Philip Seymour Hoffman Quotes
When you're playing someone who really lived, you carry a burden, a burden to be accurate. But it's one that you have to let go of ultimately.
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The main essentials of a successful prime minister are sleep and a sense of history.
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I couldn't find anyone doing something about the astounding injustices women were experiencing, so I decided to do something myself. I cannot tell you how many people ridiculed my efforts.
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Money is like manure. You have to spread it around or it smells.
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The best part of being a vegan is the purity and peace of mind one experiences and the strong connection I feel to the animal kingdom.
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The more people learn about the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, the worse it looks.
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I believe that people make their own luck by great preparation and good strategy.
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I'm still finding my legs, performance-wise, being up there by myself. I think I have a bit of proving myself ahead of me.
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Me in my music and onstage – that's me without any fears of judgement; that's me when I'm shining.
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Diving into data has never been more critical for businesses in order to make fast, accurate decisions about customer behaviors and needs and drive holistic business knowledge.
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The government is determined to bring the program back on track, and proceed with the privatizations.
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'At Random' ran on Saturday nights for as long as the conversation was still lively. Sometimes, I'd finish way after midnight, then hop a plane for whatever city I was working a football game that Sunday.
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Federal law should hold organizations like the League of Women Voters harmless if they make good-faith mistakes while registering people.
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No period of history has ever been great or ever can be that does not act on some sort of high, idealistic motives, and idealism in our time has been shoved aside, and we are paying the penalty for it.
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There must always be somebody. However young or insignificant. There has to be somebody who comes from nowhere to say what others are too foolish or too frightened to say.
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I used to audition for 'NYPD Blue' quite a bit, so I had this stock New York detective character that I would bring in for all their auditions.
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I hope my kids can experience the seasons and a climate that's sustainable. The idea that things are going to be so very different for them is slightly scary.
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The web is democratising and also the voice of people who don't think they have another outlet. And that voice can be punitive.
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Our professor was Marty Scorsese. Marty was a graduate student, or Mr. Scorsese, which is what I had to call him, and still do when I see him 'cause he gave me a C.
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My father taught me to work, but not to love it. I never did like to work, and I don't deny it. I'd rather read, tell stories, crack jokes, talk, laugh -- anything but work.
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Stern Winter loves a dirge – like sound.
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I do home schooling. I went to regular school until fifth grade, and then I started doing home schooling, which it's completely different. I have a teacher on set with me and I just work with her, one-on-one.
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Many people focus on my power and talk about my power, but I have many more qualities in the ring. I like to surprise everyone.
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The dead they sleep a long, long sleep; The dead they rest, and their rest is deep; The dead have peace, but the living weep.
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When you're playing someone who really lived, you carry a burden, a burden to be accurate. But it's one that you have to let go of ultimately.
