Matt Dillon Quotes
I think the reason I've survived that long is because I've taken my work so seriously. Maybe sometimes too seriously, but it's always been important for me to do my best regardless of the film. I think the biggest compliment I get is when people on the street stop me and say they've liked the choices I've made.
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My vision for the future always centers around our children - it always centers around our children. So anytime anybody asks me what are the three most important issues facing the Congress, I always say the same thing: 'Our children, our children, our children.'
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I've always loved to dress up a bit and show off.
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The Prophet defeated the enemies of Islam even when he and his followers were small in number.
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You've just got to sing, do some kind of singing every day. Early mornings and cold weather can mess with that. I drink special teas with cayenne pepper, but I think you're psyching yourself out, really.
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The kindest word to describe my performance in school was Sloth.
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I've no regrets at all, but I still think at times that I would have loved to play in England. You live football over there; it's a great culture. People respect you more; it's more difficult to find respect in Spain. There is more criticism here.
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Since 1989, we have been deploying on an average of every 18 months.
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Not every woman has time to go to a salon and have her hair blow-dried every day.
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My wife Mary and I have been married for forty-seven years and not once have we had an argument serious enough to consider divorce; murder, yes, but divorce, never.
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German writers in the late 18th century were the first to uphold a prickly, literary nationalism, in reaction to the then dominance and prestige of French literature.
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There's not some idea I'm going to create a work that's going to change everybody's consciousness.
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I've got to be honest, there's no pleasure when you're working.
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This is my ultimate fantasy: watching QVC with a credit card while making love and eating at the same time.
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You have, in America, you have gang signs. Well, 5,000 years ago, there was thing called a mudra, which is your sitting position when you do yoga or you're meditating or you're praying or whatever. And there's not a lot of them that are named after gods and goddesses, but the middle-finger is specifically named the Matangi mudra.
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I have absolutely no empathy for camels. I didn't care for being abused in the Middle East by those horrible, horrible, horrible creatures. They don't like people. It's not at all like the relationship between horses and humans.
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I have no doubt that Brian May would have had a brilliant career in science had he completed his Ph.D. in 1971.
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After we wrote The Wreckoning, our record label did listen.
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Because of my crazy work schedule, I have become something of a master at changing my clothes while driving. The men driving next to me love it.
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If the tongue had not been framed for articulation, man would still be a beast in the forest.
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The very technologies that empower us to do great good can also be used to undermine us and inflict great harm.
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War violates the natural order of things, in which children bury their parents; in war parents bury their children.
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My parents are nice people, and they also made a point to have dinner as a family every night.
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I don't think people are interested in my personal life. I've never had a Hollywood life. I've always been a worker.
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I think the reason I've survived that long is because I've taken my work so seriously. Maybe sometimes too seriously, but it's always been important for me to do my best regardless of the film. I think the biggest compliment I get is when people on the street stop me and say they've liked the choices I've made.
