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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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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Wars have never hurt anybody except the people who die.
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How do you give smart, accomplished, ambitious women the same opportunities as men to reach their goals? What about universal preschool and after-school programs? What about changing the corporate mind-set about the time commitment it takes to move up the ladder? What about having more husbands step up and take the major load?
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I try to hit all the places Guy Fieri visits in every city I go to. It's, like, something a 60-year-old would do.
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When a role for a young guy is being offered to me, I think of River Phoenix. It feels like a loss.
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If you can attribute your success entirely to your own mental effort, to your own attitude, to some spiritual essence that you have that is better than other people's, then that must feel pretty good.
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He cast off his friends as a huntsman his pack,For he knew when he pleased he could whistle them back.
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I don't see myself as a violent guy.
