Rutger Hauer Quotes
‘Blade Runner’ is such a unique film. How do you describe a diamond? I don’t think you should ever touch it again.
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Obviously, as you get a little older, you are not going to be quite as quick or quite as strong, and so I might be regarded by some as the underdog... There is actually a statue of Big Ben and I in Perth, Ont., and I was on a Canadian stamp once, and normally you have to be dead to do either of those things, and, well, here I am, still going.
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Today, not to take away from any of the present artists, but music has gotten a little shallow, in my opinion. Everybody's talking about the same thing: sex, money, clothes, cheating... I want to open up not necessarily better conversations, but, in my opinion, more important ones, and touch on things that are actually going on.
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My dad was a good athlete. My mom had longevity. There were some athletic genes that certainly got passed down.
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Conscience is God present in man.
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I don't believe in strong-arming people.
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It is very, very easy not to be offended by a book. You just have to shut it.
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No, you will never see me on 'Dancing With the Stars.' Sorry.
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I'm a cynic about corporate democracy and boards.
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Growing up in inner-city Glasgow, it sometimes seemed to me money hadn't been invented.
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To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
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I come from a dysfunctional family, so my views of parents and parenting used to be highly mixed.
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If anyone comes to me, I want to lead them to Him.
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We're in the service business by nature, but when we can transition that into ownership things, we love it. Our clients love it, too. We get deluged with offers to get involved with this or that. Silver Lake helps us funnel those opportunities.
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The fashion I've acquired over the years is so sacred to me – from costumes to couture, high fashion to punk wear I've collected from my secret international hot spots. I keep everything in an enormous archive in Hollywood.
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Somewhere down the line, I realised that dairy products were giving me acidity, so now I am a vegan.
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I was punished for blowing the whistle on my father's lifestyle.
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Charter schools are public schools that operate, to a certain extent, outside the system. They have more control over their teachers, curriculum and resources. They also have less money than public schools.
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An idea's birth is legitimate if one has the feeling that one is catching oneself plagiarizing oneself.
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In Los Angeles, I'm always in Fred Segal. It's become a ritual. I have lunch and then buy lots of things I don't need. Usually tons of clothes for the kids that they grow out of in 10 seconds.
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Wes Craven is obviously a horror film icon so I was definitely very interested in bringing something back to life that Wes had created.
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I think of great masters, like [Alfred] Hitchcock, for example, who works absolutely within this sensational realm. You feel like you can always tell what temperature a room is in a Hitchcock film because the people feel alive, they don't feel like they're just being filmed on a stage.
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To be honest, you have to do a big Hollywood film to get enough money to do a good independent film!
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‘Blade Runner’ is such a unique film. How do you describe a diamond? I don’t think you should ever touch it again.
