Philip Seymour Hoffman Quotes

You can look at anything as a cult. Churches are cults in their own way.

Philip Seymour Hoffman

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• Sometimes you resent the people you love and need the most. Love is so fascinating in all its forms, and I think everyone who has ever been a mother will relate to this.

  

  Barbra Streisand
  • People
  • Love
  • Relate

• I've never had a problem finding a team, a league, or a pickup game. Actually, I'm not sure I want soccer to get bigger. We have so many teams in San Francisco that there aren't enough fields.

  

  Rabih Alameddine
  • Game
  • Team
  • Problem

• This is a world in which reasons are made up because reality is too painful.

  

  Barry Diller
  • Up
  • World
  • Reality

• If you're a designer, there's got to be some films that you've seen that have inspired you creatively. There's no escaping that.

  

  Ozwald Boateng
  • You
  • Inspired
  • Got

• If one girl with courage is a revolution, imagine what feats we can achieve together.

  

  Queen Rania of Jordan
  • Together
  • Girl
  • Courage

• I suppose I do think I go out of my way to be a very normal person, and I just find it frustrating that people think that I'm some kind of weirdo reclusive that never comes out into the world.

  

  Kate Bush
  • People
  • World
  • Think

• My father's Peruvian! I actually have a lot of family in Cuzco. I'm also Swiss, Alaskan, French, Spanish and Italian.

  

  Q'orianka Kilcher
  • Family
  • Father
  • Italian

• I've found a formula for avoiding these exaggerated fears of age; you take care of every day - let the calendar take care of the years.

  

  Ed Wynn
  • Age
  • Day
  • Calendar

• I am from the country, and I grew up mostly influenced by country music.

  

  Sam Hunt
  • Music
  • Country
  • Influenced

• Before, I was so stupid. But, you know, when you have friends who died on the street, you say, okay, let's calm down. It's not the kind of energy I want to have in life. I want to go slower, and longer.

  

  Olivier Martinez
  • Life
  • Friends
  • Energy

• I always keep a supply of stimulant handy in case I see a snake, which I also keep handy.

  

  W. C. Fields
  • Always
  • See
  • Snake

• I'm not super-patriotic, but the U.S. is where I live, and it's the passport that I carry.

  

  Waris Ahluwalia
  • Live
  • Patriotic
  • Carry

• Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.

  

  Tacitus
  • Good
  • Present
  • Old

• For me, my 'X' replaced the white slave master name of 'Little' which some blue-eyed devil named Little had imposed on my parental forebears.

  

  Malcolm X
  • Me
  • Blue
  • Name

• A lot of racers have some of their best days when they're sick.

  

  Ted Ligety
  • Best
  • Sick
  • Days

• 'Malthus,', says Vice President Al Gore in Earth in the Balance, 'was right in predicting that the population would grow geometrically.' Al, as the father of four children, should know.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Children
  • Father
  • Earth

• All your friends think you're satisfied, but they can't see your soul, no, no, no...

  

  Robbie Williams Take That
  • Friends
  • Soul

• We must also promote global access to the Internet. We need to bridge the digital divide not just within our country, but among countries. Only by giving people around the world access to this technology can they tap into the potential of the Information Age.

  

  Al Gore
  • People
  • World
  • Country

• For every five well-adjusted and smoothly functioning Americans, there are two who never had the chance to discover themselves. It may well be because they have never been alone with themselves.

  

  Marya Mannes
  • May
  • Alone

• When did 'Ask not what your country can do for you' become 'Ask only what your country will give you'?

  

  Allen West
  • Country

• Britain, as a pop music nation, used to have this very 'empire' kind of attitude. We used to 'invade' the world with our bands, you know? That's obviously changed, because in Europe they're much more interested in bands speaking their own language. Especially in France and Germany. They're starting to develop their own bands much more.

  

  James Dean Bradfield Manic Street Preachers
  • Music
  • Attitude
  • Nation

• Fundamentally, we are a product of choice, not nature (genes) or nurture (upbringing, environment).

  

  Stephen Covey
  • Choices

• There are many people who are behind whatever I've achieved so far. My dad, Daboo Malik, is my mentor and guiding light who supported and influenced me. Without him, I wouldn't have been able to be what I am today. Besides him, Salman Khan is yet another important person who is my biggest and constant inspiration.

  

  Armaan Malik
  • Important
  • Dad
  • Inspiration

• You can look at anything as a cult. Churches are cults in their own way.

  

  Philip Seymour Hoffman