John Malkovich Quotes
Imagine how asleep or utterly unperceptive and clueless you would have to be not to see yourself as absurd for the most part.
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It is impossible for human beings not to view something subjectively.
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I think any actor hopes to have variety and range in what they do. Everybody has a certain range, so you take on roles to expand that the best you can... See things a little differently and whatnot.
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Laughing and crying are very similar. They're an extreme response to life. You see it in children who start laughing hysterically.
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I don't really read 'business books,' and I didn't think 'The Paradox of Choice' was a business book. I'm very surprised and gratified that the business world thought it was one.
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That's sort of like asking a parent who their favorite child is. It's very hard to determine. Sometimes I'll get feedback from somebody who liked this part of the show. Others like another part of the show.
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The speed limit on most of Maui's highways is forty miles per hour, but my mother never went above thirty.
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We have to look to the well-being of the Lebanese citizens and create prosperity in the country, and you can't create prosperity without stability.
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I have always appreciated designers who dare to reinterpret fabrics and proportions, so I follow the Japanese and Belgian designers. The pieces are so animated. When they lie still, they are one thing, but once you stand them up or wear them, they become something else.
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I figure this is my time - to relax, be with my family and have a normal life.
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Why is partying and having a good time bad?
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Whether I am collaborating with different people, I like changing projects conceptually so I can grow.
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Going to the Academy Awards is something I remember since I was six, when I went with my mom for the first time, 14 with my dad, you know, and there I am, at 22, 23, whatever I was, sitting next to my mom. You know, and then again, there with my dad. Like, there's a beauty to it, and I care deeply about film history.
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I never, ever, when I entered this process of running for president of the United States, thought I would be excluded from the debate table. Ever. What does two terms as governor get you?
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A big man has no time really to do anything but just sit and be big.
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I think my younger self would be more amazed to know I was doing an interview for 'The Spectator.'
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You can't let one bad moment spoil a bunch of good ones.
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I don't go on tour tours - I just go randomly to cities to do shows if I have an opening in my schedule.
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Now I saw braves hang themselves with amulets, leave tidbits for spirits, and still take an arrow in the neck. I, worshiping nothing and bribing nothing with prayers, rode among an enemy unscathed, scything them like summer wheat.
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Hard work enables us to improve ourselves and the world around us, to combat injustice, reduce suffering, and increase human freedom.
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But not all dark places need light, I have to remember that.
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I love to sing. I'm a soprano.
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Perhaps the truth is that heavy literature blooms in extremes of temperature.
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Imagine how asleep or utterly unperceptive and clueless you would have to be not to see yourself as absurd for the most part.
