Mark Margolis Quotes
You don't play villains like they are villains. You play them like you know exactly where they are coming from. Which hopefully you do.
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The Romantics were whipping boys of the New Criticism, but they appealed to me anyway. I was recalcitrant. It was clear to me that they had thought innovatively.
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Teaching is a very noble profession that shapes the character, caliber, and future of an individual. If the people remember me as a good teacher, that will be the biggest honour for me.
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I'm half Puerto Rican and every Friday we have rice and beans and chicken in my house - so that's like a very Latin staple. It's just so comforting. I look forward to every single Friday because I just can't wait for my rice and beans and chicken.
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I don't go into a fight mad. I go into a fight like it's my birthday. I love what I'm doing.
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The '$O$' phase, it was like, 'Save Our Souls': we didn't know how we were going to get out of our situation... It was our last chance just to go all out. 'Ten$ion' was another phase, to maintain the tension we had, just to pretend nothing had happened and stay in that same furious, hungry zone.
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I could live in a sari; I was born to wear a sari.
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I love old movies. The '40s theatre pace is fantastic.
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I hope it is true that a man can die and yet not only live in others but give them life, and not only life, but that great consciousness of life.
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I would strongly recommend any young man to stay away from criminal law. It's not a good place to be, unfortunately.
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That folk music led to learning to play, and making things up led to what turns out to be the most lucrative part of the music business - writing, because you get paid every time that song gets played.
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If we could have seen through the televisions, we would probably have seen many a child grow up.
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Electric cars are not going to take the market by storm, but it's going to be a gradual improvement.
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I don't think one party has a bad vision over the other party. I have no doubts that every Indian and every Indian political leadership would like to see this country get to a much better level. We would all like to see inclusive growth.
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I'd like to do a romantic comedy.
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It was an honour for me to have been able to work with Mr. Mandela in the process that led to the adoption of the interim constitution and our first democratic elections in April 1994.
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I like radio because you can do an hour-long interview and then three days later have a finished piece.
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The first day I can remember looking into a mirror and being able to stand what I saw was the day I had a guitar in my hand.
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Ooo remember, baby, how you made me feel just like a king?Ah, I've been waitingI'm ready for you to start doin' the thingsSo I'll know you're mine.You're so fine, so petite, oh candy sweet.Ah, I've been waiting.Come here, baby, get to this.
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I always said if I played a drag queen, I'd want to create a template with the realness they talk about in 'Paris Is Burning.'
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I think most kids have a sense that it's not supposed to be this way. You're not supposed to hate Monday, or be happy when you don't have to go to school. School should be something that you love. Life should be something that you love.
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When I was snowed under with the work of an idol, I didn't have time to think.
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Fiction is about everything human and we are made out of dust, and if you scorn getting yourself dusty, then you shouldn't try to write fiction. It's not a grand enough job for you.
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We will have to learn to lead people rather then to contain them.
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You don't play villains like they are villains. You play them like you know exactly where they are coming from. Which hopefully you do.
