Jake LaMotta Quotes
I purposely lost a fight to Billy Fox because they promised me that I would get a shot to fight for the title if I did.
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House was the first film where I had no influence on the script. I had to buy the script with the game rights.
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I like seeing girls throw down.
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Don't forget to eat a lot of greens and fish oil pills. Those are two of the best things to keep your skin glowing.
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'The Outsiders' died on the vine being sold as a drugstore paperback.
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Religion is induced insanity.
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Whenever I come across an Arabic word mired in English text, I am momentarily shocked out of the narrative.
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I think whenever you see what may be the seeds of a third party, you need to be very skeptical because there's not a very good track record for third parties.
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You cannot make peace with terrorists. The normal dividing lines between war and peace do not apply.
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In the end, the actor's main power is the power to say, 'No.'
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Contemplation and wisdom are highest achievements and man is not totally at home with them.
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'Independents' - the industry term for companies that have more capital and know-how than the typical 'wildcatter' - can grow either by exploring and finding reserves or by buying a company that already has them.
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I didn't go to school a lot.
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The days of the painter at the Bauhaus appear to be truly over. They are estranged from the actual core of present activities, and their influence is more restricting than inspiring.
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If I lose, I lose. I'll do it on my terms.
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I like new challenges and new experiences.
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Just because I don't show six-pack abs doesn't mean that I don't have them.
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It makes me feel good that I can now sit there and go, I've worked with Jack Nicholson, Al Pacino, all the great actors that I've worked with... Sir Ben Kingsley.
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Those who said I'm not an out-and-out goal-scorer are probably right. I always feel I could score more.
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I learned a tremendous amount about dialogue because I suffered as an actor.
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'Why ‘threep’? Why ‘clank’? Slang happens.'
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Everybody is supposed to be a part of their own community.
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Autumn is the eternal corrective. It is ripeness and color and a time of maturity; but it is also breadth, and depth, and distance. What man can stand with autumn on a hilltop and fail to see the span of his world and the meaning of the rolling hills that reach to the far horizon?
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When I started my first film, there were three women directors in France. Their films were OK, but I was different. It's like when you start to jump and you put the pole very high - you have to jump very high. I thought, I have to use cinema as a language.
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I purposely lost a fight to Billy Fox because they promised me that I would get a shot to fight for the title if I did.
