Jean-Claude Van Damme Quotes
I'm not complaining about doing 20-hour days. It's a joy to be able to work on yet another film.
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Soon I knew the craft of experimental physics was beyond me - it was the sublime quality of patience - patience in accumulating data, patience with recalcitrant equipment - which I sadly lacked.
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To be one's self, and unafraid whether right or wrong, is more admirable than the easy cowardice of surrender to conformity.
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I really want to have actors contribute their own ideas, with phrasings and ideas on all levels.
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I work so hard, but... everything just goes my way! It's insane!
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When I was a kid in Michigan, I used to play ball with a town team on Sunday. Of course, I'd go to church first. Played the church organ, as a matter of fact.
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I would definitely like to start a family because it's the most important thing in the world and what you should take care of, along with your friends and the people you love.
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There are some things that money can't buy: peace of mind, for starters, and lean muscle mass. Neither the Queen of England nor the founder of Microsoft can put in an order for either one.
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I can go to a country song, go right into it and make it sound authentic. And I think that's because of my ear as an impressionist.
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Having a child makes you strong and gives you chutzpah. It relaxed my attitude to the job; my center of focus shifted, which I think is very helpful, because even if you're not a very indulgent actor you spend a lot of time thinking about yourself. I don't think that is particularly healthy.
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Once there was a boy so meek and modest, he was awarded a Most Humble badge. The next day, it was taken away because he wore it. Here endeth the lesson.
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Acting was all I ever really wanted to do.
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I tend to like simple music. And clever, succinct lyrics. Songs that don't try to be more than they need to to be effective, to stir up something emotionally within you.
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While I was serving in the Florida Senate, American soldiers were being killed in Iraq, a war we should have never started, and often by Iranian proxies and their improvised explosive devices.
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Long before we understand ourselves through the process of self-examination, we understand ourselves in a self-evident way in the family, society and state in which we live.
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Those who go along get along.
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Ultimately life is disease, death and oblivion. It's still better than high school.
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I think there is a poem out there for everyone, to be an entrance into the poetry and a relationship with it.
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I don't believe in God, but I'm afraid of Him.
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I just keep working on things I like, and hope for the best. I hope people enjoy them.
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I've played piano and guitar when I was younger.
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In the past, poetry came in the form of spells and chants used to effect change.
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Truth is, I've always been selling out. The difference is that in the past, I looked like I had integrity because there were no buyers.
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For me, time is everything, because from the time you wake up you have to have your heart and soul in this. You have to work through the day, you have to go to the gym, you have to eat, and yet you have to work as fast as possible to get home and get rest before the next day begins again.
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I'm not complaining about doing 20-hour days. It's a joy to be able to work on yet another film.
