Brian De Palma Quotes
I hadn't done just a straight-out comedy in a long time, just letting an ensemble do really good character acting, having them carry the movie as in my earlier pictures.
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All of my friends, I consider childhood friends because we met when I was probably 13, and I'm still friends with them today. It's really nice that I have that core group.
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I'd love to do something where I can act and dance at the same time, like on Broadway or in movies.
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Born to a tribal Bedouin family of nomadic desert shepherds in the region of Tripoli, Gaddafi was profoundly anti-colonialist. It is affirmed that his paternal grandfather died fighting against the Italian invaders when Libya was invaded by them in 1911.
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To be thrown onto the stand-up stage is an experience that you cannot fathom until you're actually there, because there's no place to go, and everyone is looking at you and you can't even see them because of the lights. And yet you have to manage to start talking and be funny on top of it.
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The genius of a good leader is to leave behind him a situation which common sense, without the grace of genius, can deal with successfully.
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When I grew up, my role model was my grandma because she's just the best.
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I have been fortunate to experience a wide range of characters. What more can an actor ask for?
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A lot of people go in and have to create their own characters, and they do fine with it.
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Lead us not into temptation. Just tell us where it is; we'll find it.
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You know, there's always someone in mind when I'm writing. You know, it's all comes from somewhere inside.
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I'm not very well known. However, the more well known you get, the more people are going to have expectations of you. Although that's great, it also imposes certain pressures.
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The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.
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The physics of water is central to cooking, because food is mostly water. All steak that you cook is actually boiled on the inside.
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My choosing Islam was not a political statement; it was a spiritual statement.
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There are those who believe that the value of a children's book can be measured only in terms of the moral lessons it tries to impose or the perfect role models it offers. Personally, I happen to think that a book is of extraordinary value if it gives the reader nothing more than a smile or two. In fact, I happen to think that's huge.
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Everybody, no matter what vocation they're looking at, should add music as an essential to their curriculum. Music can be a very important part of your soul and your growth as a human being. It's so powerful.
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The great thing about writing compared to life is getting to tie things up.
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All the big online retailers are looking at how to enter the Russian market.
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New York is an incredible place to be an artist, because there are so many incredible people, and... it's all about the people that you get exposed to.
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I got treated very badly in Texas. They don't treat beatniks too good in Texas. Port Arthur people thought I was a beatnik, though they'd never seen one and neither had I.
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Music is there to enrich your life and make you aware of things in a slightly different way.
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The Left is doing to America what it has done to almost everything it has deeply influenced - the arts, the university, religion, culture, minorities, Europe: ruining it.
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I hadn't done just a straight-out comedy in a long time, just letting an ensemble do really good character acting, having them carry the movie as in my earlier pictures.
