Peter Falk Quotes
Before we ever had a script or anything, I was attracted to the idea of playing a character that housed within himself two opposing traits.
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My mother did all she could to control me, but at age 14 she sent me to a military school.
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People are told their rights when they're arrested. Consumers getting collection letters are entitled to the same courtesy.
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There are too many books I haven't read, too many places I haven't seen, too many memories I haven't kept long enough.
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I know I'm good enough. I don't need to show it to you. Either you know who I am, or you don't.
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Love is the ability and willingness to allow those that you care for to be what they choose for themselves without any insistence that they satisfy you.
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When I finish a film, I want to forget it. I never like to repeat myself. Maybe, when I am dead, they will find certain consistencies in the style of my films, but I never want one film to look like another.
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I was never that famous, but I do think going to college and really getting away from the business and taking a true break is incredibly, incredibly important if you start acting at a young age.
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I was a breakdancer as a kid. I was on one of the top break dancing teams in Australia.
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Man can never be a woman's equal in the spirit of selfless service with which nature has endowed her.
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I'm a warrior for the middle class.
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The first time someone tried to share the Gospel with me, I naively explained that I was Jewish and born in Israel, thank you... This was a big mistake. In certain parts of Christian America, admitting I was an Israeli-born Jew turned me into walking catnip.
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Of course there are times when I think, 'I'd be better out of this.'
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I grew up around old stuff that was not necessarily valuable, but certainly unusual.
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The first time I worked with colors was by making these mosaics of Pantone swatches. They end up being very large pictures, and I photographed with a very large camera - an 8x10 camera. So you can see the surface of every single swatch - like in this picture of Chuck Close. And you have to walk very far to be able to see it.
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My music confuses people because they think I will sound a certain way because I look a certain way with the dreads.
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I trust my hand. If I go into a space with a roll of paper, I can make a work, some kind of work, and feel pretty satisfied.
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Tech never comes back the same.
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If the blood humor is too strong and robust, calm it with balance and harmony.
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My weight fluctuates depending on my mood and my current devotion to my fitness routine.
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You put a lot of yourself into a character, so even though he's not you, in a sense it is you.
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Every man's own character is written so all who will may read it, in the expression of his eyes, the tone of his voice, the posture of his body, the style of his clothes, and the nature of his deeds!
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Although we all make mistakes in life, the problems occur when we try to hide our mistakes, to cover them up rather than to learn from them and allow other people to learn from them.
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Advertising should always be in good taste without a question.
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Before we ever had a script or anything, I was attracted to the idea of playing a character that housed within himself two opposing traits.
