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If I or my soldiers have plundered or done injury to the houses or to the ministers of religion, I repent me of my sin - but it is not of Edward of England that I shall ask pardon. William Wallace
Religion Me Soldiers Ministers Pardon Shall Sin Houses Edward Repent Done Ask England Injury
In every commercial state, notwithstanding any pretension to equal rights, the exaltation of a few must depress the many. Adam Ferguson
Rights Few Every State Must Pretension Exaltation Equal Equal Rights Commercial Any Depress Notwithstanding Many
Like the winds that we come we know not whence and blow whither soever they list, the forces of society are derived from an obscure and distant origin. They arise before the date of philosophy, from the instincts, not the speculations of men. Adam Ferguson
Men Before Society Distant Philosophy Winds Date Obscure Arise Instincts Come Like Know Forces Blow List Whence Derived Origin Speculations
Every step and every movement of the multitude, even in what are termed enlightened ages, are made with equal blindness to the future; and nations stumble upon establishments, which are indeed the result of human action, but not the execution of any human design. Adam Ferguson
Future Result Made Stumble Action Design Every Every Step Indeed Step Termed Equal Execution Blindness Any Human Nations Movement Establishments Which Ages Even Multitude Enlightened
The artist finds, that the more he can confine his attention to a particular part of any work, his productions are the more perfect, and grow under his hands in the greater quantities. Adam Ferguson
Work Finds More Perfect He Part Attention Particular Greater Quantities His Hands Any Artist Confine Productions Grow
The history of mankind is confined within a limited period, and from every quarter brings an intimation that human affairs have had a beginning. Adam Ferguson
History Beginning Every Had Period Within Limited Quarter Affairs Human Human Affairs Confined The History Of Mankind Brings
Man, in his animal capacity, is qualified to subsist in every climate. Adam Ferguson
Man Animal Every Qualified Climate His Subsist Capacity
Adventure upon all the tickets in the lottery, and you lose for certain; and the greater the number of your tickets the nearer your approach to this certainty. Adam Smith
You Science Lose Approach Adventure Tickets Greater Lottery Certain Your Certainty Nearer Number
We measure our days out in steps of uncertainty not turning to see how far we've come. And peer down the highway from here to eternity and reach out for love on the run. Al Stewart
Love Down Peer Our Out Run See Uncertainty Steps Highway Days Come Reach How How Far Eternity Far Turning Measure Here
Louis Armstrong playing trumpet on the Judgment Day. Al Stewart
Day Judgment Armstrong Trumpet Louis Louis Armstrong Playing
Only two to three per cent of an audience is interested in words and pays attention to lyrics; most of the rest of it is about image or the beat or the sound, or else it's a tribal thing - country & western, rap, heavy metal, with historical folk rock off in some kind of cult. Al Stewart
Heavy Metal Words Tribal Rest Three Country Else Lyrics Rap Kind Folk Some Per About Only Beat Attention Most Metal Audience Rock Sound Cult Off Western Historical Heavy Cent Interested Pays Thing Image Two
All those people who go to NASCAR and sing country & western songs and live in Tennessee, they totally ignore me, they don't come to my shows, I just don't exist for them and they don't exist for me. Al Stewart
Me People Country Live Those Totally Tennessee Songs Come Sing NASCAR Go Exist Western Just Them Ignore Who Shows
I know there's a big bad world out there, but I rarely come across it. Al Stewart
World Big Out Bad Rarely Come Know Across
Kids are more genuine. When they come up and want to talk to you, they don't have an agenda. It's more endearing and less piercing to your aura. Alan Cumming
You Kids More Come Talk Piercing Genuine Aura Up Endearing Want Agenda Your Less
You do get really exhausted doing films. You work such long hours, and after a while, things can get out of perspective, just like if anyone's tired, things get on top of them. Alan Cumming
Work Tired You Perspective Long Exhausted Films Top Out Long Hours Like Hours Doing Get Just Anyone After While Them Really Things
Nowadays people don't know how to handle it if all the ends aren't tied up and they're not told what to think in films. And if they're challenged, they think it's something wrong with the film. Alan Cumming
People Nowadays Think Films Something Wrong Know Tied How Up Handle Ends Film Challenged
I don't avoid anyone but I always think some people hate me. Alan Cumming
Me Hate People Some People Think Some Always Anyone Avoid
Performing a one-man Macbeth feels like the greatest challenge. Alan Cumming
Challenge Macbeth One-Man Feels Performing Like Greatest Greatest Challenge
I was horrified when Richard Chamberlain and Rupert Everett said gay actors should stay in the closet. They were saying to people that they should live a lie and not be liberated, to live in fear of being found out. Alan Cumming
Saying Gay Lie People Fear Live Liberated Out Stay Horrified Said Were Closet Being Richard Should Found Actor Chamberlain
Sometimes people get really sniffy about the films you choose if you've done more dramatic projects or you're classically trained. Alan Cumming
You People Sometimes Films Dramatic Projects About More Trained Get Done Really Choose
I love a film where I get squished by two dumpsters or I fly through the air. Alan Cumming
Love Fly Air Through Get Where Film Two
I think directing in a team is a really good idea because it stops the cult of the director as God straight away, and also you're discussing things on set so it opens it out to everyone and it becomes a totally collaborative thing. And you have someone who supports you when you're feeling a bit insecure. Alan Cumming
God Good You Director Feeling Think Everyone Collaborative Bit Out Insecure Totally Someone Directing Idea Supports Opens Also Because Becomes Cult Discussing Stops Straight Really Team Who Away Thing Things Set Good Idea
The thing with film and theater is that you always know the story so you can play certain cues in each scene with the knowledge that you know where the story's going to end and how it's going to go. But on television nobody knows what's going to happen, even the writers. Alan Cumming
Knowledge You Television Scene Writers Nobody Know Knows Always How Go End Going Where Happen Story Theater Certain Even Each Film Play Thing
I'm not a fan of Twitter. Alan Cumming
Twitter Fan
Actors aren't stupid, mostly, and if there's a sensibility and an aesthetic that a director's going for, if you're aware of that too, you can do things to help that. Alan Cumming
You Director Stupid Too Mostly Aesthetic Going Sensibility Help Actor Aware Things
I usually can find a way to do a character to make it real and work. But sometimes it's a struggle sustaining that, because there's such a level of personal involvement and personal, physical, and emotional distraughtness. Alan Cumming
Work Character Struggle Sometimes Way Find Physical Emotional Involvement Make Because Real Personal Sustaining Level
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