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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Well, an actor is an actor is actor, to paraphrase someone or other and the opportunity to work, to have a steady engagement, certainly seemed like an appealing concept to me.
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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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'Moonlight' is a story that hasn't been told. Whether placed as queer black cinema or urban male cinema, the lack of coming-of-age films featuring people like Chiron and set in places like inner-city Miami is pronounced and unfortunate.
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Music is how you feel.
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It is a fact not to be disputed, that the aristocracy have not 'progressed ' in proportion to the other classes. A young nobleman of the present day has not a better education than his ancestor in the time of Elizabeth.
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Growing up in the middle of nowhere, there was a lot of twangy music around, but it didn't really connect with me then.
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Under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, a company is not allowed to provide a personal benefit to a decision maker in return for business. But hiring the sons and daughters of powerful executives and politicians is hardly just the province of banks doing business in China: it has been a time-tested practice here in the United States.
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Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still.
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People actually live with their id exposed. They're not good at concealing what's going on inside.
