyranny as we will defeat evil.

John R. Allen

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I was taught by professors who had done their schooling in the 1930s. Most of them were scornful of, even hated, big business.

Stephen Ambrose

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I honestly grew up listening to the Stones more. But that doesn't mean I don't love the Beatles.

Mike McCready

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I like to read, especially nonfiction. I love learning, so I study languages, cook, learn basic HTML, and enjoy other activities that stimulate communication and the dark recesses of my musician's brain.

Joshua Roman

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I have never taken a job or done a job where I felt I needed to leave my conscience at the door. One of the great things about not being in politics as a career is that I can do this job without thinking about my career. I can think about what we're trying to do, what we're trying to accomplish and what we're trying to leave.

Deval Patrick

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The way I like to describe Hollywood today is this: everyone wants to make 'Deliverance,' but no one wants to be Ned Beatty.

Christopher McQuarrie

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Whenever you do anything with Bond, you've got Cubby Broccoli and Sean Connery looking over your shoulder.

Bruce Feirstein

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