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The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.
William Somerset Maugham
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One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well.
Amos Bronson Alcott
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Immortality. I notice that as soon as writers broach this question they begin to quote. I hate quotation. Tell me what you know.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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GOP strategists hope the revelation of Kerry`s wealth might debunk his status as a, quote, man of the people, and reveal him to be a bit of a fat cat. Unlike the President who — as we all know — before attending Andover and Yale, was a Cockney matchst...
Jon Stewart
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(1998 quote on his career) With four children I have to maximize the work I do now financially. It`s like I have to do one film for financial reasons, as opposed to when I was single, or before we had all of these children. I find that I`m not as good at ...
Denzel Washington
Keywords: 1998 :: all :: as :: at :: before :: career :: children :: do :: film :: financial :: financially :: find :: for :: four :: good :: had :: have :: his :: it :: like :: maximize :: not :: now :: of :: on :: one :: opposed :: or :: quote :: reasons :: single :: that :: the :: these :: to :: was :: we :: when :: with :: wo :: workSource: imdb.com
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[1985 quote on Goldie Hawn] Goldie does something that none of the other actresses can do. She has a whimsy and a comedic ability that no one else has. We can all imitate her, but we can`t get near it. I don`t think that Goldie has yet branched out as muc...
Sally Field
Keywords: 1985 :: ability :: actresses :: all :: and :: as :: branched :: but :: can :: comedic :: do :: does :: don :: else :: get :: goldie :: has :: hawn :: her :: imitate :: it :: much :: near :: no :: none :: of :: on :: one :: other :: out :: quote :: she :: something :: that :: the :: think :: we :: whimsy :: yetSource: imdb.com
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(1975 quote) "I first started thinking about being an actor when I was in college at the University of Missouri. I auditioned for a television play, and the director, who has some professional New York credits, encouraged me to pursue acting. In college I...
Tom Berenger
Keywords: 1975 :: about :: acting :: actor :: an :: and :: at :: auditioned :: being :: college :: credits :: director :: encouraged :: first :: for :: had :: has :: in :: me :: missouri :: new :: of :: play :: professional :: pursue :: quote :: some :: started :: television :: the :: thinking :: to :: university :: was :: when :: who :: yorkSource: imdb.com
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I see The Usual Suspects (1995) as the time where I was, quote unquote, discovered. It took me six, seven years to get to that place. And it was not easy. You`re fighting with people who doubt you and your choice of career. There are a lot of doubts - and...
Benicio Del Toro
Keywords: 1995 :: and :: are :: as :: career :: choice :: discovered :: doubt :: doubts :: easy :: fighting :: get :: have :: it :: lot :: me :: not :: of :: people :: place :: quote :: re :: see :: seven :: six :: suspects :: that :: the :: there :: time :: to :: took :: unquote :: usual :: was :: where :: who :: with :: years :: you :: yourSource: imdb.com
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(2006 quote on fame) When you reach a certain status in Hollywood, you have to play a lot of games to stay in the limelight. It becomes more about being famous than being an actor. It`s a cult of personality. Who`s the It person this week? Who has the hot...
Jason Lee
Keywords: 2006 :: about :: actor :: an :: becomes :: being :: certain :: cult :: fame :: famous :: games :: gi :: has :: have :: hollywood :: hottest :: in :: it :: limelight :: lot :: more :: of :: on :: person :: personality :: play :: quote :: reach :: status :: stay :: than :: the :: this :: to :: week :: when :: who :: youSource: imdb.com
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I want to be successful. I would like it to be a success with something that doesn`t make me want to vomit all over the screening room after I`ve seen it. (1980s quote)
John Malkovich
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Acting is no near translation or abstraction from life, it is life itself. - her senior yearbook quote
Judith Light
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[1998 Quote]: I just see myself as a character actor. I`d like to be a star in the same way as Gary Oldman or John Malkovich are famous, who get to do character pieces and not act like movie stars.
Sam Rockwell
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[quote by Rachel Roberts, Harrison`s fourth wife]: Rex cannot be pleased. Servants have got slapped with his tongue or hand. Eventually his servants and wives leave him. Rex is one of those who thinks living well is the best revenge. It may be, but the re...
Rex Harrison
Keywords: and :: be :: best :: but :: by :: cannot :: eventually :: fourth :: got :: hand :: harrison :: have :: him :: his :: is :: it :: leave :: living :: may :: of :: one :: or :: pleased :: quote :: rachel :: revenge :: rex :: roberts :: servants :: slapped :: the :: thinks :: those :: tongue :: well :: who :: wife :: with :: wivesSource: imdb.com
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(1998 quote on auditioning) It`s hard to maintain a sense of dignity in an audition. I have done so many auditions where I`ve put it out there and have been met with that kind of blank stare - "Great! Thanks! OK! Great work! Thanks for coming in!" At the ...
Ben Stiller
Keywords: 1998 :: an :: and :: at :: audition :: auditioning :: auditions :: been :: blank :: coming :: dignity :: done :: door :: for :: great :: hard :: have :: in :: it :: kind :: maintain :: many :: met :: of :: ok :: on :: out :: put :: quote :: sense :: so :: stare :: thanks :: that :: the :: there :: thi :: to :: ve :: where :: with :: workSource: imdb.com
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I pity the fool... [his trademark quote]
Mr. T
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[2002 Quote]: I`m originally from San Francisco. I might move there some day. But, I like LA, I have fun in LA. It`s a fun town if you`ve got money in your pocket. It`s a good town.
Sam Rockwell
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Just before Courage Under Fire I made a decision to start going after quote unquote bigger roles. I think Hollywood got to a place where they thought they knew what to expect from me. I thought that maybe a few things would come to me. Well, they didn`t. ...
Lou Diamond Phillips
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(1998 quote on his career) In any craft or artistic endeavor you want to do different things. You want to go to different places, you want to find different ways to go about it. You may have your constants, but you`re looking to go into new territories, n...
Denzel Washington
Keywords: 1998 :: about :: angl :: any :: artistic :: but :: career :: constants :: craft :: different :: do :: endeavor :: find :: go :: have :: his :: in :: into :: it :: looking :: may :: new :: on :: or :: places :: quote :: re :: territories :: things :: to :: want :: ways :: you :: yourSource: imdb.com
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On her `chocolate is better than sex` quote: "I was interviewed when I was 17 and I didn`t actually say that. It was the worst piece of journalism that I`ve ever been involved with."
Alicia Silverstone
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(2004 quote) I`ve spent most of my free time the past 10 years traveling in Southeast Asia. It started with a trip to Vietnam, because we were told it could be a wonderful place to visit. I loved it and have been to Cambodia, China, Malaysia and Bali. Now...
Jude Law
Keywords: 10 :: 2004 :: and :: asia :: bali :: be :: because :: been :: cambodia :: china :: could :: free :: have :: in :: int :: it :: loved :: malaysia :: most :: my :: now :: of :: past :: place :: quote :: southeast :: spent :: started :: the :: time :: to :: told :: traveling :: trip :: ve :: vietnam :: visit :: we :: were :: with :: wonderful :: yearsSource: imdb.com
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(2004 quote) I once met Clint Eastwood, and it was remarkable. I studied him as I spoke to him. I looked down, and his pants were a little short -- they showed a bit too much of his socks. There was something so timid and shy and almost gawky about him in...
Dustin Hoffman
Keywords: 2004 :: about :: almost :: and :: as :: bit :: clint :: down :: eastwood :: gawky :: him :: his :: in :: it :: life :: little :: looked :: met :: much :: of :: once :: pants :: quote :: real :: remarkable :: short :: showed :: shy :: so :: socks :: something :: spoke :: studied :: there :: they :: timid :: to :: too :: was :: wereSource: imdb.com
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There was one moment in high school where I thought, Maybe I`ll take an acting class." And I walked in and saw all the quote unquote theatre people and I went, "Oh God," and walked out. But later, when I was 19, I actually took an acting class and I was v...
Aidan Quinn
Keywords: 19 :: acting :: actually :: all :: an :: and :: but :: class :: god :: high :: in :: later :: ll :: maybe :: moment :: much :: oh :: one :: out :: people :: quote :: saw :: school :: take :: the :: theatre :: there :: thought :: took :: unquote :: very :: walked :: was :: went :: when :: whereSource: imdb.com
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[1999 Quote]: I`d like to be an action hero, but I don`t think they`d ever make me that type of leading man. I`m too quirky. If they put me in Speed 3, two days later they`d go, "Yep, we`re gonna have to fire him now. Can we get someone more mainstream?" ...
Sam Rockwell
Keywords: 1999 :: action :: an :: be :: but :: can :: days :: don :: ever :: fire :: get :: go :: gonna :: have :: hero :: him :: if :: in :: later :: leading :: like :: mainstream :: mak :: make :: man :: me :: more :: now :: of :: put :: quirky :: quote :: re :: someone :: speed :: that :: they :: think :: to :: too :: two :: type :: we :: yepSource: imdb.com
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(1998 quote on his long-standing marriage) She puts up with me. I think, also, in a way the traveling helps. We`re able to travel together and also be apart sometimes. Not everybody gets to live like that. Twenty years now. It`s like you start to pat your...
Denzel Washington
Keywords: 1998 :: able :: also :: and :: apart :: be :: everybody :: gets :: helps :: his :: in :: it :: like :: live :: long :: marriage :: me :: not :: now :: on :: pat :: puts :: quote :: re :: she :: sometimes :: standing :: start :: that :: the :: think :: to :: together :: travel :: traveling :: twenty :: up :: way :: we :: with :: years :: you :: yourselfSource: imdb.com
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People in life quote as they please, so we have the right to quote as we please. Therefore I show people quoting, merely making sure that they quote what pleases me.
Jean-Luc Godard
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People in life quote as they please, so we have the right to quote as we please. Therefore I show people quoting, merely making sure that they quote what pleases me.
Jean-Luc Godard
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People in life quote as they please, so we have the right to quote as we please. Therefore I show people quoting, merely making sure that they quote what pleases me.
Jean-Luc Godard
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My experience is that I find myself having to constantly define myself to others, day-in, day-out. The quote that`s helped me the most through that is from Toni Morrison`s Beloved" where she says, "Definitions belong to the definers, not the defined" - so...
Wentworth Miller
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E.L. Doctorow had a quote I`ve used a lot of times, that the responsibility of the artist is to know the time in which he lives.
Sean Penn
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(2002 quote) "Since the `70s I`ve seen myself as a poet. Sometimes I express that poetry through acting, sometimes through cooking, and sometimes just having a good chat, you know, one of them chats you have when you`re stoned and the hour is getting late...
Tom Berenger
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