Fyodor Dostoevsky Quotes
Originality and a feeling of one's own dignity are achieved only through work and struggle.
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I would be too selfish if I said everyone should see my movies more than once. To say that would mean I'm just marketing my work!
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I never pursued being 'famous.'
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Christmas is, of course, the time to be home - in heart as well as body.
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My dream role is Jack Johnson, the first black heavyweight champion.
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Unfortunately, America doesn't have a minister of culture, and I don't understand why. It's really bad for young people.
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One of two historically African American communities that sprang up along the Mississippi Gulf Coast after emancipation, North Gulfport has always been a place where residents have had fewer civic resources than those extended to other outlying communities.
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I don't care about the quality of the film as a whole, but I loved 'Salt.' I loved it!
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I don't mind what the role is at all; I just want to play cool characters.
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You don't actually have control of the position people want you to be in. If they say, 'You king of the blacks,' you're king of the blacks - whether you like it or not.
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Without doubt, machinery has greatly increased the number of well-to-do idlers.
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I've never been in a relationship before. I've only been in unrequited relationships where people haven't loved me back. I guess I'm a little bit attracted to that in a bad way.
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Good analysis is very useful when you want to convert a political decision into an investment. It can also go the other way and drive policy.
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The name of the Redskins will remain the Redskins.
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Do not be bullied out of your common sense by the specialist; two to one, he is a pedant.
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I am a scientist. Mine is a professional world that achieves great things for humanity.
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Drama happens in big cricket matches. But also in small cricket matches.
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I don't know if I'd say I feel green, but I'm getting to know myself as an actor now in a way that I never did as a kid.
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Commonsense is the realised sense of proportion.
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You work in a band, and it tends to be more like moviemaking, I think. It tends to be more of a conscious, verbalized and, to some degree, political process.
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One quality that a director needs to acquire in Hollywood is to understand the system and figure out how to work within the system to express one's own ideas.
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The alcohol had the code and mystery about it as a writer's drug, but I'm glad that's been debunked. But the trouble with the drinking, much as I hate to admit it, is it helped the work.
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I go to temple a lot less than I would like because when I do, people still look at me as if they think it's a publicity stunt.
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Failure is fantastic, because you meet yourself and get to know your limitations. This is how I express myself, and I can't do it any other way.
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Originality and a feeling of one's own dignity are achieved only through work and struggle.
