Michael Caine Quotes
To disappear your complete self into a character is quite difficult. I've tried it 85 times, and I've succeeded two or three times.
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During the 2008 election, I made clear to the Obama campaign that I don't think it's wise for me to force my personal political agenda on anyone.
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There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.
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Our house is a constant mayhem of music, noise, socializing and business. It vibrates life, as a house should.
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A lot of people go in and have to create their own characters, and they do fine with it.
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The one thing you can ask, I think, is that actors get paid a living wage. I would like it if all the repertory theatres that currently exist could do that. It would make a huge difference.
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I don't really consider myself an impressionist.
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The optimal use of natural resources can be made only if there is a well-thought-out policy framework for their exploitation towards a particular end use.
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When James Bond gets old, you get rid of him and bring a new James Bond in.
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You have to captivate and entertain if you want your message to get across.
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Every crowd has a silver lining.
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It is better to be likable than to be talented.
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The poet existed among the cave men; he will exist among men of the atomic age, for he is an inherent part of man. Even religions have been born from the need for poetry, which is a spiritual need, and it is through the grace of poetry that the divine spark lives forever in the human flint.
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I plainly told them, 'Be ye sincerely converted, and with your whole heart, to the Lord our God, for nothing is impossible to Him, that He may today send you food on your road, even until you are satisfied, because He has everywhere abundance.' And, with God's help, it was so done: Behold! A herd of swine appeared in the road before our eyes.
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Its important to have specific dreams. Dream Big. Dream without fear.'
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It is obvious that art cannot teach anyone anything, since in four thousand years humanity has learnt nothing at all.
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If people can't deal with their problems, they numb themselves a little bit.
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The successful men I admired all built their bodies.
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Obviously, a skirt does present certain problems that I had to be aware of. But when it came to the shoot and we were rolling, I didn't really pay it any attention. It wasn't too bad.
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Innumerable confusions and a feeling of despair invariably emerge in periods of great technological and cultural transition.
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An open mind, in questions that are not ultimate, is useful. But an open mind about the ultimate foundations either of Theoretical or of Practical Reason is idiocy. If a man's mind is open on these things, let his mouth at least be shut. He can say nothing to the purpose. Outside the Tao there is no ground for criticizing either the Tao or anything else.
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In so far as it goes, such movement is to be welcomed.
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I'd like to get into the superhero genre. I'd love to do either a DC or a Marvel character.
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It is always the simple things that change our lives. And these things never happen when you are looking for them to happen. Life will reveal answers at the pace life wishes to do so. You feel like running, but life is on a stroll. This is how God does things.
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To disappear your complete self into a character is quite difficult. I've tried it 85 times, and I've succeeded two or three times.
