Martin Landau Quotes
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As regards parents, I should like to see them as highly educated as possible, and I do not restrict this remark to fathers alone.
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Tiger Woods, Larry Bird, Wayne Gretzky, a pitcher just before a game, I would imagine they all have nervous energy. But as you perform, the nervous energy dissipates and you start to relax and you start to do what you do best.
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What a world this will be when human possibilities are freed, when we discover each other, when the stranger is no longer the potential criminal and the certain inferior!
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The people of South Africa are ready to stand up to the oppressions of the Pretoria regime, and they are ready to fight back.
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Any guy that's not working with the same amount of intensity and passion that I do, I don't want to know.
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You hear a few people saying that, you know, maybe some of the past male players like to watch me play or whatever else, just because I play a bit differently and maybe they can relate to it a bit more with a bigger forehand rather than a backhand, good serve and whatnot.
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You're not going to see me ever be partisan. I'll never take a position on a candidate or an issue.
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This election could come down to just a handful of votes. It could come down to just one vote.
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I don't mind being described as vanilla in certain ways.
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I don't try to hurt people in any way, and I try to help out wherever I can.
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There's going to be a picture of 'Mama' on my obit.
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I can't inhabit my characters until I know what kind of work they do. This requires research because my jobs for the last decade have been author and professor, and I'd like to spare the world more author or professor novels.
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I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people.
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I mean, what is racism? Racism is a projection of our own fears onto another person. What is sexism? It's our own vulnerability about our potency and masculinity projected as our need to subjugate another person, you know? Fascism, the same thing: People are trying to untidy our state, so I legislate as a way of controlling my environment.
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If it's a big hit, fantastic. If it's not, then it's not. I don't worry about my work.
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I've always known, before I had a record deal, that the thing is to go out and put on the show. I've been doing that from day one.
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I think probably the majority of political actions don't go the way people are going to go. Just because there were unexpected consequences and maybe not the resolution people would have liked to have been seen doesn't mean it was less valid of an action.
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Big Internet companies on average are capable of generating revenue of $1 million per employee, and that compares to 10 to 20 percent of that which is normally generated by traditional offline businesses of comparable size.
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When considering a career move, consider the most important assumptions that have to prove true and how you can swiftly and inexpensively test if they are valid. Also, remain realistic about the path ahead of you.
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Every man, and for stronger reasons, every artist, wants to be recognized. So do I.
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I will always be an actress. I couldn't see myself without acting. But I'd love to direct and keep writing. I don't think one has to be in place of the other.
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Serial murders are just the worst stories. It can take an emotional toll on you.
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The way the British 'Office' got away with being so dark was that it only had 13 episodes. There are realistic elements that people obviously enjoy, but they don't necessarily want to relive the trials and tribulations of their average work day.
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As a young actor, I was working much more readily and being offered more things.
