John Malkovich Quotes
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Women don't give up things. They don't give up responsibilities. They add new things. They exhaust themselves and still don't give anything up. And. And. And. And. And they do all these other things at the same time, which can be exhausting.
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Few words in any language carry such a load of meaning as 'honor.' It is an old word, unchanged even in its spelling from classical Latin to modern English. Spoken or written, it does not seem to require much explanation; most people think they know what it means.
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The creative process is not like a situation where you get struck by a single lightning bolt. You have ongoing discoveries, and there's ongoing creative revelations. Yes, it's really helpful to be marching toward a specific destination, but, along the way, you must allow yourself room for your ideas to blossom, take root, and grow.
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Ben Stiller, who I love and who is a friend and is such an incredible actor - he's hilarious, obviously, but I thought his performance in 'Greenberg' was extraordinary.
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Some kids spent their allowance going to see 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'; I spent mine on a great-looking lamp I'd found at the flea market and a ceramic bowl from a neighborhood garage sale.
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Amazon has historically been a bully, and I don't shop there. But I love Goodreads. For the record.
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People aren't inherently sympathetic.
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I tried out for my basketball team every year and I never made it. You had to buy the shoes before you knew if you were on the team because it took a few weeks for them to ship. I bought the shoes every year, never once made the team, had a ton of high school basketball shoes.
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This is unexpected... like squirt from aggressive grapefruit.
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I can say that I don't compete with others and only with myself because I do so many films.
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I always judge a man by his shoes and his watch.
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Whatever I'm doing, I'm in that moment and I'm doing it. The rest of the world's lost. If I'm cooking some food or making soup, I want it to be lovely. If not, what's the point of doing it?
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Plus, we spend most of our time writing music. Most of the time is spent in the studio in my house.
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I can't argue my way out of a paper bag.
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Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it.
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I don't support terrorism and never have. As a Sri Lankan that fled war and bombings, my music is the voice of the civilian refugee.
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Animal hoarding was a dirty secret until hoarders appeared on our TV screens and showed how they are compelled to collect so many dogs, cats or parrots that the animals end up in cages only inches bigger than their own bodies. For life.
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I sincerely apologize to anyone I may have inadvertently offended...The bag was a purchase I made as a tourist in China.
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And I'm a Hailsham student – which is enough by itself sometimes to get people's backs up.
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Free speech is one of our fundamental principles and it's pretty hard to speak freely when people are yelling at you when it's your turn. That would never be allowed in a classroom or in any other kind of meeting.
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It is like a piece of my soul had been lost, empty, and it is now filled with the light of a million stars.
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I have absolutely no intention of marrying Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.
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I don't want to be boring. But that's not always easy.
