Israel Horovitz Quotes
It's one of the terrors of old age that your body is not your friend. Or to be out on the street and be frightened of someone because you're not in good shape and can't do anything about it.
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I have worked with some great directors.
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That's one of the things I miss most about Australia - the countryside.
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Competition on anything is good, because it makes everybody better.
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Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.
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I want to win football games.
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Sometimes you have to laugh about what gets published; sometimes it's annoying, but in general I don't care.
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The differences between a tart, a pie and a quiche are a blur.
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In terms of number of movies, I've been in an extraordinary amount. If you count only the minutes I'm onscreen, it's not so long.
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For the Arabs in Israel there is always a tension between nationality and identity.
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People choose to read, and it takes effort. It's not one of those hobbies that asks nothing of the person who is doing it. It's more than a hobby.
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Being on a movie set when you have a great strong people there supporting you can be very nurturing. You get to explore these creative parts of yourself as a child that most people don't explore until they're in college.
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I was born in Coney Island. I like to think I fell out of the womb onto the fun park's giant Parachute Jump while eating a Nathan's hot dog.
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I don't come from a famous family and don't have this detachment from everyday people and everyday life. I'm just doing my job and the attention that comes with it is part of the territory.
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The House of Representatives has never sued a sitting president in all of U.S. history.
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There are no good and bad peoples; there are only leaderships that behave responsibly or insanely.
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You'd be hard pressed to find a bigger champion of high-speed rail than me when the bond went to voters. I believed in it.
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We ran as if to meet the moon.
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I've also learned to no longer feel guilty if I'm invited out and don't want to go. If I start to say to myself, 'What's wrong with you that you're staying in five nights in a row to watch 'Forensic Files' instead of going out with your friends' I remind myself that it's what I need to do for myself at that point.
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And I think it is the genius of actors to be able to escape whatever people are expecting of them. Otherwise you become like a factory worker.
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Every man has the right to risk his own life in order to preserve it. Has it ever been said that a man who throws himself out the window to escape from a fire is guilty of suicide?
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I have a skill set that often helps me get through hurtful moments or experiences. However, sometimes when the pain cuts really deep, my normal go-to exercises just won't work.
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It's one of the terrors of old age that your body is not your friend. Or to be out on the street and be frightened of someone because you're not in good shape and can't do anything about it.
