Dustin Hoffman Quotes
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I think it would be pompous to say I am an underrated actor. I don't think it is for me to think and decide; it is for people to decide. But I am glad I am underrated than being overrated - that is something I would find hard to digest.
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When students leave college, they are like children who know nothing about the problems of life, and don't have a political stance.
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I can say I love working with women. Film is a man's world, and I really appreciate the opportunity to collaborate with women, especially young women.
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Sticking with your vision and what you believe in is so, so important.
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I think with anything where you delve into the back story of an artist, it kind of explains their work more intimately.
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Eliminate numerical quotas, including Management by Objectives.
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When I was a teenager, I worked in New Orleans for a chef named Paul Prudhomme. That was a very important time in my life as a chef. I developed my palate and learned a lot. And here I am now. I specialize in modern Mexican and contemporary Latin cuisines.
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Why is art beautiful? Because it's useless. Why is life ugly? Because it's all ends and purposes and intentions.
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Metaphysics may be, after all, only the art of being sure of something that is not so, and logic only the art of going wrong with confidence.
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Just because someone is your family member doesn't mean they're a good person.
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A few states have taken redistricting out of the hands of partisans and put them in the hands of fair-minded committees. Every state should do the same.
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If I'm man-to-man with a linebacker, well, that's an automatic win because I can run by him. If I'm one-on-one against a corner, I'm gonna catch it all day, because I'm twice his size.
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Celibacy is not a matter of compulsion. Someone is accepted as a priest only when he does it of his own accord.
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There was a close relationship between Mandela and the CBC.
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I'm from Florida, so any time I get invited to come to Florida and play a show, I'm definitely always up for that.
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'Via Dolorosa' is the only thing I have ever acted in my life, professionally, and I'll never act again.
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When you take away healthcare from women, you're keeping women out of the workforce because you're eliminating their choice of when to start a family.
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America is a country of fighters. People who fought their way in and then continued fighting.
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Mary Holland is really funny.
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The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.
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Every socialistic type of government… produces bad art, produces social inertia, produces really unhappy people, and it's more repressive than any other kind of government.
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The Establishment Clause prohibits government from making adherence to a religion relevant in any way to a person's standing in the political community.
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My words, thoughts and deeds have a boomerang effect. So be-careful what you send out!
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Lightbulbs die, my sweet. I will depart.
