Jose Ortega y Gasset Quotes
Life is a series of collisions with the future; it is not the sum of what we have been, but what we yearn to be.
Quotes to Explore
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There is no sense in making a film that no-one will go and see, just to create a perfect, but useless, work of art.
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The first impression that I liked doing was an impression of Cheri Oteri's Barbara Walters impression on 'SNL.' I found that I could mimic that pretty well, and people got a kick out of that.
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I dislike society because conversation exhausts my brain more than silent thought - again, I cannot hold my water long enough for a prolonged conversation.
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Live theater to me is much more free than the movies or television.
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I don't pick and choose subjects or settings; they pick and choose me.
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When you're in the battlefield, survival is all there is. Death is the only great emotion.
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Punishment cannot heal spirits, can only break them.
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The path of social advancement is, and must be, strewn with broken friendships.
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I went to church when I was younger, but it was never something pushed down my throat or anything, which is a good thing. I found out for myself where I belonged.
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Children in their young teens are just moving into the moment when they are most receptive to philosophy and psychology. You can explore these things in stories and, in doing so, give them power and control.
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In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?
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I believe in equality for everyone, except reporters and photographers.
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My mom bought me a white Strat, but that wasn't what I wanted, so I went to a guitar store in Cleveland and - the guy told me it was a really good deal - made an even swap for a blue Teisco Del Ray. I loved that guitar and used it a bunch.
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When I go to where I was getting excellent parts in movies I may have taken a few too soon, too anxious to go back to work and to anxious to make another film and to succeed more.
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I did not lose this election, or had a bad result compared with what we might have got because of Islam.
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Healthy discontent is the prelude to progress.
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Truth is not a matter of personal viewpoint.
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Kabir Khan is a director who goes out of his way to make his actors comfortable. He's very chilled out. He makes the environment on set very casual and friendly.
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I'm not good at accepting help.
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There were five writers on Blazing Saddles.
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Paris just exudes love and romance and, for me personally, hope and joy and faith, too; it just means so much to me. That place made me feel so happy and so safe, and my spirit was just so full of joy.
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Political correctness does not legislate tolerance; it only organizes hatred.
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I just tried to keep my cool and continue with my race plan: to win.
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Life is a series of collisions with the future; it is not the sum of what we have been, but what we yearn to be.
