Jake LaMotta Quotes
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When the simple word processors came in, writing became crisper, less dense - just because of the way we could instantly edit on the screen. Now the ability to mash up words and pictures and links and songs and tweets is what matters. I can't imagine what writing will be like in 2154.
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I'm famous by default. I came out of the womb, and people wanted to know who I was because of my parents.
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I'm waiting for them to make 'Thundercats'. I would love to be Cheetara.
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I wasn't interested at all in doing a documentary. I was not a public figure.
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The conception that, instead of this, contemporary society is at or near a turning point is very prominent in the views of a school of social scientists who, though they are still comparatively few, are getting more and more of a hearing.
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Depending on where my self-confidence was, growing up, I would use humor either to bring people closer, or to keep them away from certain feelings I had.
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Ultimately, when I go back to the stage, I want to be able to do everything. I want to be able to do music and comedy and all that stuff; that's what all this stuff is leading to.
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Overall I enjoy a certain anonymity. I live a very normal, very ordinary life.
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There are far too many people in university in Britain. If you want to make money, be a plumber.
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Nashville is my home, and the reason why I get to do what I love.
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My life is so full of sacrifices.
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I don't know if I'm a method actor.
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I've directed enough in the theatre and a couple of films to know that - to feel fairly secure that if I find a story that I really like I can probably get it done somewhat.
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Ninety percent of my clothes are women's.
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A complacent satisfaction with present knowledge is the chief bar to the pursuit of knowledge.
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As a black person in America, I am twice as likely as a white person to live in an area where air pollution poses the greatest risk to my health. I am five times more likely to live within walking distance of a power plant or chemical facility - which I do.
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A fair trial is one in which the rules of evidence are honored, the accused has competent counsel, and the judge enforces the proper courtroom procedures - a trial in which every assumption can be challenged.
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I was going to college to be a doctor.
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People tell me they use my song 'Coming Home' at their weddings. My audience seems to range from young to old, and it's cool when you really get to connect with all different people.
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I'm just glad that I have bragging rights to working with Bugs and Daffy.
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I grew up like a lot of country boys and girls do - amongst the pine trees, dirt roads, farms, mules and people who were real.
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Retiring for good wasn't difficult. I knew at the time it was right. I was no longer capable of achieving the standards I'd set myself and there was no light at the end of the tunnel.
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I feel like sleep is the most important thing. I notice in my body, when I don't get enough sleep on a consistent basis, how I am dreary, or my mood changes, or I'm not as focused.
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When you break bones, they heal up and come back even stronger.
