Erich Maria Remarque Quotes
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I'm too self-serious for a comedy.
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I am very much in favor of women's rights, being a woman myself, and I support intelligent, successful, independent working women.
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About three months before a contest, I drink a lot of water. I start to drink a lot of water.
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The first time I thought I should be an actor was in school. I thought, 'At least this is something for which I won't have to study.' But I've realised that an actor needs to be constantly unsure about what he's doing and about what's going on around him. The moment you think you've nailed it, you're dead.
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In the business world today, failure is apparently not an option. We need to change this attitude toward failure - and celebrate the idea that only by falling on our collective business faces do we learn enough to succeed down the road.
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I'm in a constant state of gratitude.
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It's so hard for me to wrap my head around the concept of truth, I don't even know what people mean by it.
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Do you know why dogs are man's best friend? It's because they're not in politics.
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I always like to sing barefoot.
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If we go back in the history of different nations, violence and the use of force are part of their heritage. These are the traditions of mankind.
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I always say that I don't like it when people follow trends too much, just because it is on the runway. I think what you wear really does need to reflect what your own personal style is.
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I can never let the guy across from me be in better shape. I have to be the best-conditioned guy.
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What I'm very concerned about is how do we bolster our self-awareness as humans, as biological organisms?
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A politician ought to be born a foundling and remain a bachelor.
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I guess I'm curious about how people process grief and how they process loss. And I'm also interested in the ways in which an event can have long-reaching consequences and a life over the course of years.
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Marriage is a social construct, but I still believe in it.
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Whether it's pool or Ping Pong, I can't stand to have my kids beat me. Especially Ping Pong! And when they beat me, they just needle the devil out of me. That's fine. I'd rather have that than let them win a shallow victory.
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I always start with emotion. That's where I start all of my improvisations, on the piano. I always start with the mood or the feel of where I am in that moment.
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Life is like a B-movie. You don't want to leave in the middle of it but you don't want to see it again.
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I think that the character that I'm playing now is so fundamentally different than Ally that I haven't I haven't felt like I had to worry about it at all. But I definitely wanted to make a different choice.
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Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.
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My work has been in the field of engaged Buddhism. That is my own practice, which began in 1965 that formed the base for the work I was doing in the civil rights and anti-war movement.
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Don't get married to an actress because they're also actresses in bed.
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You take it from me, we are losing the war because we can salute too well.
