John Malkovich Quotes
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No one could ad lib like Peter. You would think that it was all scripted, he was so poetic, but it wasn't.
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I educated myself. To me, school was boring.
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I've turned down twentysomething million dollars for movies.
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I write about real people in disguise. If anything, my characters are toned down-the truth is much more bizarre.
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Think on your toes, use what's around you, and come up with something organic and fun.
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Nothing should be noticed.
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As an impoverished student I used to spend days out in Selfridges, nibbling on samples of free cheese and dousing myself with scent in the perfume department.
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When we went into World War II, I was a tractor driver then. I drove tractors on the plantation. So when they start calling people my age, 18, up, I was one they called.
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My role in it was not as central as it was in some of the later cases considering I was younger then and I was playing a role of co-counsel on the case.
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In the end, abortion is an issue of fundamental human rights. To force women to undergo pregnancy and childbirth against their will is to deprive them of the right to make basic decisions about their lives and well-being, and to give that power to the state.
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Some day I shall be President.
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In 'Rocky' and 'Paradise Alley,' my dad played very expressive characters, and he was out there.
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I like being on camera, performing, seeing what people have in common.
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Most of the big money people don't know what would interest an audience if you did it. They only know what interested the audience last time.
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I read, read enormously on all different fields of Islamic thought, from philosophy to Islamic literature, poetry, exegeses, knowledge of the Hadith, the teachings of the prophet. That's how I trained myself. And then I was appointed imam by a Sufi master from Istanbul, Turkey.
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It takes a lot of people to make a winning team. Everybody's contribution is important.
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No other player on this club with the possible exception of Bruce Walker has done more to put the Dodgers up in the race than Robinson has. He is everything Branch Rickey said he was when he came up from Montreal.
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Maybe someone will know I didn't weave crowns to draw blood; that I faught against mockery; that I did fill the high tide of my soul with truth. I repaid vileness with doves.
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To be excellent when engaged in administration is to be like the North Star. As it remains in its one position, all the other stars surround it.
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Kindness is one of the greatest gifts you can bestow upon another. If someone is in need, lend them a helping hand. Do not wait for a thank you. True kindness lies within the act of giving without the expectation of something in return.
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My coach keeps telling me to say I'm not going to retire. I should just go through the motions and see what I feel every year and see if I really want to do it, but personally, I want to do it, but my coach says just take your time, don't rush.
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Of course it's trivial, but then most things are.
