Sam Rockwell Quotes
I had those kind of parents where I watched all of these very sophisticated movies: 'Five Easy Pieces', 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.'
Quotes to Explore
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I came up from growing up with a lot of Catholic guilt, a lot of punk rock, hipster guilt in the later years where I think people have thrown a lot of things on me. Where I always felt like I'm not supposed to tell the horn section what to play or I don't want to come off egotistical.
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I am neither a Bengali nor am I from Delhi's St Stephen's. I am an Allahabad boy.
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I always played to win.
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Of course I get angry, but I want to use my brain a little bit and not just smash things.
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Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion, and he whose real wants are supplied must admit those of fancy.
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I would like to see more Bollywood films! The more stylized musicals are a new trend in the U.S. We are beginning to make musicals again after a long break, practically since the days of the studio structure, so perhaps we can learn a few things from Bollywood about this fun style of film-making.
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I want to write novels, and I want to write and direct theater.
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I think everyone in the heptathlon is improving together, so it is a very hard event to compete in.
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What we women need to do, instead of worrying about what we don't have, is just love what we do have.
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When I was a kid, I had two great guilty pleasures. One was horror movies and the other was martial arts movies.
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'The New World Haggadah' is meant for American Jews in the 21st century.
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Politics colours everything, and anyone who wants change is necessarily political. As an environmental campaigner more or less since I left school in the early '90s, I have always been involved in lobbying, campaigning and pushing for changes.
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The only way to get to the other end of the pitch is to belt it and then belt it again.
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The Democratic Party is the party of the status quo.
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My parents wouldn't have sent me out into the world with wool over my eyes. You have to be aware, or you'll be swallowed.
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The United States should not engage in tit-for-tat polemics directed at its most important allies. That is as demeaning as it is destructive.
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If I can sleep in until 9 A.M. - wow, what a luxury.
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I was good at math and science, and I got lots of degrees in lots of things, but in a parallel universe, I probably became a chef.
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If you ask the government to solve all of your problems, it's a bit like asking your wife to cook and clean, to raise the children, to hold down a second job to help with the family finances, to keep her parents happy and well and keep your parents happy and well, and to also - to do the lawn and clean the gutters.
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I've always loved film, and it started with Pixar movies.
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I haven't inherited the earth from my parents, I am borrowing it from my children.
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Preaching is the expression of the moral sentiment in application to the duties of life.
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I give everyone upmost respect, and when people feel that, you end up getting the most out of your interaction with them. That connectivity is really important in my life.
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I had those kind of parents where I watched all of these very sophisticated movies: 'Five Easy Pieces', 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.'
