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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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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I'm a reasonably articulate individual.
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[We] are focused on protecting and defending our common security and upholding a rules-based order that undergirds the peace and prosperity of the region and the world. In this work, we are grateful for our continued partnership with Singapore.
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It's fear of the unknown. The unknown is what it is. And to be frightened of it is what sends everybody scurrying around chasing dreams, illusions, wars, peace, love, hate, all that-it's all illusion. Unknown is what it is. Accept that it's unknown and it's plain sailing. Everything is unknown-then you're ahead of the game. That's what it is. Right?
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You never know when you're going to be considered un-hip... The people that really pass judgment on you really have nothing to do with what you do, usually.
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A sense of humour is a sense of proportion.
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Lightbulbs die, my sweet. I will depart.
