Philip Seymour Hoffman Quotes
Directing is a really kind of amazing thing, because you're helping others and, in the middle of that, you have to worry about yourself.
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Comedy's really subjective, you know; that's why it's so hard.
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Obviously it makes a difference if an author has a public online profile of some sort, even just down to the level of having a moderately popular blog. Most books sell 5, 10, or 15 thousand copies. Most are midlist books. With those people, even a modest online presence can make a difference in sales.
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A book is never a masterpiece: it becomes one. Genius is the talent of a dead man.
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There are too many books I haven't read, too many places I haven't seen, too many memories I haven't kept long enough.
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Leonard Cohen has a way with words and with humor that remind me to lighten up, which I appreciate very much.
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The promotion of family continuity and stability is a legitimate state interest.
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I don't want to become known as just a body.
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What's the most important thing in the world? It's love, and I look at that as an energy, not a sentiment.
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If you look at 'West Side Story,' a lot of those numbers are actually pretty cutty, but the cuts are always musically motivated.
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I had 500 kids at camp this past summer for example. We do nine weeks for kids and nine days for grown ups every summer. The adult camp is a lot of fun.
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Human beings are natural mimickers. The more you're conscious of the other side's posture, mannerisms, and word choices - and the more you subtly reflect those back - the more accurate you'll be at taking their perspective.
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I really knew I wanted to be Adam, because Adam was the first man. Ant I chose because, if there's a nuclear explosion, the ants will survive.
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I love hugging people. I still hug everybody in my meet-and-greet lines.
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I don't have a big career plan. I just like to see how things come out, and I just try to keep going in different directions.
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Many of my songs were dance orientated from way back. That's because I love dance! When I hear a dance number, just hearing the first eight bars, it immediately makes my bod start moving and dancing.
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I think that marriage of music and picture is so vital, especially in a film that's almost exclusively exteriors.
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When I started off in music, I started with a real innocence, a real love for the instrument, the writing the songs, the playing the songs and the sharing and the recording and experimenting. It was exciting. Then, this thing called success came, and something happened at some point where I became disenchanted, and I lost the innocence.
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I really love all types of music. I'm really open to that. I really love Bruno Mars, Justin Timberlake and some James Taylor and Elton John stuff.
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Strong families are vital to strong societies.
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Temptation is an irresistible force at work on a movable body.
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There has been so much power concentrated. There is no leash on that power anymore and Americans face the situation that this power is getting momentum with each passing year with each presidency.
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The prayer of the feeblest saint who lives in the Spirit and keeps right with God is a terror to Satan. The very powers of darkness are paralyzed by prayer; no spiritualistic seance can succeed in the presence of a humble praying saint. No wonder Satan tries to keep our minds fussy in active work till we cannot think in prayer.
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One thing however, Nat did for him. He taught him carpentry. He learned to distinguish between the different kinds of wood, to love them and understand their ways. Realizing that the boy had great skill with his hands Nat gave him a few tools for his own and taught him wood carving.... First the books and then the wood. Each was a milestone for him on the way through.
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Directing is a really kind of amazing thing, because you're helping others and, in the middle of that, you have to worry about yourself.
