Joseph L. Mankiewicz Quotes
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We will always make music, but Die Antwoord is... finite.
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Retiring for good wasn't difficult. I knew at the time it was right. I was no longer capable of achieving the standards I'd set myself and there was no light at the end of the tunnel.
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The power of Twitter still never ceases to amaze me.
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The only way reliably to gauge the heat of any particular chilli is to cut it in half, so exposing the core and membranes, and to dab the cut surface on your tongue.
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I never wanted to be a millionaire. I just wanted to live like one.
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It's something that I do every year - every Ramadan to be exact - taking an 18-hour flight back home to Malaysia from Los Angeles. I'm born and raised in Malaysia, and Ramadan and Eid has always been my favorite time of the year.
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I'd love to live in Ireland but I'd like to live as me, not what someone thinks I am. People don't understand - I lived there before I was famous.
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Nobody ever accused me of pulling any weapon on them. I would never, ever pull a weapon on anybody.
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As athletes, we all have egos, we all think we can help, and when you're not given that chance, it's hard to watch.
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Hospice is such a tremendous thing. Patients seem to reach an inner peace.
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In order to maintain that fire for acting and capture its essence, you can't let yourself be concerned with what people have to say about you. You just can't.
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I believe in holiness and sacredness in other people. It doesn't mean that the clouds part and I see God. That's a juvenile way of thinking about it.
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I had such an amazing experience on 'The Pillowman' that it was hard to think what else is going to live up to that.
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If I didn't have my profession, I think I would be sitting in a nuthouse. But I have been unceasingly at work, and this has been very healthy for me. So I had no need for therapy.
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I maintain that many an inventor, many a diplomat, many a financier is a sounder philosopher than all those who practice the dull craft of experimental psychology.
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Some critics have been very harsh. That's okay. I like honest criticism.
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I think it's as popular as it ever has been and it continues to grow as it does all around the world.
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Politicians make decisions in favor of their interest groups or their supporters back in their hometowns.
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Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts.
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I always like being a director in terms of giving acting notes and punching up on the fly.
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Having children is the greatest thing that can happen to you as a husband and wife. They are infuriating at times when they're little, but on the whole, they're such a joy. I don't think I was the most brilliant mother when they were young. I had quite a bit of help because I was working and I enjoyed my work.
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Israelis and Palestinians are suspicious of each other and of promises from outside. But the need for a negotiated solution between the parties should not stymie international clarity and consensus about the endgame in terms of borders and other issues.
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Because the Advanced Placement Examination test is the required end-of-course examination, it cannot reasonably be viewed as a service or program for which a fee may be levied.
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I am a critic - as essential to the theatre as ants to a picnic.
