Philip Seymour Hoffman Quotes
People actually live with their id exposed. They're not good at concealing what's going on inside.
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I wanted my children to have the same exposure to the water I had. My strongest memories of Northeast Harbor are going in a small Whaler with my dad, looking for osprey.
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I don't have any problem with being the guy whose album people put on when they're feeling sad.
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I bite my nails. I've been chewing on them for years. As long as you don't chew through flesh it's all right.
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I am an unrepentant tweetaholic. I use the communications service all day long to discover news, interesting tidbits and, of course, to flack the work of our tech and media news site, Re/code.
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It does seem to produce more creative results when there are limitations. It's like in wartime with rations - people became more inventive with cooking.
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Most faults are not in our Constitution, but in ourselves.
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In terms of 'Seinfeld', I think there's lot of reality in a show that's supposed to be about nothing.
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It's really bizarre because no one knows this, but elephants have killed more animal trainers than any other animal.
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I think if one wants to be in a continual state of insanity one should stay married to that writing partner.
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I just want to be myself and be real and be funny.
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And I think there is too much bloviating around from politicians.
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Some artists are working to buy the mansion or whatever the element of fame must bear, but I spend all my money on my show.
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We also can't try to take over and rebuild every country that falls into crisis. That's not leadership; that's a recipe for quagmire, spilling American blood and treasure that ultimately weakens us. It's the lesson of Vietnam, of Iraq - and we should have learned it by now.
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Who'd give up sunny California for the grey old Earls Court Road? I'm looking out at blue skies and the mountains and trees, and it's so beautiful.
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It is a waste of money to help those who show no desire to help themselves.
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Music is how you feel.
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Anything that I can do with Jennie Garth, I would love to do it. I really like her. I got along with her really well, and I enjoyed her perspective on life. I think she's really talented and very, very funny.
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If you think back to your first love, you always remember them and little things always remind you of them.
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When I'm at my best, I'm trying to destabilize myself and figure out new ways of approaching art as a provocation. I think I am at my best when I push myself into a place where I don't have all the answers.
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You have to feel fortunate to be one of the people whom parents don't mind their children looking up to. The older I get, the more I think about the amount of influence I have on these young girls, and it's scary sometimes. But I also understand how lucky I am to have that.
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When I first started playing the banjo and miraculously fell into a record deal in Nashville, TN, there was a period when I didn't go to China. It hurt. Like a pain in my gut... that pain you feel when you know it's time to connect with your parents or your God or your child or your past or your future... and you don't do it.
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There's no chance of cheering him up, sir. He likes being miserable, so he does, and the bastard will get over it.
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People actually live with their id exposed. They're not good at concealing what's going on inside.
