Jake LaMotta Quotes
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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I came from the theater playing leading roles, and when I started doing film and television, I felt as if I had to start from the bottom.
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I'm the eldest at 51, and if the Stones can drag themselves around once more, then there's a few more albums in us.
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Relationships can be very traumatic. But being in a healthy relationship can be very empowering.
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Ever since it was announced that Ryan Murphy intended to produce 'The People v. O.J. Simpson,' I have been inundated with the question as to 'How do I feel about it?' All I can say is, for me, it was personally the most heartbreaking tragedy that altered my life forever.
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In passing, also, I would like to say that the first time Adam had a chance he laid the blame on a woman.
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There is something uniquely American about the motel: It speaks to the transient nature of America itself, one enabled and encouraged by our roads and highways.
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In certain European cuisines, vegetables are cooked a long time. I take the term 'al dente' and use it for vegetables.
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Ruby inherited the Perl philosophy of having more than one way to do the same thing. I inherited that philosophy from Larry Wall, who is my hero actually. I want to make Ruby users free. I want to give them the freedom to choose.
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Suppose that every prospective parent in the world stopped having children naturally, and instead produced clones of themselves. What would the world be like in another 20 or 30 years? The answer is: much like today. Cloning would only copy the genetic aspects of people who are already here.
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I want to be the first person to laugh at myself. It makes other people feel at ease - we're all on an even playing field.
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Anyone who's seen me before knows that when it's fight time, I don't have much to say.
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The importance of the arts to the societies in which they thrive is well documented.
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It's harder, but we're still finding oil in Oklahoma today. The bar has been raised on startup companies, but it can still be done. Every regulation and every rule limits you, but, yes, it can still be done. That's the beauty of living in a free country and having the freedom to have an idea and become an entrepreneur.
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It's going to cost trillions of dollars to rework the energy sources all over the world. Were going to have to move away from fossil fuels.
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I'm not going to lie. I check the iTunes charts. It's all about the iTunes charts. I only go on the Internet for the iTunes charts and basketball blogs.
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The primary one being, like I said, I don't like rock 'n' roll piano.
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I am in love with all the characters I have played. And it is impossible to choose the best.
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Right now, writing for me is most rewarding because I'm old enough now to have something to say, which probably wasn't always the case.
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I can't relax. I'm not happy unless I'm working on stuff. 'SNL' is always a huge workload, as enjoyable as it is.
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Some misunderstandings are hard to cure.
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In the case of 'Goon Squad,' which sold slowly for a long time despite the good reviews, those 'best of 2010' lists were pivotal, and made the book really sell.
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I don't think it's good, culturally, to base all critical judgments on a single performance.
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I was a no-good bastard.
