Philip Seymour Hoffman Quotes
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How I wish we lived in a time when laws were not necessary to safeguard us from discrimination.
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It is common knowledge that smoking is considered one of the nation's leading causes of preventable death, but it's less widely known that cigarettes are also the leading cause of fatal fires.
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The devil made me do it.
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Your former Fathers the Spaniards have now no further Authority over you.
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It's come to the point where you have people saying it's our Christian duty to embrace the homosexual movement. This is absurd.
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If you eat something and get fat, you should be responsible for it. I think that is the attitude of the great majority of Americans, that you should be responsible for what you eat.
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When I was very little my mother said I used to draw in the air with my fingers. I needed a pencil. Once I could hold one, I have drawn every day since.
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They say making laws is like making sausages. You shouldn't watch. It's the same for acting, especially for the actor who works unconsciously.
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There is a liberal fascism that is dedicated to going after believing Christians who follow the biblical teaching on marriage.
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The things I learned from the army - and I think it was a lesson for life - was how to work in unison with other people. How to take responsibility.
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It is better to look ahead and prepare than to look back and regret.
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At the heart of every great movie is conflict. It's the same with a meeting. There should be conflict and tension.
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You should never feel comfortable. There is something wrong if you are. You should always feel under threat, on the edge of your seat and pushing yourself. Win one and you want to win more. It's never-ending.
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Now I have the bravery to do fine things.
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Energy legislation in Congress and the focus on energy legislation is first and foremost about creating good jobs. In Florida, where solar and biofuel and wind and so many other areas are important and so many in the private sector continues to pursue these, we need policies that will encourage that.
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When someone doesn't react to changes, the changes turn against him.
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You can't totally rebel, otherwise you have to go live on your own, on a desert island. It's as simple as that.
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All humans make mistakes. But there is no room or allowance in the fevered world of conspiracy theorists for mistakes, human errors, anomalies, or plain incompetence, though the latter, from the highest levels on down, is endemic to our society.
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Churchill was one of the few men I have met who even in the flesh give me the impression of genius. George Bernard Shaw is another. It is amusing to know that each thinks the other is overrated.
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Mum has always been a huge anti-war activist. She would go off to protest and get arrested. I have her passion, but it is not for politics. I am much more interested in psychology. It's more my job and my natural inclination.
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When you’re not able to move around, do athletic movements for a while, the only thing you can do is just shoot spot-up jumpers. I guess that was the result of that.
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There's always something every night that I learn from reacting to what the audience is reacting to. You learn what to leave out, what to put in, if you need a little more comedy or more drama.
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The drama nerd comes out in me when I'm in a theater.
