Elliott Gould Quotes
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It's those damn critics again.
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There's not much room for eccentricity in Hollywood, and eccentricity is what's sexy in people.
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To have a songwriter that wrote so specifically what I felt to be true... I've never been much of an actor either. If something is real for me, then I can do it.
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You must respect people, and you must respect money. My father said to me: 'When you respect money, money will respect you.'
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We did not have a television while I was growing up, and so I read voraciously. My earliest memory of being utterly transfixed by a book was Madeleine L'Engle's 'A Wrinkle in Time.'
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We're so marriage-obsessed, we think that only married people are families.
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I am trying to do my own thing, but there will always be comparisons, even if I don't agree with them.
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No great art has ever been made without the artist having known danger.
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My mom taught me the power of love. I learned to focus on the long-term big picture from my father. His sense of humor and light-hearted approach always make me smile. My husband is a pivotal anchor in my life. His influence encourages me to be independent and take risks.
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There is nothing more worrisome to ISIS than cooperation between 'the West' and the Muslim world, for it defies the narrative of a clash of civilisations the group is trying to revive.
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I want to see as many movies as I can and I covet a lot of weird influential movies.
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I went to the U.S. for business because I thought America is a big consuming country, although it's not an overconsuming country.
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London, from the architecture to the culture to the fashion to the accents, feels like it's a special place.
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My memories of events and games are fragmented.
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I think you can do science fiction, but you have to ground it in some realism. People need to identify with the characters, with their plights and their issues.
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When we think of Gemini.com, it will be like a Nasdaq for bitcoin.
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Not one black man is prominent in Brazil. The Negroes there are still at the bottom.
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I think I have enough of a sense to know what works for me and what doesn't, without going into some big thing and analyzing what I do. I'm in a position that allows me to do what I want to do, and I do it.
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My parents have provided guidance, objective feedback, and unconditional support. They are advocates of what I do.
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We have an uncanny ability to make birds do what we want them to do. In Blood Simple there's a shot from the bumper of a car and it's going up this road and a huge flock of birds takes off at the perfect moment.
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I kind of grew up in a commune, but it wasn't a hippie commune necessarily, but it was a big house with a lot of families, we all lived together and it was the 70s, whatever that means.
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99% of my life I was lied to. I just found out my mom does more dope than I do(Damn!). I told her I'd grow up to be a famous rapper, make a record about doing drugs and name it after her (-Oh, thank you!).
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There are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.
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My problem was I let myself become known before I knew myself.
