John Malkovich Quotes
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I do admit to being slightly in love with Christopher Walken.
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I admit I do have some drawbacks and limitations as a candidate. Although I am a professional comedian, some of my critics maintain that this is not enough. I cannot deny that I stand before you untested and inexperienced - I only spent two years in television, never as a romantic lead or a song and dance man.
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We've all heard of the surveys revealing that teenagers think cows lay eggs, and others where children can identify more brand logos than trees, by a staggering margin. My view is that children will form a significant part of the green fightback. They instinctively understand the value of the environment.
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I'm a single child. I wanted a little brother or a little sister growing up, but when I think about it, I'm happy I'm an only child.
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The only band I was really over-into was Cream. And the only thing I really liked about them was their live stuff 'cause they played two verses, then go off and jam for 20 minutes, come back and do a chorus and end. And I love the live jam stuff, the improvisation.
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I think Russian people are learning that democracy is not an alien thing; it's not a western invention.
Garry Kasparov
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I don't actually go out and pursue a route that will fit me best, it's just that something comes to me and I enjoy it and want to be a part of it.
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Jazz is not something that can be defined through blunt instruments. It is much more poetic than that.
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It's not until the very last phase that you know how good the works are going to be.
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When I commit, I commit with my whole heart, my whole being. I know the Bible like the back of my hand.
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You do need to get lucky, no matter how talented you are.
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The less I behave like Whistler's mother the night before, the more I look like her the morning after.
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It's so important to have that independence. You know it yourself: Everyone needs evenings of their own.
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I was determined to be an actor and make a name in the industry, and hence, I did.
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One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not to make a mess of life.
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I remember being unemployed and walking the East Village streets for many years, constantly checking my voice mail on pay phones, hoping for an audition.
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I got so excited about it. I was like, 'Yes! I won a Grammy!' And then my manager was like, 'No, you did not win a Grammy. You were part of a song that won a Grammy. Rihanna won a Grammy.'
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You help families focus on the future through their children.
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I was afraid to express myself for a while.
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If a writer stops observing he is finished. But he does not have to observe consciously nor think how it will be useful. Perhaps that would be true at the beginning. But later everything he sees goes into the great reserve of things he knows or has seen.
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I had worked my whole life. Until I became a mother, that's the only way I measured my value.
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I'm proud to have opened two schools in Africa and one in Jamaica through the Serena Williams Fund and its partners. I was given a lot. I was given two parents. That's already starting above a lot of kids. And then I was given the opportunity to play tennis and parents who supported that. I feel I can give back.
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I'm more boring and more conservative.
