Poe Ballantine Quotes
I'm compared to Kerouac, I suppose, because he traveled and rejected middle-class values, but the similarities end there.
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As an actor there's a lot of scrutiny and, even when you've had success, it becomes about sustaining that success. A friend of mine described it as a peakless mountain. Even for De Niro there's Pacino and for Pacino there's De Niro.
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I feel comfortable whenever I step on the floor.
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I just don't think men fancy me.
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Never eat spinach just before going on the air.
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There are certain types of slightly hysterical human characters who, rather than creating, walk around with a sense of their own potential - it's as if they themselves were art objects. They feel as if their lives are written narratives, or pieces of music.
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If the lyrics are something new, then maybe I want to give it a more traditional form, or the other way around, but not have all one or the other.
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It's very rare, as an actor, to be someplace - to have an address, so to speak.
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Honestly, I'm not interested in gossip. Thing is, I know a lot of successful actors, and in hoping to be successful myself, I would like to think others would respect my privacy.
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As society diversifies, the number of people who read literature is decreasing. It will be difficult for readers to digest my ideas through literature.
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Well, for us, in history where goodness is a rare pearl, he who was good almost takes precedence over he who was great.
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Facebook is made up of people you've met, but not necessarily who are similar to you. I have 850 'friends,' and a lot are acquaintances, not friends. I don't really know them. If I've met someone one time, how should they be influencing my feed?
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The train system in India is chaotic and fun - it's the best way to see the landscape. Being in with all the families and also being the odd animal is a colourful experience you'll never forget.
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The more sympathy you give, the less you need.
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I don't like to be alone, but I do cherish the moments that I'm alone with a good book.
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I'm a great jazz fan.
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In a perfect world, we would have put users in control of their information when the Internet was first created.
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I was lucky that it hit my shaft, and then my helmet, and I was lucky enough to get that breakaway.
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Highlight reels are about that one person. After a barrage of highlight reels, you get the sense that you can do it without a team. But music thrived the most when groups were involved. People lose sight of that - that community makes the world run.
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I wanted to become an illustrator as a child.
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Those who put their lives on the line overseas are undoubtedly American heroes, but it's time for us to remember that those who serve in civilian life also embody the American spirit and are worthy of our praise as well.
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I had to calm down because a state trooper pulled up alongside me at a traffic light and began looking at me with that sort of casual disdain you often get when you give a dangerously stupid person a gun and a squad car.
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I'm compared to Kerouac, I suppose, because he traveled and rejected middle-class values, but the similarities end there.
