Mark Romanek Quotes
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When I was, like, 16, I went in to the head of Disney, and I hadn't taken acting class really at all, and I didn't know what I was doing, and it was really embarrassing. Of course, you think Disney wants over-the-top and funny, and I was just trying to be over-the-top and funny, and it just wasn't working, and that was the worst.
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The nations of Africa, as is true of every continent of the world, from time to time dispute among themselves. These quarrels must be confined to this continent and quarantined from the contamination of non-African interference.
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So, you know, parenting is a very intimate and amazing experience and one of the best experiences of my life.
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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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At night, I love dressing up. I love putting on an outfit.
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I am insecure. If you ask me, everybody is.
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Immigration is the sincerest form of flattery.
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If I could only give three words of advice, they would be, 'Tell the truth.' If I got three more words, I'd add, 'All the time.'
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I'd repair our education system or replace it with something that works.
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To work hard, to live hard, to die hard, and then go to hell after all would be too damn hard.
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When I first started in film, I was terrified of the camera.
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While the miser is merely a capitalist gone mad, the capitalist is a rational miser.
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The latter 1940s and early '50s were a time of tense, explosive conflict, in the world at large and in the politics of our nation.
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I don't know how I got out of some of the scrapes I was in. But I know that there's some sort of plan.
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I love all animals. I just happen to prefer cats. They're really chill, and they're loving yet not loving. I relate to them, in a way.
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The under-funded and over-extended United States Patent and Trademark Office does not have the resources to adequately evaluate the burgeoning number of applications, and too many low-quality patents are being issued as a result.
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My kids have played sports all their life, and one thing I've tried to teach them when you lose, you try to be a gentleman about it.
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As an actor, you look for roles that can constantly challenge you and you can learn from.
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Technology is anything that wasn't around when you were born.
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The integral part of being a star is having the will to win. All the champions have it.
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Our key objective is to remove obstacles to trade.
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The United States consumes power per land-area at a rate three times the average. Even though they are more energy efficient, densely populated industrial countries like Germany, Britain and Japan have even bigger power consumption per area.
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You can pass on my respects to the grand mufti, but I will not cover myself up.
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I'm of the school that I will direct you if you request it - if you have a question.
