Jake LaMotta Quotes
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I've always thought that I'm sexy in my own right, but not in a way that people thought was bankable.
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Why is it so unutterably beneficial, the thought that someone besides myself knows me?
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MTV didn't call. I guess I wasn't hip and groovy enough.
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You possess a potent force that you either use, or misuse, hundreds of times every day.
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When I was a child - in wartime, pre-television - books were my life.
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It is true that in France, women put on less things. If they have a necklace, they don't put on earrings; if they have nail polish, they don't put on all their rings and all their bracelets.
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I have little doubt that gerontologists will eventually find a way to avoid, or more likely, delay, the unpleasantries of extended life.
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We're never going to be able to get rid of terrorism, because there is always going to be evil in the world.
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I think every day we look at the mess of the chaos of the civil war in Iraq, I think every day people become more and more convinced that the war was a mistake. I think we have to learn from the mistakes of our past.
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Everybody goes through a phase of fatigue, and I am no different. Re-inventing yourself in your profession is the key to deal with fatigue.
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Is a family just the strict definition of a small and discrete unit, or is it about the larger organic group that inevitably grows up around the smaller one?
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There's only one way to become a hitter. Go up to the plate and get mad. Get mad at yourself and mad at the pitcher.
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I was given the task of I.P.L. Chairmanship which I tried to perform to the best of my abilities. The tournament was organised well despite all the controversies. The stadiums were jam-packed, which proved that I.P.L. was still popular.
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My business issues are just that - business - and I deal with them like they are business.
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I love Japan, and Tokyo is my favorite city.
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I've always been a bubbly and energetic and happy person, but when I get upset, I get frustrated; when someone makes me mad, I definitely have a temper, and I've had to deal with having a temper my whole life.
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I feel very English. I'm proud of it. I wanted there to be a thread connecting everything, the songs, clothes, artwork, even the string arrangements. It all creates a certain atmosphere.
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I didn't go out of my way to get into this movie stuff. I think of myself as a writer.
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I lost my job in the most public way possible, and the press had a field day with it all over the world. And guess what? I'm still here.
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The hard truth is that there are people who believe they're writers and work hard at it and are sincere about it, but they don't make it. You have to be prepared for that possibility.
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We're very committed... to make sure the energy that we are delivering to our customers is as clean as it can be.
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These are the multinationals, like General Motors and Nestle; these are the big industrial groups that weigh, on the monetary scale, much more than big countries like Egypt.
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They'll walk up, and they'll flip their top, and they’ll flip their panties.
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I wasn't born to be a fighter. My hands are too small, and look at these short arms.
