Jake LaMotta Quotes
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Literature is one of the most interesting and significant expressions of humanity.
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The darkness of clubs makes me feel much more secure, and you can hide behind smoke and lights.
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I just try to show up and be relaxed and present and honest. And that's my only trick. And sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't. Honestly, sometimes it really doesn't work.
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I listen to a mixture of old jazz, contemporary, pop, some world beat stuff and various odds and ends.
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I didn't only have a perceptual problem, I was also so nervous and so upset. The process just didn't work. I lost enthusiasm for school and I flunked second grade. The teachers said I was lazy.
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A lot of the time, people think I'm really dumb or really uncomfortable talking to them, which is kind of a real thing.
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Basketball for me has always been a matter of rhythm - what you do bouncing the ball, how you bounce the ball, how you run, how you receive the ball to be in rhythm.
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Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive.
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An arts degree is like a diploma in origami. And about as much use.
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My ultimate goal is whenever I go on the court, I just want to be known as one of the better players.
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When you're up against a trouble,Meet it squarely, face to face;Lift your chin and set your shoulders,Plant your feet and take a brace.When it's vain to try to dodge it,Do the best that you can do;You may fail, but you may conquer,See it through!
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One of the misfortunes of our time is that in getting rid of false shame we have killed off so much real shame as well.
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For the Earth is a globe in a void the truth there's no up nor down to it.
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The amount of racism, sexism, homophobia, and hatred in general that lies beneath the surface of the American dream is astounding and serious.
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I sacrificed to the mania of the age, which is to overload things. My modeling is there, the eloquence of the gesture also. The rest would only spoil the essential things. It is a stroke of genius. I am going to write to the under-secretary of state that my monument is ready.
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When trust is lost, a nation's ability to transact business is palpably undermined.
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Being nominated is such a tremendous honor. An Oscar win for me and for the 'Strong Island' team would be the cap to an incredible journey. But it would also mean that my brother will not disappear from history.
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I love children, love spending time with them; I love getting things for them.
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I feel like I'm neither a girl nor a boy. I don't feel like a man.
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The deepest life of nature is silent and obscure; so often the elements that move and mould society are the results of the sister's counsel and the mother's prayer.
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I'm a filmmaker, so I always think: When is the breaking point? Sometimes you've got to go beyond the breaking point, and then you catch it. When is long enough? It's one of those things you have to look at, walk away, and go home and find out what it is.
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Punches never bothered me that much.
