Jake LaMotta Quotes
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Hollywood is strange in and of itself. People dress up and pretend to be other people, and you can either make millions of dollars, or no money. It's odd.
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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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There are so many figures in our history that did not believe they could make a change, and they did.
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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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Music commands how we feel, dictates what we experience in our feelings.
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I just had this New York thing. When I got there, I felt so at home. I said, 'This is where the crazy people go.' It's OK to be yourself in New York. In L.A., it's difficult.
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When all is said and done, I want to die exhausted and empty because I gave everything that was in me. I believe that's why we're all here: to give of ourselves to one another to help create a better world, because you can't take it with you.
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I've spent my life making blunders.
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One century's saint is the next century's heretic ... and one century's heretic is the next century's saint. It is as well to think long and calmly before affixing either name to any man.
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When you break bones, they heal up and come back even stronger.
