Fritz Lang Quotes
I was something that is always hated in Hollywood - a perfectionist; nobody likes a perfectionist, you know.
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I've always reverted to a sense of childhood, just in everyday life.
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Passion is one great force that unleashes creativity, because if you're passionate about something, then you're more willing to take risks.
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I really don't know life without wrestling.
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If Monsieur X spent an eternity studying treatises on optics, he would never paint 'La Grande Jatte.'
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I believe that every human soul is teaching something to someone nearly every minute here in mortality.
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In many ways, 'William Shakespeare's Star Wars' is modeled on Shakespeare's Henry V, which relied on a chorus to explain in words the battles of Harfleur and Agincourt that could never be captured on the Elizabethan stage.
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The love of one's country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at the border?
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Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it.
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Beauty is an outward gift, which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it has been refused.
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That's what makes writer's block so painful. You think the well has run dry, maybe somewhere in the heavens the tap has been turned off. That's beyond frightening.
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That's the unwritten rule in hip-hop. If I get on a record with you, I want to smash you. That's it. Every MC knows that. If I'm on a track with you, I want to be the best on the track. That's just how it is in hip-hop.
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I am a Gemini and can adapt to most atmospheres. You get two for the price of one when you are a Gemini.
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It's so easy for me to get caught up in the feeling of a city like Venice, where everything is just beautiful color and gorgeous buildings that are so peaceful. You can roam around and get lost in the labyrinth.
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It's only the giving that makes you what you are.
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The mystery of that damn virus has been generated by the $2 billion a year they spend on it.
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Posing was the first job I did in which I understood what I was doing.
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If there is one quality that I find is more essential to a successful and happy life than any other, it is empathy. It is at the core of family stability and love. I’ve never had a couple come to me and say, 'I want a divorce; my partner understands me.'
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The best thing to do when you're writing is to write about something you know instead of pretending. I mean, you can do that too, obviously, but when you write from your heart, it works so much better.
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Sometimes, I'll hear from other writers or folks in the publishing industry that my books are rule-breakers, which I take as a compliment.
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If my career was a basketball season, I'm in the pre-season still. I'm not blowing everybody out by 40 - there's so much work to be done, and there's no time to really sit and look back and be proud of what I've done yet, because it's the pre-season still.
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In life we try to grow and better ourselves. As an artist, I feel like I've grown tremendously.
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I met David Smith through my former wife, Cornelia, who'd studied with him.
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I was something that is always hated in Hollywood - a perfectionist; nobody likes a perfectionist, you know.
