Dante Alighieri Quotes
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It's all about destiny. That's why people look at the zodiac or the I Ching - because there's a certain order to life, and that order has been lived since the beginning of time. No matter what you do, you're going to live inside of it.
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The real war will never get in the books.
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If you go back and watch 'The French Connection,' it's been cannibalized so many times. There are certain movies like that, where you see the original and think, 'This isn't so great.' And the reason it isn't so great is because everyone has copied it.
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Once computers can program, they basically take over technological progress because already, today, the majority of technological progress is run by software, by programming.
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Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.
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If a strong government finds that it can, with impunity, destroy a weak people, then the hour has struck for that weak people to appeal to the League of Nations to give its judgment in all freedom. God and history will remember your judgment.
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Personally I had the opportunity to go on several ride alongs with the LA County Sheriff's Department with some amazing detectives, who were invaluable to me.
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The coming-of-age story has sort of become a joke. It's something to capitalize on, and that is painful because when you are coming of age - when you are going through something like that - the genre is so meaningful.
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You live these three months in this reality, in this dark reality. You don't want to do those films every year because they're taxing. I started smoking a lot of cigarettes.
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My mother is my hero.
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When I take on a design project, I have to jet from the bookstore to the hardware shop to the lamp store and back again just to collect a small portion of the many items I need to fill a home. But, when you hit the flea market, they're all right there. From booth to booth, you have the bases covered.
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It is always your next move.
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These days politics, religion, media seem to get all mixed up. Television became the new religion a long time back and the media has taken over.
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I got picked for very unique and independent filmmaking experiences with auteurs. And I'm so lucky.
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Acting found me. I thought maybe I should try to find it again. We'll see.
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I hate the word sexy.
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I'm not vain - I just love make-up and dressing up.
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I have always been terrified of the death of my parents. I never knew if I could count on myself. I never knew if that would send me over the edge.
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Put a Post-It note on your mirror that says: 'Someone has to succeed. There's no reason why it shouldn't be me.' Repeat before every audition.
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Corporations have enormous treasuries, and there are a lot of things they want from government, many of which clash with the public interest.
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I'm someone who likes routine.
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I have long been fascinated by our inclination to assume others we meet have the same moral code, similar values, and yet we can never be sure.
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I for sure believe in miracles. For me, a miracle is seeing the world with light in your eyes. It's knowing there's always hope and possibility where none seems to exist. Many people are so closed to miracles that even when one is boldly staring them in the face, they label it coincidence or serendipity. I call it like I see it.
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If you give people light, they will find their own way.
