Samuel Beckett Quotes
In me there have always been two fools, among others, one asking nothing better than to stay where he is and the other imagining that life might be slightly less horrible a little further on.
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I think every job I do, I sort of look for the challenge in. I mean, that's why we do this job. It's not, you know, obviously not for the money or for the fame, it's for, I guess finding out more about yourself.
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I went through a phase when I was 13 where I would only fall in love with people over the age of 19 or 20. I never had a real relationship with any of these people, but it was definitely the guy I wanted to hang out with and wanted to go on trips with. I would be like, 'But, Daddy, he's a musician!'.
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The tragedy of all of this is that it happened to me and it shouldn't have happened. It ruined my life and my career. That's the tragedy of this.
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My hunger is always there.
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The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop.
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I often will write a scene from three different points of view to find out which has the most tension and which way I'm able to conceal the information I'm trying to conceal. And that is, at the end of the day, what writing suspense is all about.
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I know how to make the difference. When I make the difference, I often do it at the end of the match, and that shows that I am fresh.
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My daddy used to say that I was too big to ride and too little to hitch a wagon - no good for a damn thing.
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Who cares about the clouds when we're together? Just sing a song and bring the sunny weather.
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Being married to a psychologist, I realize that I learn more from imperfections.
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There's definitely something transformative about clothes.
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There are films you see that only reach your eyes. Then there are films that you can watch... that reach down to your throat, or reach your heart. 'In the Mood for Love,' though, reached all the way to my belly.
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Vegetarians in general don't like me.
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In film, you can't go into analytical explorations because the audience will reject that.
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The person who grieves suffers his passion to grow upon him; he indulges it, he loves it; but this never happens in the case of actual pain, which no man ever willingly endured for any considerable time.
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It is better that one's customers come to one's shop than to have to look for them abroad.
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With realization of one's own potential and self-confidence in one's ability, one can build a better world.
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How do you sustain yourself when all the old structures people looked to for support - religion, family, ethnic solidarity - are crumbling, or feel so false that you refuse to avail yourself of them? What comes next?
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All of us have a lot of physical tics that we don't realize that we're doing subconsciously.
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I have had my share of choices and temptations, too; I would not lie about that. And I would also like to confess that had it not been for my mother, I would probably have never been able to make the right decisions during those formative years of my life.
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Television is much better crafted today then in the 70s. The content is less positive but I'm one of those that feel our entertainment reflects our world, it's not a driver - art imitates life.
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Washington is Hollywood for ugly people.
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Great players, they always dig deep and have their will to win.
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In me there have always been two fools, among others, one asking nothing better than to stay where he is and the other imagining that life might be slightly less horrible a little further on.
