Philip Seymour Hoffman Quotes
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Israel can't be the only country in the Western world not to have freedom of religion.
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People always accused me of not smiling like my rival Olga Korbut, but that was just my personality. When you're balancing on a nine-inch beam, you have to concentrate. But if you look back at the footage, I was always smiling and waving at the crowd after my performances.
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I've worked with lots of musicians - like Tina Turner - and I love when they go in front of the fitting mirror and do their thing, pose, dance. I love that moment!
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Carving out an identity for yourself is important so I'm trying to do that as well.
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Great writing is great writing. It's as simple as all that.
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I spent my whole childhood watching open-wheel racing. I spent years going to England and racing open wheel, coming back and racing open wheel. It's been my world for 20 years and beyond that. For almost my whole life, I've been watching it. I watch it and I think I know how to do it.
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Being that I always perform, I started working out with a trainer to get that endurance and stamina. Now, I guess you could call me a gym rat.
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The human mind evolved to believe in the gods. It did not evolve to believe in biology.
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The only times an Afro-American who was assaulted got away has been when he had a gun and used it in self-defense.
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History, whether sacred or profane, hides her teaching from those who study her through coloured glasses. She only reveals truth to those who look through the cold clear medium of passionless inquiry, who seek the Truth without determining first the masquerade in which alone they will receive it.
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Justice Scalia is predictable. He can be counted on to come down with a conservative opinion, and generally, to bring Justice Clarence Thomas with him.
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I would love to do something with Coldplay.
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It is good to be without vices, but it is not good to be without temptations.
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It's nice to see that people in Middle America are really affected.
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Selling is essentially a transfer of feelings.
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I admire a lot of actors; I think a lot of them have so much talent.
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Yes, you want to do studio movies, but I also want to grow as an actor, and an actress like me is not going to get roles where you grow and evolve in a studio film. It's just not gonna happen.
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I've never been in jeopardy, but being an actor is a pretty shady place to be because you never know where your next job is.
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My childhood lacked affection and ambience.
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We are living in difficult times. There are a lot of people out of work - am I going to stand there and whinge? No, because I am lucky to have such a wonderful job.
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Vera Caspary wrote thrillers - but not like any other author of her time, male or female. Her specialty was a specific type that she pioneered - the psycho thriller.
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I'm a big emotional mess. I try to talk about things that people don't like to talk about, especially in music. Hopefully it reaches someone and lets them access their vulnerability. That's what I want it to accomplish.
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To be successful, you must act big, think big and talk big.
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My ideal weight is 205, actually.
