Paul Begala Quotes
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I am really curious about life, about why we are all here. I notice my skin is ageing, things are changing, I've seen people dying, so that's the train we are all on.
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When I was sixteen years old, I was sentenced to two years in prison; the Swedish government changed it, so I could go to a boarding school as part of a social programme. I was in this boarding school with some of the richest kids in Sweden.
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A damn independent boy; independent as a hog on ice.
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Painting what I experience, translating what I feel, is like a great liberation. But it is also work, self-examination, consciousness, criticism, struggle.
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Capitalism is about adventurers who get harmed by their mistakes, not people who harm others with their mistakes.
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A first kiss is hard to fake on screen. It's tempting to practice before you shoot, but why blow that natural awkwardness on a rehearsal? There's something so beautiful about it that can't be faked.
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I think I have a better sense of my weaknesses - being self-important, selfish and having a big ego probably triggers all the other stuff. I can see myself more clearly.
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Winston Cup and the Busch Series are two totally different leagues. You get put in different situations.
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I love dressing up for events; to me it's almost like wearing a costume for the evening.
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There was an ingredient used in perfumes and remedies in the Middle Ages called 'momie' that is certainly one of the most fascinating I've come across.
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Work is the meat of life, pleasure the dessert.
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I liked to be around my friends, but my dad was out there, day in and day out.
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The year hasn't started yet and it's already been the best I've ever had.
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Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle.
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I am overwhelmed with gratitude, and my heart is full. 'American Sniper' has broken records, which follows such an honest path of Chris's life.
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I am an avid runner, mainly on weekends.
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Even though people say Richard Harris and I have been having a great feud, it's not true.
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The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are.
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I like to get up and get out. Otherwise you end up kicking about, and it's easy to flick the telly on; then before you know it, it is 11 A.M. and you haven't done anything.
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Trying to write while I'm distracted definitely doesn't work for me. I'm also a compulsive saver of my files, so every writing session ends with me emailing what I've written to myself, just in case.
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There's something strange about theater. My characters consistently demonize elitism, but of course it's taking place in a theater where only so many people can see it. I've been in silly popcorn movies - the kind of thing that as an actor you might feel embarrassed about - but those movies reach many more people.
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I was kind of freaked out by the art world in the 1980s. Just the money thing. All the competition over artists.
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Will we lift our sights to meet his vision?
