Frank Langella Quotes
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Since grief only aggravates your loss, grieve not for what is past.
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I've performed Schoenberg's 'Pierrot lunaire' many times.
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The public has lost the habit of movie-going because the cinema no longer possesses the charm, the hypnotic charisma, the authority it once commanded. The image it once held for us all - that of a dream we dreamt with our eyes open - has disappeared.
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Society can overlook murder, adultery or swindling; it never forgives preaching of a new gospel.
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The president of the United States is not a king. You know? Barack Obama was elected by the American people.
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Like many people, most Libertarians feel empathy and sympathy for less fortunate people. But they know you can't have perfection in a world of limited resources.
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I'm very grateful for social media. I think it has shown people my true nature, and through that has come a book deal, and I think it certainly contributes to people's view of me as a person with a sense of humor, which is only helpful in my industry.
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Many journalists are influenced by a myopic multiculturalism that is suspicious of anything Western, while giving the benefit of the doubt to non-Western societies.
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The fans had become used to looking toward the scoreboard whenever a gymnast stuck a landing. You could tell they were thinking, 'Was that good enough? Would the numbers read 10.00?' The athlete was looking, too.
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Every child comes with the message that God is not yet discouraged of man.
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I knew I could not maintain that leadership in open struggle against Moscow influence. Only two Communist leaders in history ever succeeded in doing this - Tito and Mao Tse-tung.
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Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment.
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I was a tomboy right from the time I was a kid and loved to be like that. I'd hate all the girlie things. Well my best friends as a kid have been boys. I get along best with the opposite sex. I guess that's the case with most people though!
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Celebrity culture is an aspirational culture regardless of how much you don't want it to be.
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Knowledge is the life of the mind.
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If you look at my bookings, they've gone down each season. That's something I'm trying to keep improving. On the pitch you don't want any silly bookings.
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Competition is such a virtue, and everybody's so busy competing, they have no time for compassion.
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I started in high school and regional theater. Anything that came into town, I wanted to be involved in, because I just wanted to learn.
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As opposed to coming up with something fantastic and trying to sell it to a studio, now all you have to do is get people to believe what you believe.
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No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth.
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Drugs are the enemies of ambition and hope - and when we fight against drugs we are fighting for the future.
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I usually say the aim of life is to be happy. Our existence is based on hope. Our life is rooted in the opportunity to be happy, not necessarily wealthy, but happy within our own minds. If we only indulge in sensory pleasure, we'll be little different from animals. In fact, we have this marvellous brain and intelligence; we must learn to use it.
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But when I was seven or eight, I did my first little piece of acting.
