Philip Seymour Hoffman Quotes
In life, do you ever really know if you're missing an opportunity? No, you really don't.
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The tragedy of all of this is that it happened to me and it shouldn't have happened. It ruined my life and my career. That's the tragedy of this.
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I did a lot of little girl groups here and there just to get more comfortable on stage. When you're in girl groups, it's a lot different because if you mess up, there's someone on stage to back you up, and finally I got to a point where I knew I could do it on my own.
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I have to remember that winning an Oscar is an almost unbelievable goal and that it is an honour just to be nominated.
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Having companies like PotashCorp based in Saskatoon or Cameco based in Saskatoon that have worldwide presence but have the head office jobs, the head office managers and head office employees in your local economy are important from a job creation and wealth creation point of view.
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When I was younger, I wanted to marry early, like at 23. Year by year, I found things I wanted to do, and the thought of marriage disappeared. But I don't want to marry too late. Around 31?
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I always loved advertising. If I hadn't been in fashion, I'd have been in advertising.
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I don't want to be 'Halsey: America's Sweetheart,' or 'Halsey: Bad Girl.' If you can sum up my career in a clickbait headline, I've done something wrong.
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I've performed Schoenberg's 'Pierrot lunaire' many times.
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In all the areas within which the spiritual life of humanity is at work, the historical epoch wherein fate has placed us is an epoch of stupendous happenings.
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I had a moment where I was like, 'I'm so tired of waiting for other people to accept me.'
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From 1 till 7, when we moved to England, I spoke only Portuguese.
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As scary as it is, I like making real, direct eye contact with people from the stage. In a sense, it's like modeling: that feeling of locking in and projecting some kind of emotion to try to captivate people.
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You have to respect your audience. Without them, you're essentially standing alone, singing to yourself.
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You have to know you can first. How comes later.
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In my experience, scientists are not always the most socially adjusted people, and may have habits and fascinations outside of their work that others might consider odd.
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People weren't buying as many records. My record company did not want me. I went through three record companies, went on tour at the wrong time. It destroyed me.
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The Republican Party, which John McCain led as our nominee in 2008, is going to become irrelevant if we become the party of intolerance and hate. The party founded by Abraham Lincoln was a party that fought slavery and intolerance at every level.
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We have to come into this industry so young, and you have to learn to take it as it is. I was scouted at 14, started modelling at 15, and lived in New York at 16.
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In the dust where we have buried the silent races and their abominations we have buried so much of the delicate magic of life.
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How can we know the dancer from the dance?
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I am a clinical zombie.
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I've definitely had crazy acting teachers.
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In life, do you ever really know if you're missing an opportunity? No, you really don't.
