Sofia Villani Scicolone (Sophia Loren) Quotes
I was not intrigued with the accouterments of success and fame, the furs, jewels, expensive automobiles and mansions... I can assure you that these things were not on my mind when I sat spellbound in that Pozzuoli movie house. It was what these performers on the screen were doing, not what they received for doing it.
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People take things so seriously.
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I wrote seven Myron Bolitar novels in a row, and I never want to write a Myron book where he just solves a crime. Every one of them I want to be personal, and I want him to grow and change. The problem with that is, it makes the series limited, you can't write a series where a guy is always going through some kind of crisis.
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'Obvious' is the most dangerous word in mathematics.
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What I like to call 'journalism of depth' is the media that regards the collective conscience of the masses to be its point of departure. It is the media that believes, as a matter of principle, in the potential capabilities of the people and respects their choices.
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If you take away the gift of reading, you create the gift of listening.
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I like to play table tennis, spend time with my kids.
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When you're young and queer and closeted, you can end up in this place where you regard your straight peers as the enemy.
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People trash talk me.
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Part of the reason I sort of shot out like a cannon out of Michigan and left home at such an early age is because I had to feel independent.
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We are all terminal.
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I've been in movies with Meryl Streep, Jack Nicholson - but I was on 'The Simpsons,' and finally, in the eyes of my children, I was a star.
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There is a liberal fascism that is dedicated to going after believing Christians who follow the biblical teaching on marriage.
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My dad said, 'Cam, you can make this situation a dream or you can make this situation a nightmare.' That struck a fire under me. That was my drive.
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I love singing some Johnny Cash, which is interesting because it's in a guy's key; I love singing Elvis Presley.
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People's lives have to change as a result of this legislation.
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England in a way is lucky. It's an island, so the frontiers are given by the sea.
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If you think health care is expensive now, just wait 'til it's free.
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All that stuff about heavy metal and hard rock, I don't subscribe to any of that. It's all just music. I mean, the heavy metal from the Seventies sounds nothing like the stuff from the Eighties, and that sounds nothing like the stuff from the Nineties. Who's to say what is and isn't a certain type of music?
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If they ever let me in the ring with him (Cassius Clay), I'm liable to be put away for murder.
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I'm running for president. Everyday Americans need a champion, and I want to be that champion.
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This is not the first time I've charged a person before I've made the case.' - Jim Garrison James Phelan, Scandals, Scamps, and Scoundrels.
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If I wanted to pitch that bad, I probably would. But I don't think I'm in that stage.
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I grew up in a household where my mom made $16,000 a year. I know the struggle. I know how to keep those things in perspective, and I do keep it into perspective.
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I was not intrigued with the accouterments of success and fame, the furs, jewels, expensive automobiles and mansions... I can assure you that these things were not on my mind when I sat spellbound in that Pozzuoli movie house. It was what these performers on the screen were doing, not what they received for doing it.
