Sigmund Freud Quotes
No matter how much restriction civilization imposes on the individual, he nevertheless finds some way to circumvent it. Wit is the best safety valve modern man has evolved; the more civilization, the more repression, the more need there is for wit.".
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I tend to love actors. I was trained as an actor first so I'm drawn to actors.
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I have my own people that make my clothes because it's hard for me to find stuff that fits.
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Whenever I've been well-known or hitting the press, I've always had to get my credit card out to prove I'm Damien Hirst.
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There are certain things women are better at than men.
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Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.
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I would like to break out of this dark, brooding image, cause I'm actually not like that at all.
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Everybody's social life in Jordan revolves around family.
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I usually have two or three books on the go at the same time. If I'm in different moods, I want to read different things.
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The personal things should be left out of platforms at conventions. You can argue yourself blue in the face, and you're not going to change each other's minds. It's a waste of your time and my time.
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I want young Indian composers to be able to do more than just film music. I want to give them the skills that will enable them to create their own palette of sounds instead of having to write formulaic music. It doesn't matter if they become sound engineers, producers, composers or performers - I want them to be as imaginative as they like.
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I'm terrified of walking into a room full of people. Sitting down at a dinner table with 15 strangers brings me out in a sweat.
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Politics ruins the character.
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There's ups and downs with boxing, layoffs are part of the sport and they can either help or hurt a guy.
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Whether you're making a million dollar film or a $100 million film there is never enough money, there's never enough time.
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Drugs, were a symptom - they weren't the cause of anything.
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If you are in business, you are not enjoying. You are working.
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I have never pressurized a producer to do me any favor.
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A man in debt is so far a slave.
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A grand jury hears only one side - that of the prosecutor.
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We do not yet possess ourselves, and we know at the same time that we are much more.
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...a point is reached where the self is so completely aligned with the still-point that it can no longer be moved, even in its first movements, from this center. It can no longer be tested by any force or trial, nor moved by the winds of change, and at this point the self has obviously outworn its function; it is no longer needed or useful, and life can go on without it.
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A tablecloth restaurant is still one of the great rewards of civilization.
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No matter how much restriction civilization imposes on the individual, he nevertheless finds some way to circumvent it. Wit is the best safety valve modern man has evolved; the more civilization, the more repression, the more need there is for wit.".
