Klaus Kinski Quotes
If I hadn't refused Ken Russell, Fellini and Spielberg and made their movies when they asked me, my life would be no different. It is not my fault that I accepted one movie and turned down another. I don't see any point in defending myself, either.
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I think a lot of young girls see actresses, and they think of red carpets, and they think of 'Us Weekly,' and they don't really think about the breaking down of a script and what that requires and what you would need to pull it off.
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It is annoying to be honest to no purpose.
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I have to protect myself because people think that because you come into 25 million homes every week, they know you. I walk the line between being gracious and being rude.
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Privacy is not explicitly spelled out in the Constitution as freedom of speech is in the First Amendment.
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Tyrannies not only want to control your mind and thoughts but your flesh as well.
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I think that it's important for every single person, no matter what they do in life, to participate in the well-being of humanity and the planet. Don't let a year go by knowing you didn't make an effort to do something - no matter how small - outside your own problems and drama.
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I had two sisters carried away in a chain-gang - one of them left two children. We were always uneasy.
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When I was a kid in Michigan, I used to play ball with a town team on Sunday. Of course, I'd go to church first. Played the church organ, as a matter of fact.
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The entrepreneurial bug had already bitten my son Ankur by the time he got to college. As a lifelong entrepreneur, I certainly didn't want to dampen his enthusiasm by telling him he couldn't do it, but I also wanted to make sure it was balanced with the proper attention to his studies.
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I've always been taught that hard work doesn't fail.
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You have to relish the challenge of television.
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If you're not riddled with doubt, you've probably done something wrong.
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My wife will tell you that if you feel my hands before I walk on for a performance, you could chill a bottle of wine.
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Unfortunately or fortunately, in order to become acquainted with the idiom of country or rock music, it is necessary to occasionally play in a bar. Bars are a rehearsal place.
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As the numbers of native-born Europeans begin to fall, with their anemic fertility rates, will the aging Europeans become more magnanimous toward destitute newcomers who do not speak the national language or assimilate into the national culture but consume its benefits?
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It's not just about achieving success; the journey is equally important for me.
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Family and friends and faith are the most important things in your life and you should be building friendships.
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If you can tune into your purpose and really align with it, setting goals so that your vision is an expression of that purpose, then life flows much more easily.
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It is usually when men are at their most religious that they behave with the least sense and the greatest cruelty.
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To understand the theory which underlies all things is not sufficient. Theory is but the preparation for practice.
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For now, capitalism is working to produce more money but does not see the people. This problem is getting worse across the world.
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Life is never going to be perfect, as much as we want it to be, and I have to lead by example.
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If I hadn't refused Ken Russell, Fellini and Spielberg and made their movies when they asked me, my life would be no different. It is not my fault that I accepted one movie and turned down another. I don't see any point in defending myself, either.
