Michael Caine Quotes
One of the main things about Cockney is, you speak at twice the speed as Americans. Americans speak very slow.
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There was this old soccer game called 'Goal' for the old Nintendo, and ever since then, I've played everything from the old school games to the 360.
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The thing about American writers is that, as a group, they get stuck in the same idea: that we're a continent and the world falls away after us. And it's just nonsense.
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I wouldn't want to be remembered as the guy who contaminated a perfectly legitimate form of protest art with money and celebrities.
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On right-to-life, see the Republicans flee from Todd Akin, who committed a gaffe while restating his support for what has been a plank of the Republican platform since 1980.
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In India we only read about death, sickness, terrorism, crime.
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It seems to me that Halloween is the perfect time to get all over steampunk.
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China's one-child policy was born in 1980, after years of less severe measures to discourage births. The Communist Party promised that the policy would be temporary.
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Maven is very much a haunting presence in 'Glass Sword.' His influence is everywhere, and he dogs Mare and Cal like no other. He's my favorite character to write because he's so complex, but also because he affects everyone else so deeply. He's kind of like the source of gravity. Everyone moves around him and what he's done.
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I've got four kids - I unblock a toilet every day.
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Women are sacred.
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One person goes off and works in Houston the other person goes off to London and you're on the phone to each other and somebody is paying you to kiss somebody else. It's very bizarre being an actor.
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The most influential factor in selling a home is always price. Don't build 'wiggle room' into the asking price. There's a price war out there and you have to win it from the get-go.
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I guess my main influences are Jesus, rock 'n' roll and ex-wives. In that order.
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I have been dealing with claims that I cheated and had an unfair advantage in winning my seven Tours since 1999.
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I find doing speeches nerve wrecking.
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I have to plead basic ignorance of most new jazz artists here.
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No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear.
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Imagine if Beethoven had a tape recorder. Then you'd know exactly what he meant. Maybe he meant 'Da da da da' instead of 'Boom boom boom boom!' Who knows?
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Some people are ok with doing nothing all day after they retire, but then some people if they had nothing to do would go mad and start banging their heads against a wall.
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Speak to Him, thou, for He hears, and Spirit with Spirit can meet- Closer is He than breathing, and nearer than hands and feet.
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We value the clock for its speed and efficiency. The clock has its place, efficiency has its place, after effectiveness. The symbol of effectiveness is the compass a sense of direction, purpose, vision, perspective, and balance. But the empowerment process itself is not efficient.
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The first step is clearly defining what it is you're after, because without knowing that, you'll never get it.
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One of the main things about Cockney is, you speak at twice the speed as Americans. Americans speak very slow.
