John Whiting Quotes
Unmarried couples should get married - that's an excellent tax avoidance measure, if a bit drastic.
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I always wanted to act. I guess I've always been a bit of a drama queen.
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When people say to me 'what do you think of rap music?' my answer is there's no such thing. There's rap and there's music.
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Instead of hating, I have chosen to forgive and spend all of my positive energy on changing the world.
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I have been learning English on the road since I started when I was 15, so it is a slow process but making some progress. Now I think I am much more comfortable with my English. However, it is difficult, still, when I speak about something that is not tennis.
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All you should try to do is behave with honour. If you can. At all times.
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From the time of independences until the end of the Cold War, in spite of the participation of a considerable number of African states in the non-aligned movement, everyone in fact chose to align with one or another of the two major blocks.
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Leadership is diving for a loose ball, getting the crowd involved, getting other players involved. It's being able to take it as well as dish it out. That's the only way you're going to get respect from the players.
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If you are vigilant and make a stern effort to reject every thought when it rises, you will soon find that you are going deeper and deeper into your own inner self, where there is no need for your effort to reject the thoughts.
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I think the play actually became bigger than me. No pun intended.
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I'm still an old-school reporter at heart. Writing fiction satisfies my journalistic need to hear and relay the testimony of everyday people at the center of events.
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Also, I knew that the impact of Motorcycle Diaries was going to be so resonant for all of us who went through the experience of making it that I didn't want to do anything that could reflect it.
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I speak very highly of Jim Thome. Not only is he a great player, but he's a great individual.
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If western culture is shown to be rich, it is because, even before the Enlightenment, it has tried to 'dissolve' harmful simplifications through inquiry and the critical mind.
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Money isn't everything. Do you get married because of money? Do you have kids because of money?
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I got space from Travis Air Force Base, went back to the Philippine Islands and made it a point to meet the only American casting director in the Philippines. I was off and running.
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Whenever someone comes up to me saying, 'I saw you in 'Carlos' and then I saw the rest of your movies,' for me, it's an expression that we might be doing something well. So my life hasn't changed that much. I just try not to go to very crowded places if I'm not in the mood.
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I went to a school called Tring Park School for the Performing Arts. I went because initially I was very naughty, and my mom thought if I was busy, I'd be better. And I didn't really do acting until later on in the school, with an amazing teacher. I left, went traveling, came back.
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Living in London is like being on a luxury cruise liner.
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When I was 16 or 17, when I started, I never even considered not doing a project. I just wanted to work.
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Italians are great improvisers. If something unforeseen happens, they throw up their hands, and they adjust.
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It's not that we go around the set thinking, 'Oh, today we are going to kiss, so let's enjoy'. It's not that. It's acting. If it's important for the script, so be it.
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There's a call to adventure. It's something in the inner psyche of humanity, particularly males.
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Unmarried couples should get married - that's an excellent tax avoidance measure, if a bit drastic.
