Dustin Hoffman Quotes
Euthanasia is legal in Hollywood. They just kill the film if it doesn't succeed immediately.
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Oracle's got 100+ enterprise applications live in the #cloud; today, SAP's got nothin' but SuccessFactors until 2020.
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I view my role now as providing more of a macro-level skepticism, rather than saying this poll is good or this poll is evil.
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During my second draft pass on my last book I made 20,000 words happen in a week, which is practically supernatural for me, and it would never have been possible without three nights in a hotel in my own city.
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My job was to get a fair and open hearing to all ideas.
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I think we just need to stick to our knitting on the topics and the subjects the American people care about.
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It was on my fifth birthday that Papa put his hand on my shoulder and said, 'Remember, my son, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm.'
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There is violence in real life but I would never impose violence in a film just to attract the audience.
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I remember when 'The Right Stuff' opened in Hollywood. I got dressed that morning and drove my car down to the theatre that it was playing on, thinking that there would be mobs of people outside. When I looked, there was nobody there.
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Fame is a delicate and dangerous creature; I saw people who didn't honor it, who refused to take responsibility for it, get destroyed by it. I also saw that stardom in and of itself was empty.
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I remember Nazi election propaganda posters showing a hateful Jewish face with crooked nose.
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I come from a dysfunctional family, so my views of parents and parenting used to be highly mixed.
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I wasn't anything special as a father. But I loved them and they knew it.
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My working hypothesis is that stupidity in popular culture is a constant. Popular culture cannot get more stupid.
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The U.S.S.R. had absolutely nothing to do with the triumph of the Cuban Revolution.
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When I was in law school, there was a used book store nearby. I picked up a Harlequin romance and read it. It was stress relieving.
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Like the winds that we come we know not whence and blow whither soever they list, the forces of society are derived from an obscure and distant origin. They arise before the date of philosophy, from the instincts, not the speculations of men.
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I was this kid who never sat down. Nobody liked me? Well, I'd make sure they'd like me. I was the class clown, always doing crazy stuff and causing riots.
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I think prom is just about enjoying yourself.
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We're in the service business by nature, but when we can transition that into ownership things, we love it. Our clients love it, too. We get deluged with offers to get involved with this or that. Silver Lake helps us funnel those opportunities.
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I've done a lot of radio in my life. I've done radio plays for the BBC when I was young so I was absolutely used to that style of work, of working with the voice. I have a very distinctive voice so it's always great for me because I open my mouth and everybody knows who it is.
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Obviously, after every film you do, you wonder what you're going to do next.
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When the BBC decided to bring Doctor Who back as a feature film a few years ago, one national newspaper ran a poll to ask its readers who should be the new Doctor, and I topped it.
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Euthanasia is legal in Hollywood. They just kill the film if it doesn't succeed immediately.
