Dustin Hoffman Quotes
There were a few things that went into it. When you're doing something you're trying to be your audience at the same time, so if somebody tells me that this is a movie about retired opera singers, you think 'maybe I'll wait for it to come to DVD'. You're not rushing off to see it.
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Nuclear power plants must be prepared to withstand everything from earthquakes to tsunamis, from fires to floods to acts of terrorism.
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Man's idea of God, and a God's collusion, is an essential part of the equation to wage war.
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I'm not a monarchist. But I'm English. And I have an irrational emotion for my country.
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There had always been black people in and out of our house, and from the outset I had been taught that for them life was defined by struggle and filled with injustice.
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On many different singles, I was able to marry my music with rappers who understood the natural bond between us.
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I have been fortunate to experience a wide range of characters. What more can an actor ask for?
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All of these mechanisms we have for celebrating are so double-edged. So much sorrow comes out of joy.
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Eighty per cent of my output is 'Mallory clowns on the Western canon,' and I'm happy to be that person.
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Human faces shouldn't get lost amid the statistics.
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I don't recognize my former self. Like I'm on the outside looking in at my life. Who is that guy?
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I fought well at 155, but I don't think I ever came close to my best at 155. I think I'll get to my best at 170 pounds.
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I say I am stronger than fear.
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I came to Congress on the promise of cutting wasteful government spending. There are plenty of examples of the government playing loose with taxpayer money, but none more so than how we spend our foreign aid dollars.
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I have been accused of things that I have never done. I have been called a perpetrator of incidents while I was actually a peacemaker. I really don't know why. Yuvraj Singh isn't a party animal; he is just singled out. I don't know why.
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I have been back in Paris for two weeks. Nothing new. Life is still bitter.
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I've gone skydiving twice. I was terrified about doing it, but I wanted to overcome that. The first time, I did it with my parents and I remember that they had already both jumped out, and suddenly it was my turn. And I thought, 'Well, I don't want to be an orphan,' so I guess I have no choice, and I jumped out of the plane.
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I love basketball, but I miss football every time I watch it.
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The friends we have, these are choices that - unlike family, which we have no choice in, and I love my family, thank God - we've given ourselves, to some degree.
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My music is 100-percent me, so it's just who I developed into as a woman. I feel really grateful that I waited until I did because I feel like I really found who I was by doing that.
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It's not that the regulator doesn't want the banking industry to grow. The growth of the industry has always been in relation to the GDP (gross domestic product) growth.
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I loved the movie theater so I always saw a lot of movies. And then there was a play, I saw in the local paper, they were having auditions for a play of a book I had read. Which was One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey. So I said, "oh, I've read this, so I'm perfect for the part of the lead." His name is escaping me.
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My dad knows great music. So I'm taking music to him to get an opinion rather than praise.
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Everyone says that forgiveness is a lovely idea until he has something to forgive yet tasted one of the most sublime enjoyments of life.
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There were a few things that went into it. When you're doing something you're trying to be your audience at the same time, so if somebody tells me that this is a movie about retired opera singers, you think 'maybe I'll wait for it to come to DVD'. You're not rushing off to see it.
