Philip Seymour Hoffman Quotes
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Always remember that the most important thing in a good marriage is not happiness, but stability.
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It would be incredible to work with Stanley Kubrick and go back in time.
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Back in the day, when the D.J. would be playing a record, I'd be on the mic trying to hype up the crowd. So once Public Enemy became a rap group, I decided that that's the role that I wanted to take on. I wanted to be the one that was hyping, because I've always been good at it. I can hype up any crowd.
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Never go out to meet trouble. If you just sit still, nine cases out of ten, someone will intercept it before it reaches you.
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I got to work with legendary director Garry Marshall.
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In the 1970s and 1980s, I got to do some great work. The Oscars are really nice, but the best part is that I had the opportunity to do that kind of work.
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If you want to accomplish twice as much, you have to work twice as hard.
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I want to do work that has a message and casts a light over an area that's dark. But I'm fun and jovial, too.
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Women basically want the same thing - a good passionate story, a great fantasy - and for our partners to do the laundry and the washing up.
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I just want people to remember me like I remember Buster Keaton. When they talk about Buster Keaton or Gene Kelly, people say, 'Ah yes, they good.' Maybe one day, they remember Jackie Chan that way.
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I always say, one way to connect with a working mother is to ask her what she has done before work that day!
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Work at the same time on sky, water, branches, ground, keeping everything going on an equal basis... Don't be afraid of putting on colour... Paint generously and unhesitatingly, for it is best not to lose the first impression.
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American fiction is good. It would be nice if somebody read it.
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Faith is not a sense, nor sight, nor reason, but taking God at His work.
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I allegedly am an outsider writer, so I write from the perspective of somebody who doesn't completely fit in. But at the same time, I can state the fact that I don't know of any good writer who is not an outsider writer.
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When the courts decide that murderers, rapists, and others who maliciously break our social contract deserve health care that most working Americans can't afford, they are condemning good people to death.
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I have a study now - I used not to. I also love working in cafes; ignoring noise is good for concentration.
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There's nobility in hard work, traditional values.
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I am very fortunate to work with people I have seen on the screen so many times and admired, and they are in the public eye, and I have seen how they handle it. There are definitely ways to just keep on enjoying the profession and the work. Other people tell me that things are going to change.
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When I first started out, I really felt like, 'I'm a journalist; I will be respected as a neutral observer.' And I don't feel like that holds true anymore. I don't think people respect journalists the same way they once did.
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Try to meet as many authors, agents, and editors as you can.
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I never panic when I get a wasp at my ear. As soon as you strike out, they'll sting you. So just stay cool.
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I love bikes. I used to own one, but I fell off it when I was younger and that was the end of my bike riding days until now.
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Good work is the only thing that would make me feel jealous or envious.
