Michael Caine Quotes
I can never be the hero now. You have to be young and all that stuff. I used to be the hero.
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Of course I get angry, but I want to use my brain a little bit and not just smash things.
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We have been given a role to play. We have been asked to provide, to give lectures on the role of Islamic development and the way we do it here, so the people who are Muslims there would understand what the role of Islam is.
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I was king of the mountain for a long time, well, I don't want that no more. I like to perform every once in a while for people who want to see me, and cut albums of music that is what I'm really about.
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My parents and my brother instilled in me my sense of humor. That's kind of the way we communicate with each other, and it's always been a way for me to get to know people.
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I saw that my image was changing or fading. One of the reasons for taking a break from clubs was to be missed-not forgotten.
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I used to try to pick locks because I grew up on my grandparents' farm and I started my own little spy club. I would go around the farm and try to break into the shed and try spying on my grandpa. It was ridiculous.
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I myself am a former commando fighter.
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I'd feel guilty just doing gags.
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I think change needs to be egoless. It's not about my leaving my fingerprints or a legacy. It's more important to be part of a process by rolling up your sleeves, being on the ground, initiating projects, starting campaigns - you know, building stuff.
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There is evidence that some of al Qaeda's nuclear efforts over the years met with swindles and false leads.
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You ask any person in the U.S. and they know who Mary Lou Retton is.
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I sometimes wonder how we're short of cod. There's gonna be a load deep down that are hiding. But it's a good reason to put the price up, and it means a load of people will have haddock. They should tell people they're running out of all sorts. Make 'em panic a bit.
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To me the definition of true masculinity – and femininity, too – is being able to lay in your own skin comfortably.
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I was a foggy, erratic teenager: a fifth child, the last in the queue for conversation or attention.
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The war against terrorism is a war against those who engage in torture.
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Acknowledging your mistakes also has its pluses, but we often don't have trouble recalling or mulling over those. The point is, if you don't acknowledge your successes the same way you acknowledge your mistakes, you're sure to have a memory full of blunders.
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In short, we need to recover the courage we celebrate in our heroes, and in particular, the courage to tolerate, for the sake of a free society, a level of risk we hardly ever imagined in the past.
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I'm not really clear what the whole deal is with flags. I like my flag, but I wouldn't die for it. There's issues of identity, of course. That's going to always come in. I, for example, don't want to be called a 'North Britisher.' I want to be Scottish.
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I love reading; I really enjoy it. I read books quite fast, which kind of annoys me, but I like it at the same time because I can read a book in a day.
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My father was dark skinned because he was Tatar. Sometimes Tatars can look Brazilian.
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If you're at an antiques fair, and have been unable to beat the dealer down earlier in the day, pay a return visit at the end. They may be more inclined to accept your offer, rather than having to pack the piece up and take it home.
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I think standing and fighting and working alongside all of these people that raise their right hand and serve their nation... really wipes away the distractions of some of the petty things we think are important at home.
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When theater becomes a soothing middle-class thing, when it's packaged as the Night Out, then that's the death of it.
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I can never be the hero now. You have to be young and all that stuff. I used to be the hero.
