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Sam Heughan Quotes

I think every job I do, I sort of look for the challenge in. I mean, that's why we do this job. It's not, you know, obviously not for the money or for the fame, it's for, I guess finding out more about yourself.

Sam Heughan

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: actor
Nationality: scottish
Birth: April 30, 1980

Topics

Challenge Money Job Yourself Think

I grew up idolizing Madeline Kahn and Lily Tomlin and Carol Burnett, Ruth Gordon, Rosalind Russell, Amy Irving, women who were stylish and real actresses who did real work and could not be replaced with anyone else. You cannot cast anyone else in Madeline Kahn's roles.

Jenny Slate

Work Women Stylish You Real Up

When we did 'The Dragons' Trilogy,' China was a big, mysterious piece of rock that we never thought would even move. It was impenetrable, impossible to deal with.

Robert Lepage

Impossible Thought Rock Never China

I have never connected with 'Gone With the Wind.' 'Lawrence of Arabia' leaves me cold.

Stephen Hunter

Me Wind Cold Connected Never Gone

You've got to be dedicated and throw yourself into parts and auditions in a way that is completely selfless.

Sophie Kennedy Clark

Yourself Selfless You Way Got Throw

Since I stayed in a colony where either one was an engineer or a scientist, everybody thought I would be a scientist. This was the expectation everybody had apart from my parents. Honestly, I, too, wanted to be a scientist. I think it was the way Dad would explain us scientific theories and concepts that made the subject more intriguing.

Shreya Ghoshal

Parents Think Thought Way More Us

I've learned time management, organization and I have priorities.

Tory Burch

Time Organization Management Learned

My biggest excuse to others and myself was that I had writer's block, as if it was some kind of illness.

Mary Garden

Myself Kind Others Illness Writer

When I'm on the road, I eat like I'm on the third day of a hiking trip all the time. I'm eating beef jerky and trail mix constantly.

Michelle Wolf

Time Day Eating Road Trail Eat

Beethoven's symphonies are not 'relaxing.' They are the most exciting things that have ever been created by a human being.

Joshua Bell

Human Human Being Things Being Been

I spent a lot of time on farms when I was growing up, and I've been obsessed with the practical logic of farmyards - the turning radius of tractors, where the chickens and ducks might go. It's not a place where stand-alone aesthetic decisions make a lot of sense.

Jaquelin T. Robertson

Time Growing Up Decisions Aesthetic

Sunday morning church service is not an enormous priority; spending time with other believers is.

Donald Miller

Morning Time Service Spending Time

When I did the solo acoustic tour in 2010, I fell in love with that kind of performance.

Chris Cornell

Love Performance Kind Solo Tour Did