Pedro Almodovar Quotes
Of course I want my films to look really good, but every single element is chosen for a reason. It's telling something in the story.
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I don't jog, if I die I want to be sick.
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I say I have Spanish in me, but I'm not just Spanish. I'm proud of my ethnicities, and I will always be proud of being a Filipino.
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I don't pretend to be anything but an actor and a writer.
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It's unresolved conflict in my life that I have a lovely family and a risky job.
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Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal.
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I know I said I wanted to live forever and I would never be bored, but the reality is, it's probably kind of sad to live forever if you're the only one sticking around.
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I feel that the world is increasingly about the bottom line, and not so much about human respect or human dignity. In that regard, people who care about other people will not be in a position to make choices and do things that other people who they're competing against will get to do.
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In the late '90s, I spent a lot of time on reservations, and there was a level of poverty and injustice that I had not witnessed before. I was shocked by it. This is federally controlled land, and there was an insidious mix of apathy and exploitation.
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Democracy presumes that we're all created equal; competition proves we are not, or else every race would end in a tie.
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My favorite animal is steak.
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I live - I live a highly scheduled life. There's absolutely no time wasted. I'm very focused. And I have a great assistant.
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It's always good to be known. You want to build your brand up, want to build your name.
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Although I'm an atheist who believes only in great nature, I recognize the spiritual richness and grandeur of the Roman Catholicism in which I was raised.
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Romney still enjoys the Republicans' traditional advantage among voters who are veterans, but the Obama campaign is confident it can chip away at that.
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My art originates from hallucinations only I can see. I translate the hallucinations and obsessional images that plague me into sculptures and paintings.
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I've been brought up with the Christian faith with my family.
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Do we have the right to understand the world we live in? The right to all the information regarding why our governments are making the decisions that they are?
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Poor privileged white men. Their stranglehold on power is slowly being loosened.
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Alabama has made great progress in proving that BP, Halliburton, and Transocean are liable for the devastating effects of the oil spill.
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I don't go in for the high-end gyms with the high-tech equipment and all the fancy stuff.
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I used to think that deadlines should be ignored until the product was ready: that they were a nuisance, a hurdle in front of quality, a forced measure to get something out the door for the good of the schedule, not the customer.
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I was born in Hereford, England, in 1944. We moved when they had an opportunity to get a visa, about 1950. My dad always thought Europe was a bit too small for him. He wanted to see the United States... The typical immigrant story. He wanted a better life for his children, too. He always tried to get the visa, and it didn't come up.
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I'm trying to finish my book on the Kennedy assassination.
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Of course I want my films to look really good, but every single element is chosen for a reason. It's telling something in the story.
