Mario Lemieux Quotes
When I'm able to see the ice ahead of time when I get the puck, I'm able to make some pretty good plays.
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You don't move just because you want to go from this point to that point - the body has to be using the words as well as you vocally use the words.
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I would love to work with Anthony Hopkins; I would love to work with Meryl Streep; I would love to work with DeNiro; I would love to work with Johnny Depp; I'd love to work with Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow... I think she's amazing.
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My daughter passed away in 2003.
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'EIla Enchanted' began in a marvelous writing course at New York City's The New School.
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I don't say: 'can't do that', 'won't do that'. I've never thought in that way about work.
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When you subpoena one pastor, you subpoena every pastor.
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There was a time where I thought I could only date vegans. I was wrong because I was missing the fact that somebody should be right for me first, instead of just having similar values.
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I understand that anything actors are doing, good or bad, is motivated by fear.
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My dad was in a hospital for months. The doctors told my dad he would never be able to walk again. My dad beat all the odds. He came back and was able to walk and start boxing again. He went to No. 1 in the world at welterweight to fight for the world title. But he never had his chance to fight for a world title.
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It is better to be a has-been than a never-was.
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When I started in the mid-'90s, the goal was really to shoot for a film career and stay there.
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All of the very important events in my life happen by chance.
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I was young and so eager to make some money as well as get exposed and show my talent.
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I half knew what to expect when I saw the cricket ground in the morning. It was when I started to talk to people working out there, I began to find what I was looking for.
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I rarely meet a politician that I don't like personally. They are generally well endowed with charm. Therein lies the danger.
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We've only explored about 5% of our ocean. There are great discoveries yet to be made down there - fantastic creatures representing millions of years of evolution and possibly bioactive compounds that could benefit us in ways we can't even imagine.
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Autumn in New York, why does it seem so inviting?
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I firmly believe that you live and learn, and if you don't learn from past mistakes, then you need to be drug out and shot.
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Laurence Olivier said in an interview once that when he plays a tragedy he always aims for the funny parts, and the other way around. Because in a comedy you look for what's serious. I think that's true. Sometimes things are really funny if you're absolutely earnest. If you're really serious, it's hilarious.
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Nothing lasts.
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As an actor, you're constantly searching for that great character. Also, being a history buff and learning about people in our past and amazing things that they've done, I came across a book about Howard Hughes and he was set up as basically, the most multi-dimensional character I could ever come across. Often, people have tried to define him in biographies, but no one seems to be able to categorize him.
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It's a great feeling to be the WBC champ of the world, but there's more to gain from this.
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When studios start telling me why a particular film project won't work, I remember 'Rocky.' I remember that the biggest success Bob Chartoff and I have had was a film nobody wanted to make.
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When I'm able to see the ice ahead of time when I get the puck, I'm able to make some pretty good plays.
