Frank Vincent Quotes
I'm not saying 'The Godfather' trilogy was bad - because it was brilliant - but that was fiction. It was based on reality.
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Perfection is immutable. But for things imperfect, change is the way to perfect them.
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In fact, there is clear evidence of black intellectual superiority: in 1984, 92 percent of blacks voted to retire Ronald Reagan, compared to only 36 percent of whites.
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I consider music to be storytelling, melody and rhythm. A lot of hip-hop has broken music down. There are no instruments and no songwriting. So you're left with just storytelling and rhythm. And the storytelling can be so braggadocious, you're just left with rhythm.
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The moment you give up your principles, and your values, you are dead, your culture is dead, your civilization is dead. Period.
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I know what I look like - a weird, sad clown puppet. I'm fine with that.
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You just have to enjoy what you're doing. You just never know how people are going to receive it.
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Geffen was never supportive of the band.
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With Nine Inch Nails, it's all Trent Reznor. So when we get a new record from Nine Inch Nails, it depends on what side of the bed Trent's waking up on and what he's been eating lately and what he's been into. Because he's preparing the whole meal.
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We are saved by grace, not by the works of the law. But don't be so quick to write the law off.
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I'm known as a kind of dramatic, serious, almost humorless actor and the fact is, I'm a funny guy, and I spend most of my life trying to find a lighter side of things, and on stage was given plenty of opportunity to do that.
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I learned you can't trust the judgment of good friends.
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You walk on a set, and you have no idea - that's why I don't storyboard. It's all possible.
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From a very early age, I made my decisions based on careers that I admire. The one thing that all the actresses I love have in common is that they have diversity in their careers.
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My parents were perfectly open-minded about everything. They never tried to convince us of what was true or what wasn't true in their minds. We were just presented with the information that was around and pretty much allowed - though, I mean, we knew how they felt. We knew they didn't go to church. So obviously that had an effect.
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Once you achieve a level of success... you learn, something tells you, 'Man this ain't even for you.' You got to share with the people. You got to inspire the people.
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I'd always wanted to write books ever since I was a kid.
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Luck is going to play a huge part in your life.
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Texas has yet to learn submission to any oppression, come from what source it may.
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So this is my effort to bring back the hope that we must have if we are to change direction. . . . I think to be fully human, we need to have meaning in our lives, and that's what I am trying to help these young people to find.
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I wish I had a little more joy of cooking - because mostly I have anxiety of cooking. I'm so proud when things come out well.
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My goal is always to keep my ears as wide open as possible.
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Kings are more prone to mistrust the good than the bad; and they are always afraid of the virtues of others.
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I was always an exhibitionist. I liked it when everyone laughed. But I didn't do plays in high school. I was too nervous.
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I'm not saying 'The Godfather' trilogy was bad - because it was brilliant - but that was fiction. It was based on reality.
