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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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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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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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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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 want to be able to sing well, but I have the worst voice in the world.
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It's very selfish when I write. I'm not aware, ever, of writing for another person; I'm not even really aware of writing for myself.
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It's true that I love to connect with my fans on the social networking sites, but I try not to go overboard, ever. I just give people a peek into my mind space, but never bombard them with my tweets.
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In summers, while growing up in India, we often slept in the courtyard under the stars.
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Art is magic... But how is it magic? In its metaphysical development? Or does some final transformation culminate in a magic reality? In truth, the latter is impossible without the former. If creation is not magic, the outcome cannot be magic.
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Growing up sucks, doesn't it? I understand why people wouldn't want to get old - but it'd be one thing if we became a culture obsessed with eating right, doing yoga, going to therapy and becoming at one with ourselves. That be great. But we don't do that. We seem to be obsessed with all the wrong ways to stay young.
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Medical research is needed, and I just saw there was a need for help that the government - state or federal - was not spending the taxpayers' money on helping people get through college.
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The book of 'The Hobbit' was given to me to read by a friend of my mother when I was about 12 years old: it set my life on a different path. Next, I read 'The Lord of The Rings' trilogy, then 'The Silmarillion' and Homers 'The Odyssey' and every Greek/Roman/Viking myth book I could get my hands on. Pretty heavy reading for a 12 year old.
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The bones of the Dead will be seen to govern the fortunes of him who moves them.
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Nothing good ever comes of violence.
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If there is no direct threat why are we invading?
