Dennis Franz Quotes
I am not interested in considering another TV series. This one was a wonderful experience which will be hard to top, and It's caused me to turn down several good film opportunities because of the schedule.
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When I was 13, I had these episodes where I could just see the world without any words attached to it, without any associations. It was a little bit spooky. A lot of people might have even thought it was pathological. I thought it was interesting.
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While China succeeded in transferring nearly 150 million people from agriculture to manufacturing, we could not do so, due to lack of skilled manpower.
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I felt audiences are happier to take comedy people who play darker people because there's a link between the psychosis of comedy and the psychosis of being a twisted character.
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The mountains, the forest, and the sea, render men savage; they develop the fierce, but yet do not destroy the human.
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People who want the most approval get the least and people who need approval the least get the most.
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Metaphysics is a dark ocean without shores or lighthouse, strewn with many a philosophic wreck.
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I drive a car, like an adult. Not brilliantly. I'm not great.
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I think it's the director's prerogative, not the studio's, to go back and reinvent a movie.
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If America is a nation of laws as we proclaim, then our immigration laws are part of the package.
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What is important, then, is not that the critic should possess a correct abstract definition of beauty for the intellect, but a certain kind of temperament, the power of being deeply moved by the presence of beautiful objects.
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It makes no difference whether a work is naturalistic or abstract; every visual expression follows the same fundamental laws.
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This country wants to laugh. We want to, and we need to. I'm happy to oblige.
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There are many ways of showing your protest and discontent without the actions of Kremlin.
Garry Kasparov -
I recently went to New York for the first time, and honey, I'm in love with that place. I'm obsessed with its sausages.
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If a film is a huge hit, you do think properly before choosing your next projects.
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Each of the bracelets I wear is from a long trip I've taken. One is from Nicaragua. One is from Nepal. One is from Guatemala. One is from Laos. They don't come off. I walk into a lot of very high-level boardrooms now, and I present to distinguished conferences, but these bracelets remind me of the places I've been and the people I've met.
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Nobody owes anybody a living, but everybody is entitled to a chance.
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Arab-led Islamic fundamentalism destabilizes nations from Algeria to the Philippines.
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There's a lot of directors who were actors, so they have the sensibility of an actor, which sometimes helps.
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You can never discount the pleasure of showing up to work with Scarlett Johansson and now Cobie Smulders. That's just a day that's easy on your eyes.
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The idea of confidence, of the emotions of the population, is an incredibly important one in economics. John Maynard Keynes called it 'animal spirit.' And if people are feeling generally good about the future, they're more likely to spend money, to start new companies; companies are more likely to hire people, make investments.
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When I think of my work, I'm aware that I'm American and African at all points and times. And without a doubt, my experience and understanding of America was shaped by having immigrant parents.
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It is good to live and learn.
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I am not interested in considering another TV series. This one was a wonderful experience which will be hard to top, and It's caused me to turn down several good film opportunities because of the schedule.
