Marion Motley Quotes
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It's very hard to maintain focus in the gym.
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My arrest in Egypt happened in 2002, and I was convicted to five years as a political prisoner.
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I think we judge talent wrong. What do we see as talent? I think I have made the same mistake myself. We judge talent by people's ability to strike a cricket ball. The sweetness, the timing. That's the only thing we see as talent. Things like determination, courage, discipline, temperament, these are also talent.
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I'm not one of those people that wears something once and tosses it aside. I wear my shoes until they beg to be thrown away. Parting is such sweet sorrow - and then it's onto the next pair.
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Doing stunt work is risky, but it's something I enjoy.
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In 2010, I sold my car, a Toyota Majester, for just a lakh-and-a-half to be able to feed my horses. It continues to be like a hole, where I put all my money.
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How do Ferrari know what I'm doing next year when I don't know what I'm doing next week?
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Twice I let people talk me out of good ideas.
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The history of the world is the record of the weakness, frailty and death of public opinion.
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I definitely love record stores. And worked in many over the years. Having said that, it's not necessarily that I love vinyl per se. I mean, I'm happy to use CDs and MP3s: to me, it's the music that's top priority. I do have a good collection of vinyl, but I rarely actually pull it out.
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I feel like you learn how to do school in second grade through fifth grade. During those years, I was never home.
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I've always loved film, and it started with Pixar movies.
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A man could spend the rest of his life trying to remember what he shouldn't have said.
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I write for no other purpose than to add to the beauty that now belongs to me. I write a book for no other reason than to add three or four hundred acres to my magnificent estate.
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I think this notion that public enterprises do not work and therefore nationalization will be a disaster, I mean, it's not supported by evidence.
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When I'm writing, I separate from everyone. Even my band. I push myself, and I'm alone with my thoughts. Separating from friends and comforts and family lets you think a lot deeper about subject matter. Working alone drives me a little crazy, but it makes the writing as honest as possible.
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Men should not be forced to wear pants when it's not cold.
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My life is an ongoing, ever changing adventure.
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I am not yet ready to be Tsar. I know nothing of the business of ruling.
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The difference between a gun and a tree is a difference of tempo. The tree explodes every spring.
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All the great Shakespeare plays are about killing. Alas, poor Yorick, that's about death. And in Romeo and Juliet everyone up ends up dying. The greatest dramas in the world are all about sex, violence and death.
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Denzel's all about the work. He's all about the acting. He's an actor. He'll tell you himself, 'I'm not a movie star, celebrity, something else. I'm an actor.' He steps on a set, that's what he is, and that's what he gives you. He gives his heart.
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It never really bothered me that I never got the same publicity.
