Philip Baker Hall Quotes
Pinchas Perry, the director of 'The Chicago 8,' offered me the role of the judge, and he did not know that, 35 years earlier, I'd played a judge in the theater production. So life has its own little twists and turns.
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Magneto wants to cope with the difficulties thrust upon him by society and by his own nature.
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My house looks like it was decorated by a 14-year old with a platinum American Express card.
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I love the idea of thinking of cinema as not that far from music. A lot of my favourite movie makers, the way they move their cameras or the way they cut just feel very musical - even if the movies have no music in them at all.
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What is Norah Jones' style? Is it just the albums that we've heard? She has a rock group where she plays guitar in, downtown in New York, so do we really know her style?
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I have a vast curiosity about our universe, our origins, and its probable future.
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I shall have a beautiful dream tonight. I also wish everyone to have a beautiful dream.
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After the atomic bombs were dropped, the war ended and we went into Tokyo Bay with the rest of the fleet, the Missouri and the rest of them, while they signed the terms of surrender that ended the war.
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One thing I noticed working in the Bronx is that leaders come in the craziest places. They don't always show up at community board meetings. Sometimes it's just the guys on the corner that the boys on the block respect.
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The great thing about Gospel is that you don't have to have an album every year in order to keep working.
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I think it's difficult to do fashion for men, because either you become very over-homosexual fashion or very boring fashion. You don't want a boy who looks 15 in a little pair of shorts with some strange art... But to see just a jacket and tie is boring.
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I used to wear miniskirts with my GB top, and sparkly sandals, and the boys would be like: 'Oh my gosh, this girl cannot be serious.'
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I've never asked a player if they would sign my shoe.
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I remember immediately - immediately - feeling like, 'I don't want to play 'We Are Young' when I'm 35. I don't want to be defined by this.'
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Because Islam in its original form was tough and hard, not weak and pliable.
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When you grow up in the country in France, you have small horizons.
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I get really excited about other female acts. I feel inspired when I see another women succeeding in music because it makes me realize that if they can do it, I can do it.
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My characters are fictional. I get ideas from real people, sometimes, but my characters always exist only in my head.
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I don't particularly like L.A.
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When I see other people out there, involved, and really giving their time and effort for the kids, then I don't mind giving my time and effort for the kids as well.
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A great many people seem to think writing poetry is worthwhile, even though it pays next to nothing and is not as widely read as it should be.
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We're not aware of fame itself, we're not that kind of band.
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I've learned a lot about life besides how to take a punch. And I've taken quite a few in and out of the ring.
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The question is whether any civilization can wage relentless war on life without destroying itself, and without losing the right to be called civilized.
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Pinchas Perry, the director of 'The Chicago 8,' offered me the role of the judge, and he did not know that, 35 years earlier, I'd played a judge in the theater production. So life has its own little twists and turns.
