Ennio Morricone Quotes

There was a theft! But, of course, if it was up to me, every two years I would win an Oscar.

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• The more you work and get known for something, sometimes things begin to narrow a bit, and your opportunities get more... specific.

  

  Mahershala Ali
  • Work
  • You
  • Opportunities

• I think every job I do, I sort of look for the challenge in. I mean, that's why we do this job. It's not, you know, obviously not for the money or for the fame, it's for, I guess finding out more about yourself.

  

  Sam Heughan
  • Money
  • Why
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• I think we know how to do Mars.

  

  Mae Jemison
  • Think
  • Know
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• I am not an enemy of the Negro. We want him here among us; he is the only laboring class we have.

  

  Nathan Bedford Forrest
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  • Negro
  • Laboring Class

• For me, writing about hotels is like writing about being in a parallel universe. The sense of voyeurism, and the sense of removedness, and there are all these people silently above you and next to you.

  

  Halsey
  • People
  • Writing
  • Universe

• I have such a dancer's spirit that I tend to leap around the house. Once I leaped onto my bed and landed on the floor. But I danced more for myself than I did for other people.

  

  T'Keyah Crystal Keymah
  • People
  • House
  • Myself

• I was afraid I would see someone from my past who thought I was this big athlete, and then I end up being just normal.

  

  Victor Cruz
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  • Past
  • Thought

• There's no handbook for parenting. So you walk a very fine line as a parent because you are civilizing these raw things. They will tip the coffee over and finger-paint on the table. At some point, you have to say, 'We're gonna have to clean that up because you don't paint with coffee on a table.'

  

  Gary Oldman
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  • Parent
  • Coffee

• I venture to say no war can be long carried on against the will of the people.

  

  Edmund Burke
  • People
  • Long
  • War

• Politics is largely a matter of heart.

  

  R. A. Butler
  • Heart
  • Politics
  • Matter

• I always say spend more on classics, like a good pair of leather trousers, an amazing tailored jacket, or a classic handbag. Then you can just mix your everyday tops from the high street.

  

  Abbey Clancy
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• We, too, must change as circumstances evolve.

  

  Baldwin Spencer
  • Change
  • Evolve
  • Too

• Often you see big companies, big banks who are eager to embrace crushing regulatory burdens because they drive up everyone's costs.

  

  Ted Cruz
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  • You
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• In my early 20s I was so miserable doing construction, I wanted something that paid money. I liked nice stuff. I liked cars and architecture, and things that cost money. I wanted to not swing a hammer, and make money... and not do stuff that was dirty. I attempted to get into comedy. I started to do stand-up, but I wasn't very good at it.

  

  Adam Carolla
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• Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.

  

  Oprah Winfrey
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• People love my collard greens. They love my macaroni and cheese. They love the gumbo. They love my Jamaican jerk or my Jamaican curry chicken. They love the jerk, though. And they love my Mexican food.

  

  Tamala Jones
  • People
  • Food
  • Mexican

• There is a unique freshness when eating buckwheat noodles cold with plenty of herbs and citrus acidity. I can't think of any better use of chopsticks on a hot and sweaty evening.

  

  Yotam Ottolenghi
  • Better
  • Unique
  • Cold

• I don't think there are any men who are faithful to their wives.

  

  Jackie Kennedy
  • Men
  • Think
  • Faithful

• I have always despised people who thought they were better than others, and I made a promise to myself that I'd never turn into that kind of person. My family also helps to keep me grounded. Whenever I get a 'diva moment,' as they like to call it, they let me know it and say, 'Stop acting like a diva!' They're pretty good at it, too.

  

  Jackie Evancho
  • People
  • Good
  • Family

• You will ultimately be defined by the sum total of your responses to circumstances, situations and events that you probably couldn't anticipate and indeed probably couldn't even imagine. So just keep your eyes on the course and be ready to move in different directions depending upon the crises and opportunities with which you are faced.

  

  David Stern
  • Different
  • Eyes

• I used to win at school, and some teacher said to me, 'Why don't you take up running like your sisters?'

  

  Genzebe Dibaba
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  • School
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• I catch an old 'Morse' on ITV3. I've never thought I looked particularly like my son. He's taller than me and blond. But when I see Lewis walk into a room with John Thaw, it's like my son has just come onto the screen. That's very strange indeed!

  

  Kevin Whately
  • Son

• I have all this time between projects, and I'm not so sure that's a healthy thing. It's scary, because at 36 I'm woefully unqualified for anything else.

  

  Jason Patric
  • Time
  • Scary

• There was a theft! But, of course, if it was up to me, every two years I would win an Oscar.

  

  Ennio Morricone
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