Gene Hackman Quotes
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We don't really watch basketball in Australia.
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If you want to put golf back on the front pages again, and you don't have a Bobby Jones or a Francis Ouimet handy, here's what you do: You send an aging Jack Nicklaus out in the last round of the Masters and let him kill more foreigners than a general named Eisenhower.
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I am honoured to be associated with a brand like Movado. It believes in the art of design and is known for its perfection worldwide. I have strong faith in the pursuit of perfection. I am looking forward to a long association.
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Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy.
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There's always hunger to create because I believe that's what I do. I believe that's what I'm supposed to be doing.
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The great opportunity belongs to him who can see it, to him who can grasp it. The better part of your chance is right inside of you.
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All my fiction starts from a feeling of unique perception, the pressure of a secret, a story that needs to be told.
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Item numbers are not my cup of tea.
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In its conception the literature prize belongs to days when a writer could still be thought of as, by virtue of his or her occupation, a sage, someone with no institutional affiliations who could offer an authoritative word on our times as well as on our moral life.
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Maurice was a silly man. Maurice liked being silly.
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For some, being involved in a scene is a great thing because the social element can drive creativity. For me, though, it's never really been like that. It's the opposite. I've always had this instinct to escape.
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She told me that she would support me regardless of what I decided, but I'm so glad that I actually got to be a kid before having to grow up. My mom knows best about this kind of thing.
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During the season especially, we take a lot of swings, we play a lot of games, we swing a lot in games, batting practice, all that, so to maintain your shoulder the strongest is one of the key points that we focused on in the offseason.
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I was always a fan of the game, and I wouldn't have taken this job if I wasn't a fan of the game.
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Hanging out with my girlfriends is my sanity saver. We go out for a bad chick flick and dinner. I suggest you break free from the guys, see a really silly, girly movie, and get a little something to eat afterwards. It feels like a treat.
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What is called good society is usually nothing but a mosaic of polished caricatures.
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Fame is a distraction sometimes. You know, it's a distraction if you let it. So it's very important to stay focused, stay very connected to your roots.
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Yes, The Persuaders, that was great fun because one of my favourite actors is Roger Moore.
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Most works of art are, necessarily, bad...; one suffers through the many for the few.
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I thought I was going to be a bum the rest of my life.
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Will Ferrell is just about the nicest guy - anyone can tell you that.
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What it made me realize was that a show like this makes people look inside themselves. Because this crew guy isn't sitting there wishing the character would fight back. He's hoping that he would fight back.
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Taking improv has helped every other aspect of my field.
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I don't see myself as a violent guy.
