George Chakiris Quotes
I don't believe I was jinxed or hexed by winning an Academy Award in my first picture, 'West Side Story.'
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I'm super lucky because I come home and I don't have to run errands and clean the house and do all that.
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You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can't possibly live long enough to make them all yourself.
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The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too.
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Just because I do a few comedy bits about gay people, that does not mean I'm out there promoting some anti-gay cause.
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The Kardashians can be famous for being famous. What do they do? I can't figure it out.
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If we get to a world of digital securities, then there isn't a need for DTC and Cede & Co. anymore. It's a really huge step in returning to clean capital markets.
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If I see a movie on TV that I'm in, I usually will watch it for that reason: It's like I'm watching another person.
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It seldom happens that a premature shoot of genius ever arrives at maturity.
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If I go to a reunion in east Texas, my mother's side or my father's, one out of ten is a preacher or a teacher. That's just the way it is in my family.
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Life - and I don't suppose I'm the first to make this comparison - is a disease: sexually transmitted, and invariably fatal.
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It's never a good idea for a celebrity to sign autographs or take pictures if a crowd is gathering.
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If there was a fire at my house I would throw more things on it. The only thing I would take out? Myself!
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I wanted already to be a filmmaker after I saw 'La Dolce Vita.'
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I have a strange fascination with the Midwest. I'm waiting to find out that my parents are actually from the Midwest. I grew up in Beverly Hills, up the street, and I just feel comfortable there. I've shot in Minneapolis, in Detroit, in St. Louis, in Omaha - they would say they're the Plains, not the Midwest - and I love it.
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If you connect with an artist because of what they make as a body of work, you feel like they're your friend. You feel like you're on the journey of connection with them because they see the world the same way you do. That's so powerful, and if you use that, you can genuinely change minds.
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True feeling justifies whatever it may cost.
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International cooperation is vital to keeping our globe safe, commerce flowing, and our planet habitable.
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Postmodernism surely requires an even greater grasp of symbolism, as it's increasingly an art of gesture alone.
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A day with my kids is the best day.
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Billy Jean King could not get credit when her husband was in law school and she was winning the Wimbledon, because he had to sign the cards. You know, you had these cases in the '70s of women who were mayors who couldn't get credit unless their husbands signed for them.
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I've certainly had periods when I felt like life was winning and I was losing, so I think everybody can relate to that quandary - the temptation to give in, to give up, and then what It takes to keep going.
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Today I feel that I shall win through. I have come to the gateway of the simple; I am now content to see things as they are. I have gained freedom myself; I shall allow freedom to others. In my work will be my salvation.
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I just believe that if I work hard and do well, who knows what the future holds?
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I don't believe I was jinxed or hexed by winning an Academy Award in my first picture, 'West Side Story.'
