Paul Verhoeven Quotes
I had decided after 'Hollow Man' to stay away from science fiction. I felt I had done so much science fiction. Four of the six movies I made in Hollywood are science-fiction oriented, and even 'Basic Instinct' is kind of science fiction.
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It's extraordinary what children put up with. I happened to see two of my uncles put my father up against the wall of my grandmother's house and knock his teeth out, because he'd been unpleasant to my mother. The next day I went upstairs and found my father making a rather half-hearted attempt to gas himself.
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NATO remains the cornerstone of Atlantic security.
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I'm sort of contrary and stubborn sometimes. When everybody says, 'You have to read this book! You have to read this book!' I'm like 'Oh, I'll get around to it.'
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Push your luck. If you see a pretty girl in a bar, say something.
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I live in a Mobile Home - I've never had a house, except once; I rented a log cabin.
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I used to think I had ambition... but now I'm not so sure. It may have been only discontent. They're easily confused.
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There are 309 million people out there that are trying to improve their lot in life. And we've got a system that allows them to do it.
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Six years, I didn't act. Then I wrote myself a role - I won prizes all over the world.
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I've had a hip replacement, I've beaten cancer, I had my hand operation, and I stopped drinking. Something inside of me just went, 'I'm done.'
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I love fashion and there is no easier way to express yourself than through the clothes you wear.
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My job is making money, helping other people make money. I am spending money, trying to make sure more people get rich, because you cannot spend a lot of money, right? So my job is spending money, helping others. This is a headache.
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Small lending institutions lack the capability of their larger counterparts to hire the additional manpower necessary to deal with the hundreds of additional regulations created by Dodd-Frank.
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I moved to Princeton, Indiana, and became a professional Farm Manager for that Princeton Farms.
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Anybody can be a rapper, but not anybody can be a classical artist.
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Americans call them hillbillies, rednecks, or white trash. I call them neighbors, friends, and family.
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Chinese economic development has cost many American workers their jobs. That's the price of progress.
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If you never give up, you'll be successful.
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Launching a successful product or startup has little to do with luck. Any business that gains traction on the market is the result of very careful strategizing and market analysis, not to mention the development of an original product or service.
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There are some great human beings out there. That's all I can say.
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I abhor hypocrisy.
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We would just go out and line up a bunch of cans and shoot with rifles, handguns and at times, submachine guns... When I was a kid it was a controlled atmosphere, we weren't shooting at humans... we were shooting at cans and bottles mostly. I will most certainly take my kids out for target practice.
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Better a little which is well done, than a great deal imperfectly.
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I've always thought that science fiction films set in our world have always rung false.
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I had decided after 'Hollow Man' to stay away from science fiction. I felt I had done so much science fiction. Four of the six movies I made in Hollywood are science-fiction oriented, and even 'Basic Instinct' is kind of science fiction.
