Dennis Farina Quotes
I wasn't so sure about signing up for 'Law & Order.' I liked the show, but another TV series? I'll tell you, though, it's been great, and I had no idea how popular the show was.
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What we really need is compassion of the mind - compassion for others that is directed intelligently and produces truly compassionate results.
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It's simply untrue that religion provides the only framework for a universal morality.
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I've been making music for a long time, since I was very young, but at the same time, I'm still exploring what works for me. I feel like I'm just starting out.
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I intend not to do an item song ever. I find the term 'item songs' bizarre. I do not want to comment on its presence and its popularity, but I would rather avoid it.
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Revenge doesn't stop.
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'Macbeth' was a very lucky play for me.
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Ulysses, obviously. It was an elaborate prank, and our supposed intellectual elite continue to fall for it.
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One of the biggest misconceptions that has been thrown out there is the fact that I started on Vine.
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I used to be a dancer, and for me it was a really good combination of dance and acting.
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I find it hard to focus looking forward. So I look backward.
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I'm not really one of those people who believes that if you're a musician you can just leave that behind and start getting into politics.
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I think, people look at me, and they say, 'You were very aggressive,' I say, 'Yeah,' you know, and I've made a better life for myself, for my son, so I should reflect that with my music now. I shouldn't still be rhyming like that; that would be me lying.
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Marinating chicken in miso adds lots of character to the meat with little work.
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I am the luckiest novelist in the world. I was a first-time novelist who wasn't awash in rejection slips, whose manuscript didn't disappear in slush piles. I have had a wonderful time.
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I think people feel like there are all these things in our lives that we don't really have control over.
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I know enough about European politics to know you've got a lot of crazy people who make their way onto the ballot.
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There is always a mix of apprehension and excitement before you try songs out on a new audience.
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I'm an academic. I teach at the university, and that's where I will go back to.
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If the movie is quiet I generally feel the audience is busy. That's when they're working.
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I honestly don't read that much. Obviously I read chess books - in terms of favorites, Kasparov's 'My Great Predecessors' is pretty good.
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The thing is, if I try to talk about acting, I come off as moaning. But I'm privileged. I think it's all about control. Acting is vulnerable because you're not in control of anything. You have to give up a lot of your trust; it's up to somebody else what they do with what you've given them.
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I would never recommend my novel as a parenting guide. But we happen to live at a very hectic and hurried time, and I believe that many parents are too wrapped up in themselves.
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In one survey, respondents listed Princeton as one of the country’s top ten law schools. The problem? Princeton doesn’t have a law school.
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I wasn't so sure about signing up for 'Law & Order.' I liked the show, but another TV series? I'll tell you, though, it's been great, and I had no idea how popular the show was.
