Mel Gibson (Mel Colmcille Gerard Gibson) Quotes
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To swear, except when necessary, is becoming to an honorable man.
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That's one of the lucky things about getting the success later on. I know how I want to dress, I know what kind of house I want to live in, I just know more about myself, and that's true about the roles I want to play and what parts of myself I want to express. You're just more in touch with yourself.
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America has much greatness left in her.
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I like them all - I don't always approve. I see myself as a sort of benevolent uncle to these characters, and I can see why they do what they do; sometimes they make some mistakes, but at heart I think they're decent.
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I've spent a lot of my life among people brighter than myself.
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At first the English were very surprised by our disregarding the Hague Convention. But from 1916 onward they used at least as much poison as we did.
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All the classical genres are now ridiculous in their rigorous purity.
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In America, people are just so straightforward when they dislike things.
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One of the most important things, actually, when you're playing on grass, is to move.
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Radio listeners often have a very fertile imagination when it comes to body shape.
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I think I've had the fantasy of a ray-gun that could erase the world from the time I was a very little kid.
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All my siblings became artists. One's a novelist, my brother is a painter, my sister was a costume designer.
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People put me on a box, and I love when people think they know what I am capable of or not capable of. I thrive off of that.
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Parents are trying to be friends with their kids rather than draw the line and tell them what proper public behavior would be.
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I always thought that there was something in hip-hop culture that was the misfit of all the musical styles, where they didn't really belong. They're kind of like, 'No, we're a real culture! We're not going anywhere, you can't get rid of us!' I really liked that there was a rebelliousness about it. I connected with that.
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I absolutely don't dislike children - I would choose their company over adult company any time.
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I was preppy, then suddenly switched around age 14. I asked my mother to go to this vintage store, and she let me buy a leopard swing coat, pink cigarette pants, and lime-green gloves.
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I dropped about 20 pounds in the blink of an eye. And then when you see it in the mirror, when all of a sudden you pull your eyes down, and the bottom of your eyes go yellow and jaundice sets in - then you know something's wrong.
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If a girl looks swell when she meets you, who gives a damn if she's late? Nobody.
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A long apprenticeship is the most logical way to success. The only alternative is overnight stardom, but I can't give you a formula for that.
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I felt black. I was as far as I was concerned. And I wanted to be black for lots of reasons. They were better musicians, they were better athletes, they were not uptight about sex, and they knew how to enjoy life better than most people.
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It's not attractive to be talking down about yourself all the time. All you continue to do to yourself is pull yourself further down into a deeper place of depression and sadness and insecurity and fear and hopelessness, so it's like, having God in your life is important, accepting who you are is important, regardless of what you look like.
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I don't care if I don't act anymore.
