Philip Seymour Hoffman Quotes

I had insecurities and fears like everybody does, and I got over it. But I was interested in the parts of me that struggled with those things.

Philip Seymour Hoffman

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• That's what every young kid thinks about when they first put on a uniform - is to play in the Major League and then, ultimately, play in a World Series. To me, that was the ultimate, winning in '86.

  

  Gary Carter
  • World
  • Me
  • Winning

• Come on, planning a wedding, let's be honest, it's not fun. It's not fun being in a wedding.

  

  Wendi McLendon-Covey
  • Fun
  • Planning
  • Wedding

• Immigration is a volatile issue, but we're in the middle of it now, and probably the worst thing to do is to not do anything. Everybody recognizes the current system is not working the way we want it to work. It has huge flaws to it; need to do something.

  

  Sam Brownback
  • Work
  • Want
  • Immigration

• I've been directing for 25 years almost, and I've only directed nine films in that time because I like to be careful.

  

  Harold Ramis
  • Time
  • Years
  • Be Careful

• Infant mortality and life expectancy are reasonable indicators of general well-being in a society.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Life
  • Society
  • Wellbeing

• I can say with absolute certainty that I will run for one of two offices: my state Senate seat or for the governor. I'm still trying to decide, but I do think people are ready for a change from the partisan, very fractured leadership we have in Texas.

  

  Wendy Davis
  • People
  • Trying
  • Change

• I love film. I've always been enchanted by doing film. It's something I grew up watching - classics and directors I admire - so that's something I've always been passionate about.

  

  Rami Malek
  • Up
  • Love
  • Film

• I've never been a waitress, hostess, bartender or any of the typical side jobs you'd expect an actor to have. This is partly because I've always been afraid of dropping plates on customer's heads.

  

  Candace Kita
  • Always
  • Never
  • Customer

• We were constantly appealing for funds from readers when I edited 'The Black Dwarf' in 1968-69.

  

  Tariq Ali
  • Black
  • Readers
  • Appealing

• Although I voted against the initial resolution approving the war in Iraq, I have consistently voted to support our troops with much-needed armor and supplies.

  

  Ed Pastor
  • War
  • Support
  • Resolution

• Movies are romantic fantasies.

  

  Ira Sachs
  • Movies
  • Romantic
  • Fantasies

• In the past, before phones and the Internet, all communication was face-to-face. Now, most of it is digital, via emails and messaging services. If people were to start using virtual reality, it would almost come full circle.

  

  Palmer Luckey
  • People
  • Reality
  • Past

• It is the historical necessity, if there is a historical necessity in history, that a new decade of electronic television should follow to the past decade of electronic music.

  

  Nam June Paik
  • Music
  • History
  • Past

• I can only stick my neck out and offer my humble beliefs. If I become an outsider by doing so, this won't be a great hardship as I've been that as far back as I can remember - something strange and unacceptable in the eyes of those who believe they see straight. At least it's given me courage of a kind, which I'd like every Australian to acquire.

  

  Patrick White
  • Great
  • Believe
  • Remember

• A tragedy for the party. He's got no ideas, no experience and no hope.

  

  Edward Heath
  • Experience
  • Hope
  • Party

• Mr. Trump may talk a big game on trade, but his approach is based on fear, not strength. Fear that we can’t compete with the rest of the world even when the rules are fair. Fear that our country has no choice but to hide behind walls.

  

  Hillary Clinton
  • World
  • Country
  • May

• We are asleep. Our Life is a dream. But we wake up sometimes, just enough to know that we are dreaming.

  

  Ludwig Wittgenstein
  • Life
  • Up
  • Dream

• The purpose of life...is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.

  

  Eleanor Roosevelt
  • Life
  • Live
  • Experience

• The myths have always condemned those who 'looked back.' Condemned them, whatever the paradise may have been which they were leaving. Hence this shadow over each departure from your decision.

  

  Dag Hammarskjold
  • May
  • Decision
  • Leaving

• Yes, I realize when I'm reaching out to people and asking them to talk about the most traumatic thing to happen in their lives, I have to be really sensitive and thoughtful.

  

  Keith Maitland
  • People
  • Thoughtful

• Throughout my teenage years, I read 'A Christmas Carol' by Charles Dickens every December. It was a story that never failed to excite me, for as well as being a Dickens enthusiast, I have always loved ghost stories.

  

  John Boyne
  • Christmas
  • December

• So, will his new gun laws - aimed primarily at law-abiding firearms owners - reduce the crime rate even further? Rock is hesitant to give a conclusive answer: "I think it will help. (But) I don't want to overstate it. I don't want to give any guarantees."

  

  Allan Rock
  • Laws
  • Guarantees
  • Overstate

• I've wept for Haiti a thousand times over the years since my first trip during the Duvalier reign.

  

  Carol Guzy

• I had insecurities and fears like everybody does, and I got over it. But I was interested in the parts of me that struggled with those things.

  

  Philip Seymour Hoffman