Rainer Maria Rilke Quotes
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I'm an actor; I want to play roles, not a role.
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I'm never nervous about being vulnerable with my songwriting because my favorite artists are ones that are vulnerable. I want people to feel like they know me.
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I want to have fun. I'm not interested in being a serious actor, because I think it's boring, and I think we've got plenty of them.
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This I know; the spirit of Man cannot be stopped.
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Never met Levinson. Ever. He directed those American Express spots for us for Seinfeld, and I was off on some guest spot that I didn't even want to do... and I got talked into doing it.
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I want to make smart choices.
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I don't talk about success. I don't know what it is. Wait until I'm dead.
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A guy running, you know, fifteen, twenty stallions that are two years of age, never been touched by a human before, and you've got to start castrating them, that's pretty intimidating.
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I feel nothing can push you till the time you want to get pushed.
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I'm not trying to be Mr. Universe, but I want to stay in shape.
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I never want to write a book just to tell a story. There is always something deeper going on.
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He who knows, does not speak. He who speaks, does not know.
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When I write for kids, I have to make sure they know what can't happen. They have to know it's a fantasy. But when I write for adults, they have to think it's real. Every detail has to be real or they won't buy it.
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Know or listen to those who know.
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We know that the elements in play in a show like 'Confederate' are much more raw, much more real, and people come into them much more sensitive and more invested, than they do with a story about a place called 'Westeros,' which none of them had ever heard of before they read the books or watched the show.
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I really wanted Michael Jackson to be in the first Men in Black, but he didn't want to be considered as an alien!
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You know, if one paints someone's portrait, one should not know him if possible.
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We do not want to turn our back on Spain. It's the opposite. We are convinced that a relationship between equals will improve our relationship.
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As with the subjects in all of my films, the incentive is left to the subject to determine on their own. I never ask someone why they say yes to me. After all, if you invited someone to join you for dinner, and they accepted your invitation, your next question wouldn't be, 'Why are you saying yes?'
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Rashness is the faithful, but unhappy parent of misfortune.
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Joining Modest Mouse was just consistent with what I used to do as a teenager: I followed where I thought I would make some interesting music.
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It's lonely. That's why, in many ways, the CIA is the world's biggest dating agency, I think. I imagine it's much like two actors that get married because they understand that universe. You know, I'm pretty sure the agency's divorce rate is rather high.
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I want to be with those who know secret things or else alone.
