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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Opposition, n. In politics the party that prevents the Government from running amok by hamstringing it.
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In England, there just isn't that fascism of beauty and physicality or whatever. You don't have to look like a gym bunny, all buffed up and a size two. You're not judged the way you are in the States.
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If a person uses the word 'sorry' loosely then of course it loses its value.
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My favorite writers are all Jews - David, Solomon, Matthew, Mark - well, you get the picture.
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We never could have performed live for an hour and a half every week if we were doing drugs.
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When you break bones, they heal up and come back even stronger.
