Sacha Baron Cohen Quotes
I think if you come from a history of persecution you have to develop a sense of humour.
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It's a fact that kids watch TV. But if you think back, when you watched cowboy movies, you would go out and play cowboys. TV and movies motivate people.
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You'll probably find most models are incredibly insecure about their bodies.
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When you're younger they always try to get you to do every ninny role that's going.
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There was a strange atmosphere on the set because we were filming in this large house, which was used for troubled children. You'd go in and find walls had been burnt down. The building was charged with this history and it stayed with us throughout the filming.
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You can only govern men by serving them. The rule is without exception.
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You either get better, or you don't progress.
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I think that I have self esteem issues, really. If you really analyse it... People who really like me I have no interest in. The unattainable is always that I want to attain.
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If you tell me I can't eat something, I'll obsess over it and end up overeating!
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When you are the invisible man to the head coach, the only option is to head for the exit.
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The man does not beat your head because you got a Cadillac or because you got a Ford; he beats you because you're black!
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You don't just become number one because you sing like everybody else. There is something different you bring to the table. Make sure you are constantly getting into the newest technologies. Learn the history of what you do, and always respect the ones who came before you.
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The thing a drama school can't give you is instinct. It can sharpen instinct but that can't be taught, and you have to have intuition. It's an essential ingredient.
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Being bi-racial and being from the country, I can talk to guys like Travis Frederick from Wisconsin and Doug Free from Wisconsin. And then I can go over and talk to Dez Bryant. I mean, think about the two different standpoints you need to have a real conversation with both, to really understand what they've been through.
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You can always make peace with an F-16 in your pocket.
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I throw as hard as I can when I think I have to throw as hard as I can.
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For most of our history, Americans enjoyed both liberty and security from foreign threats.
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Philosophy of science without history of science is empty; history of science without philosophy of science is blind.
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I guess when I first started speaking with an American accent, there's a tendency to create a caricature of the accent because you just exaggerate the pieces that stand out to you.
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China, slavishly dedicated to ancient scholars, incapable of generating within herself sufficient rulers to continue, without bloodshed, a nation.
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One should see the world, and see himself as a scale with an equal balance of good and evil. When he does one good deed the scale is tipped to the good - he and the world is saved. When he does one evil deed the scale is tipped to the bad - he and the world is destroyed.
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This nation loves singing and loves acting.
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To me, the idea of success is to be able to work with people you admire.
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The countries of Europe are too small to guarantee their peoples the necessary prosperity and social development. The European states must constitute themselves into a federation.
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I think if you come from a history of persecution you have to develop a sense of humour.
