Federico Fellini Quotes
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I think in every picture that I've ever made. Everything that I've done torments me. I really would like another chance except I'd be too embarrassed to ever really try to do them again and no one would want to see the same movie just done differently.
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I love being the mayor. I want to be the mayor forever.
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When I hear someone, instantaneously, I'm like, 'Who's singing?' You're giving people so much of yourself, and my voice is the most natural, distinctive tool I have. It's up to me to express myself on a wider scale than just writing vocal melodies and lyrics.
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Human technology has made it to Mars. We are transmitting gorgeous pictures from it. Yet we have not explored our own planet. Two-thirds of it is covered with oceans that are still mysterious places.
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The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.
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Every so often when I'm writing, a character might actually be a distinct person in my head - often not an actor or a face, literally a person who just seems to exist in my imagination. Then the challenge is finding somebody who is close enough to that to make me feel like I've ended up where I wanted to be.
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Somebody gets to be smart and somebody gets to be dumb. If we win, it'll be because of the president. And if we lose, it'll be because of me.
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I only got interested in radio once I talked my way into an internship at NPR's headquarters in Washington, D.C. in 1978, never having heard the network on the air.
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Pictures must not be too picturesque.
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Everyone in my country understands that Russia cannot do without Europe and that, vice versa, Europe cannot do without Russia. We depend on cooperation.
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Listen to my voice - I sound like I'm permanently congested.
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I thank you for your kind invitation to introduce me to the president of the Republic. Since I have not been out of my atelier for two months, I have no appropriate costume for this circumstance. Please excuse me.
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I was the family alien. Both my parents are quite creative, but I was... appalling... always putting on little shows. I was rather a shy child, not a natural performer, but there was a performative edge to everything I did.
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(On seeing a former lover for the first time in years) I thought I told you to wait in the car.
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I'm not 'Will's brother' anymore. Will is my brother. I'm paving the way for all middle children out there.
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I cook chicken for a living.
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There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money.
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Living the past is a dull and lonely business; looking back strains the neck muscles, causing you to bump into people not going your way.
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I think marathon swimming makes you work more on your upper body, your abdomen, trapezius, and your arms. When you finish a race, your arms and abdomen are more tired than your legs. Your legs are tired because you've just sprinted for the line, but at the end of the race, when you start to relax, it's your arms that hurt.
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The best way to solve problems and to fight against war is through dialogue.
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I'm not one of those people that pretends he doesn't watch himself.
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There's something grounded about 'Ugly Americans,' so I think it's good that I'm playing a version of myself in these elevated cartoon circumstances.
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I betrayed Gutenberg for McLuhan long ago.
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It is only when I am doing my work that I feel truly alive.
