Dustin Hoffman Quotes
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I like buying clothes, especially as I get a tax-deductible allowance.
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In a play, the director is God, and I'm a great arguer. Rather boringly so, I think, about trying different things.
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When people tell really good stories in songs, I really like it.
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I identified in a very deep way with the individuals I was writing about because the theme that runs through this story is of extraordinary hardship and the will to overcome it.
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To me hair dressing means shape. It's very important that the foundations should be right.
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Brands like Starbucks came along and talked about their brand as itself being a community, the idea that Starbucks is what they like to call a 'third place,' which is not their idea; it's the idea of basic citizenry needing a place that is not work, that is not home, where citizens gather.
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The defiance of established authority, religious and secular, social and political, as a world-wide phenomenon may well one day be accounted the outstanding event of the last decade.
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For the third season, we do a sit around on one episode where we were in character and then we commented on one episode just being ourselves, so - not really. I was comfortable, though. I wasn't nervous.
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'Mrs. Doubtfire' is still a fun movie, and it's still fun to watch, but it is hard to watch myself sometimes. I get very critical. And people will say, 'Mara, you were five.' And I'm like, 'Yeah, but I still should have known better!' I'm a lifelong perfectionist, what can I say?
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There was a point I could have just churned out the spot and spin paintings for ever and laughed all the way to the bank.
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The most powerful symptom of love is a tenderness which becomes at times almost insupportable.
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I enjoy music so much; it's such a passion in my life, and I hope that comes across.
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I think I owe it to myself to put my best effort forward and prove how good I can be.
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If we had this back, and in full measure; if society were infused by it, through and through, and men lived its life, and in its life, philosophy would take care of itself and the nature of our institutions would not matter.
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Hospice is such a tremendous thing. Patients seem to reach an inner peace.
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There is nothing more exciting than having a life devoted to fundamental knowledge and to contributing to advance the borders of knowledge.
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There is no job description for the first lady and she's only there because her husband got elected president.
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I've always said that the word 'genius,' especially in Hollywood, is way overused.
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I am quite a physical chap - I think that's why my waist and physique are pretty much the same as when I was a kid, although my chest is a lot bigger.
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I've had people come up to me after the show and say, 'Why did you not make fun of Pakistan?' People are actually upset you didn't talk about them.
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Remember to be gentle with yourself and others. We are all children of chance and none can say why some fields will blossom while others lay brown beneath the August sun.
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It's interesting that one of the definitions of the word 'human' is 'sympathetic.' More and more people are beginning to show that they understand why that is important.
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I mean, it's fine when you're a kid and someone runs into the playground and goes, 'I've got this great game of pretend,' and you play... As an actor, getting to play, getting to use your imagination and be childish - it is weird but it's wonderful.
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If there is no direct threat why are we invading?
