Maximilian Schell Quotes
Maybe, but if you look at Sunset Boulevard, it's not so far away. Even Citizen Kane is not so far away. So I think that I know it's not so far away.
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The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.
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It really is, to see that this kind of music is still so popular.
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I might be deceiving myself but I do not think that I do have an inordinate fear of death.
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I have an instinct to want to be part of a group of people. I feel safe there. That's why I was in school for so long.
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Right away when I got to college, I realized that being a politician sucks. It's really hard! It wasn't for me. B.J. Novak is convinced that I will run for mayor of Chicago at some point. He begs me to do it. It'd be a tough gig, but I was always very attracted to the idea of helping people and trying to make the city a better place.
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I don't care if the audience is 600 Saul Bellows; I'm going to knock them dead with a comedy routine. I'm out there as a missionary for literature because, if people laugh and enjoy themselves, they might actually do something as bizarre as reading the book.
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I think at first I didn't tell anyone I was writing something because I found so tedious the people who did.
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When you're playing someone else, it sounds so negative to say you want to erase yourself, but part of the joy of it is you get to not be yourself.
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We've all heard it: vegans are cool and plant-based dining is hot. What other diet can promise to keep you trim without working at it, clear clogged arteries, save the lives of animals, and do more to stem climate change than driving a Prius-or not driving at all?
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It doesn't matter what people think of me. I've lived my life.
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The pressure is on the big teams.
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The cast of 'The Big C' is such an amazing group of people. They're so joyful and just open their arms to you as an actor.
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As a quarterback, there's no better way to finish your year, in winning a Super Bowl, than with a touchdown pass. The chances of that happening, by the looks of most of the Super Bowls, is a very rare chance. Fortunately for me, I had an opportunity.
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I hate women who say they can eat whatever they want, because I don't relate to that at all. It isn't fair! I absolutely live for food.
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I've always been drawn to the ocean.
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Most importantly, I want my kids to be happy. You're only as happy as your saddest kid.
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Ever since I've been a little kid I've always wanted superpowers, which is the coolest thing in the world.
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Having worked with so many of the geniuses, I'd learned so much. It's the best sort of photography school, to work with people like Penn or Avedon or Meisel.
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Sometimes, only one person is missing, and the whole world seems depopulated.
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We need to do more to conserve fuel or face tougher choices such as steep price increase or even quantitative restrictions.
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Patrick Demarchelier was the one who got me my first 'Vogue' cover. It was French 'Vogue' – I think in '87 or '88. I think I was the first black model to be on the cover of French Vogue, which was shocking to me because when I asked them about it, they were like, 'Oh, no. We've never had that before.'
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Patience is, in and of itself, a great challenge and it often holds the key to breaking through a seeming impasse.
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Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.
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Maybe, but if you look at Sunset Boulevard, it's not so far away. Even Citizen Kane is not so far away. So I think that I know it's not so far away.
