Martin Landau Quotes
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I never thought I would be standing here, married to an All-American guy, living in Oklahoma. What a country.
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I used to think that one of the great signs of security was the ability to just walk away.
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We're traditional and don't do cutting-edge styles, but after 17 years we're holding our own.
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People first concern themselves with meeting their basic needs; only afterwards, do they pursue any higher needs.
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You can't deny RCA's past and its history. I was also on Capitol Records, so I have that past history.
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Normally, I'm a grumpy old man - whenever I read about celebrity, I start to grind my teeth and pull my hair; it seems synonymous with idiocy.
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Carelessness makes me cross. And unkindness.
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I don't believe in having spaces in the home that don't get used. We pay so much for square footage that to waste it is criminal.
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I remember being a teenager and seeing Seymour Cassel across a crowded room and being incredibly star struck, and not having the courage to say, 'Hello.'
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My whole life is a theater piece.
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I'm very happy with the choices I've been making and the people I've been working with. I hope I can continue along this path.
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I consider myself an inventor first and an entrepreneur second. In real life, my hero is Thomas Edison. He was a great inventor, but also an outstanding entrepreneur who was able to sell his inventions to the masses. He didn't just develop the light bulb; he invented the entire electric grid and power distribution system.
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I've always loved Scotland, and I'm not a huge fan of big cities, to be honest. I like them to dip into for a bit, but I'm not sure I would want to live in one again.
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In our quest for peace, we should constantly ask ourselves what we should do to create conditions in which peace can prosper.
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When I first started to get into writing, it was via music. I'd generate ideas for songs that would turn into stories, then they'd turn into novels. I was biased toward music.
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Roc Nation has an army. I'm happy because this is what I needed. I have the music, but they have the muscle.
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The smallest wound or pain of the ego is examined under a microscope as if it were of eternal importance. The artist considers his isolation, his subjectivity, his individualism almost holy.
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One cannot walk through an assembly factory and not feel that one is in Hell.
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The imagination is the secret and marrow of civilization. It is the very eye of faith.
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I am a simple man who comes from a village, and villagers like us speak our mind. Now, in the process, if unknowingly my words came across as disrespectful or insulting, then I am deeply sorry. I don't want to hurt anyone.
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Talk to people... everything good I've done has come from conversations with people. Science is a very social phenomenon.
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Judy couldn't move to Britain for family reasons, so I had to come to the States, and the U.S. government wouldn't give me a Green Card, so I airily told her I'd write a book.
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I knew from the age of seven that I was meant to be a writer.
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Ageism is something that does exist.
