Gaby Hoffmann Quotes
I made a lot of movies that people loved when I was a kid, but I didn't have any real relationship to them.
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There is one confrontation scene toward the end of the picture. In the middle of the scene, I thought, That's Sean Connery! I don't know how else to describe Sean Connery. I still feel that way.
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On a large scale, people aren't going to cut back how much they use. That's a pipe dream. If anything, as the developing world gets richer, the world's going to consume more - more cars, bigger homes, more energy, more water, more food.
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Whatever God or whatever higher power you believe in, they brought us to this earth in a perfect way, and you have to learn to love yourself. Otherwise, it's an exhausting way to be.
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My father was raised in the mountains of New Mexico, and he picked cotton for a dollar a day. He was working for the family from the time he was 7.
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If I were to work with my mom, I probably would not want her to play my mom. That would get too real.
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Many people in this world are still so identified with every thought that arises in their head. There is not the slightest space of awareness there.
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I'm definitely not a super great guitarist. Ultimately, I just write a lot of love songs.
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Evil is unspectacular and always human, and shares our bed and eats at our own table.
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Back in those days intimidation was the greatest tool the drill instructor had. Without that tool, he would not have had control.
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I've never hidden the fact that I'm Jamaican; I will never disown my roots or influences.
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It's my dream, my goal to be good at Olympics, anywhere they are in the world.
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They all hope I will go broke and I wouldn't like to cause them displeasure.
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I want to thank the pioneering women who years ago opened the doors of politics in Costa Rica. My government will be open to all Costa Ricans of good faith.
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A win for one is a win for all - and I'm not just saying that because Dumas did.
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I've had loss in my life, and I like to think my mother's energy lives on in some faintly Buddhist way. I do find some comfort there.
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I prefer to underplay scenes rather than, you know, be big and drive them. And sometimes you have to do that, but I like the more natural styles.
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The Revolution did not assume a socialist nature because of support from the U.S.S.R.; it was the other way around: support from the U.S.S.R. was produced by the socialist nature of the Cuban Revolution. To such a degree, that when the U.S.S.R. disappears, Cuba keeps on being socialist.
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Thankfully, it became clear to me that when I compete, I lose my connection to the passion I have for my work.
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An optimist is a guy that has never had much experience.
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I'm free of stress and worries now because if I don't like something I'm doing, I just find the fun in it instead of being miserable. Let me have fun with the people I work with, let me have fun making money - when I grew up so poor, ya know?
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More people are using the Internet and searching for information and things to buy, and they want to know where these places are.
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You can't bomb for a humane reason. What we should do is just Mother Teresa them to death with love. It's that old hippie nonsense but it's still the best stuff there is.
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A really important point for me is that I don't use any brand or corporate sponsors. So I have no responsibility to anyone but myself and the subjects.
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I made a lot of movies that people loved when I was a kid, but I didn't have any real relationship to them.
