Sergio Leone Quotes
Just go to Disneyland. You have the impact of how the Americans think, how they dream, what they desire, how they have a good time, what they prefer. I associate this with young people. But many times I think this infantile quality is much better than the false, incomplete concept of adulthood.
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The doors between the old man today and the child are still open, wide open. I can stroll through my grandmother's house and know exactly where the pictures are, the furniture was, how it looked, the voice, the smells. I can move from my bed at night today to my childhood in less than a second.
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We in the Middle East like to talk politics, we like to argue. Just look at the three prophets - Moses, Jesus and Mohammad. They are all from this small region which creates problems all the time.
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I took the position from day one that it was the right decree, that the modifications I made to the decree were proper, that the correct outcome had been obtained, and that in due time all of that would become apparent. And it has become apparent.
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Books are not like albums, where you can simply download and enjoy your favorite chapter and ignore the rest.
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There is no age limit on the enjoyment of sex. It keeps getting better.
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You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need.
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The most disturbing thing, I think, with people that do very morally devious things more and more often is to see that they completely feel that they had no choice in the matter.
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The Flash could do everything twice as fast. Except you never saw him think twice as fast or speak twice as fast. Could he do math faster than the other superheroes? Could he compute the tip for the bill twice as fast?
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A lot of movies are made to make us dream.
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I've had a few conversations with people who are horrified: who tell me my work is demeaning, is sexist, is negative.
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I'm a hoot and a half, I like to think.
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Islam, or any religion, will become totalitarian if it is made into an ideology, because that is the nature of ideologies.
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To expect too much is to have a sentimental view of life and this is a softness that ends in bitterness.
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I think it's good to have pressure on yourself. The worst crime is to get kind of really complacent.
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At the end of the day, an actor is only a cog in the wheel.
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For me, writing is a love – hate relationship.
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They told me I gave the best milk mustache of anybody.
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I don't think a lot of bands and artists work as hard as we do on the creation, on the writing, the arrangements and the recording in our format.
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I didn't really know anything about Romany culture going into this [Glue series]. The one thing that I liked the most about it is that it's so family based. They don't have mothers and fathers in the same way we do. They're really in a community, so parenting is shared between the community.
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I guess I crave stability.
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Anne Elliot was the one Jane Austen character I didn't fall in love with. She seemed sad and defeated.
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I think any spiritual experience that's worthwhile is not about ego and it will humble you in some way. And also, a Zen monk once said to me, 'If you're not laughing, then you're not getting it.'
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The wonderful thing about my husband is that we are very good at being independent.
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Just go to Disneyland. You have the impact of how the Americans think, how they dream, what they desire, how they have a good time, what they prefer. I associate this with young people. But many times I think this infantile quality is much better than the false, incomplete concept of adulthood.
