Ennio Morricone Quotes
I was offered a free villa in Hollywood, but I said no thank you, I prefer to live in Italy.
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I can work in films as long as the story doesn't have a realistic nature. If I'm working with an allegory, a fantasy, it can be developed in synthetic terms.
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I turned down a lot of films.
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We are not going to turn our backs on people who have been persecuted, turn our backs on people who have been threatened by terror.
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One of the things I did when I was in New York, which has a wonderful deaf community, is I have worked on making Broadway more accessible to deaf people.
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We have magnificent brains, but we use a great deal of our brilliance to keep ourselves stuck and ignorant, to keep ourselves from not shining. We are so afraid of our beauty and radiance and brilliance because it scared the adults around us when we were children.
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Whatever we do from government, we need to do what's best for America. If we do that, that's bringing power back to the people.
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Only through loving and supporting one another, even in the face of unbearable pain and suffering, will this cycle of violence end.
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I was known as a 35-mm photographer with a view-camera mentality.
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The Bible calls us to love our neighbors, and to do justice and love kindness, not to indiscriminately kill one another.
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I make a lot of soups, and I love stews. My mother's a big foodie. She went to culinary school in New Orleans and has an oyster-artichoke soup recipe that has no cream in it but it tastes so creamy.
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I make the music my ears want to hear, I wear the clothes my body wants to wear and the ones boys call me back for, and I generally make the songs that my feet dance to.
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Many a poor soul has had to suffer from the weight of the debts on him, finding no rest or peace after death.
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We suffered a terrible blow on 11 September 2001. We responded with fear and anger. A fight-or-flight response is adaptive in any species. For us, given our power, fight was the only response we could imagine.
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I don't know how I got involved in 'Celebrity Wife Swap.' It came from my agent Hugh. He got the opportunity for me.
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Never respect men merely for their riches, but rather for their philanthropy; we do not value the sun for its height, but for its use.
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My father used to sing to me in my mother's womb. I think I can name about any tune in two beats.
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The biggest competition is myself. I am not looking to follow others or pull them down. I'm planning to test my own boundaries.
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It is good to connect to someone who reminds you that you have some real authenticity.
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Never give up. And most importantly, be true to yourself. Write from your heart, in your own voice, and about what you believe in.
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I liken myself to Henry Ford and the auto industry, I give you 90 percent of what most people need.
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I was mortified by my parents - what they did, who they were, everything. I hated who I was. I hated everything, and I would live in a fantasy world and try to be different. But that's not a lot different, I think, than a lot of kids.
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Fool! Don't you see now that I could have poisoned you a hundred times had I been able to live without you.
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The more I can make a person comfortable in their environment by taking my ego's hat off and leaving it at the door, then they can dive deep within themselves and we can pull out something interesting that people have never heard before. It's the stuff that's - that no one's ever heard before is really interesting.
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I was offered a free villa in Hollywood, but I said no thank you, I prefer to live in Italy.
