Gene Hackman Quotes
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Once you have commitment, you need the discipline and hard work to get you there.
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I'd love to do something where I can act and dance at the same time, like on Broadway or in movies.
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I obviously would love to have a girlfriend, but a girlfriend deserves so much of your time and energy. And she deserves to be treated like a princess because that's how you should treat your girls. And if I can't give them that time and that devotion because of my dedication to football, then I don't feel like I should almost waste their time.
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People first concern themselves with meeting their basic needs; only afterwards, do they pursue any higher needs.
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In so far as one denies what is, one is possessed by what is not, the compulsions, the fantasies, the terrors that flock to fill the void.
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I was always looking for evidence of these common musical roots, but I was too young to know that what I was doing was called ethnomusicology.
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Whatever we do from government, we need to do what's best for America. If we do that, that's bringing power back to the people.
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Jealousy... is a mental cancer.
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Our deals and performance speak for themselves. And whoever doesn't feel comfortable investing with us will not.
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The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.
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My whole life is a theater piece.
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Issues to do with disability, mental health and not being neurotypical often affect many genuine teenagers but are rarely reflected in the fiction they read.
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Let's face it, I only practice yoga because the classes are always packed with beautiful women.
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But if the technological Singularity can happen, it will.
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'She's Dynamite' was a 100 years ago, and I recorded that song because the company thought that it was a great song and it was hot. That was the beginning of rock n' roll, and I guess they thought it would be a BB King version of rock n' roll.
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I've always been attracted to action stuff.
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George Clooney had the web of celebrity from television and doing 'ER,' and he's able to parlay that into films. God willing, I'll be up there in a few years.
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I have been fortunate to be able to have a career playing comedy and drama. And it's awfully hard - it's like apples and pears to compare the two.
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I like to be goofy. I like to make people laugh. I like to have a good time as much as possible.
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We are helping women express themselves and feel awesome about themselves, and I think that does change the course of your day.
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You can get whatever you want, but you can’t want whatever you want.
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I really have been trying to get in movies with smaller parts, just to get myself in there and get more practice, and not have to take the big lead. In 'Dylan Dog' I was one of the co-stars, and I had a pretty good part in that movie.
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The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
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Dysfunctional families have sired a number of pretty good actors.
