Phil Ochs Quotes
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I think in a play it's wise to just sit back and watch other actors and be able to shape it from the audience.
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We have two trainers at the polo ground and do a mix of aerobics, gymnastics and stretches before we start riding. As polo players, it's very important for us to keep in shape. We do a bit of yoga and Pilates sometimes, too.
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The older I get, the less I know. By that I mean the less I am sure of. I view people with strong opinions on the big stuff with distrust. I don't think we should have certain certainties on faith and politics; I think we should be open-minded.
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When Orientals are attacked, they don't hit back.
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We must restrict the anonymity behind which people hide to commit crimes. As citizens, we have a right to privacy. We have no such right to anonymity.
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When I was signed, that was before the punk thing even happened.
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See any detour as an opportunity to experience new things.
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My advice to kids is give it your all! Give it 110 percent and don't give up!
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We all have to make choices in life.
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In one case out of a hundred a point is excessively discussed because it is obscure; in the ninety-nine remaining it is obscure because it is excessively discussed.
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And most of my early pictures failed but about one in a 100 somehow looked better than what I saw.
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Here I was, sitting with the boys of the first team in cognitive psychology, personality psychology, developmental psychology at Stanford and Harvard, and in the midst of this I felt here were men and women who, themselves were not highly evolved beings. Their own lives were not fulfilled.
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I started to write The Name of the Rose in March of 1978, moved by a seminal idea. I wanted to poison a monk.
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It’s my old girl that advises. She has the head. But I never own to it before her. Discipline must be maintained.
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As an actor, there's nothing worse than the sound of 'seven years'. I'm sure to some people it sounds amazing, but to us, it's, like, seven years of playing the same person.
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I love L.A. You definitely can't beat the weather, and being close to the beach is nice. It's a good town.
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There was a scene cut out of 'Big Fat Liar' (2002) where I had to wear a dress. This may sound kind of weird, but I really enjoyed shooting that scene.
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I grew up in a small town in India, but through books I knew the world.
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'Aura' is what one reflects in the heart, what you bring into the world, and what people want to learn from you.
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I will have an administrative system where there is no way to extricate red tape.
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Her soul trembled on her lips like a drop of dew on a flower.
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I was over there, entertaining the troops. I won't say which troops.
