Michael Caine Quotes
I think I have the secret of a successful L.A. restaurant, especially now that so many Europeans live there. You have to have a place where they can see out the windows, see the world passing by. Europeans fancy that.
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If you solve both the consumer problems and the corporate problems, you can win at this game. If you reinvent what a corporation is currently selling, it can often make the leap.
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If I do something caring for a friend, I have no doubt in my mind they would do it for me.
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I studied the lives of jazz singers who would tour Europe, and... what I learned was life was big ride for them. They'd seen the dark side of humanity... but touring the world playing jazz, it was a truly carefree way of living. A great escapism, if you like.
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Circumstances are the rulers of the weak; they are but the instruments of the wise.
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I never intended for the Monster Ball to be a religious experience, it just became one.
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So if I get these actors for 30% of their price by coming in so late with an offer when they know they are not getting another offer then I do it this way.
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Other people pull off amazing festivals and events and things like that. I think ours is a little bit different, and that's what makes us distinct.
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It's smarter to look at portions than to count calories.
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You can't propel a nation to move forward if all you are doing is taking something from them.
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With evolution, things are always changing, so I sort of think: Should we all be growing three heads?
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I guess I'm a good manager now. Moreover, I'm loving the concept of donning the producer's hat. It's all very exciting as well as a great learning experience. You're a part of a film right from its conception to its execution, and that's an amazing feeling.
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I'm a big fan of film for one reason: because it is visual.
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I've been privileged to meet presidents and sing at inaugurations and other political events.
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I am always fascinated by India.
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A 501(c)3 can't lobby. A 501(c)3 can't invest in a company or build an industry. It may be that the only way to deal with climate change is to create an industry or build companies.
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With Taiwan, it took about 40 years to go from an authoritarian to a democratic society.
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My show in Egypt was called, 'The Show,' or, 'Al Bernameg' in Arabic. Basically, it was a political satire show. It started on Internet by three, four-minute episodes, and then it evolved into a live show in a theater, which was something that was unprecedented in the Arab world.
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For me, life is about experiencing many new things and working with good people, working on good projects, and in general, just having any kind of job.
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A penny saved is two pence clear.
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But I think everybody should write. I think those people with stories who don't write should be stomped on.
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Professional creativity requires more than inspiration, talent, and discipline - it requires an endurance that few are aware of and even fewer have.
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You develop an instant global consciousness, a people orientation, an intense dissatisfaction with the state of the world, and a compulsion to do something about it. From out there on the moon, international politics looks so petty.
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You're not sorry to go, of course. With people like us our home is where we are not... No one person in the world is necessary to you or to me.
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I think I have the secret of a successful L.A. restaurant, especially now that so many Europeans live there. You have to have a place where they can see out the windows, see the world passing by. Europeans fancy that.
