Jack Dempsey Quotes
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I had to endure the worst time of all in terms of racial discrimination in Hollywood when I first started out. It was inconcievable to American directors and producers that a Mexican woman could have a lead role.
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Perfection is immutable. But for things imperfect, change is the way to perfect them.
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I don't mind you thinking I'm stupid, but don't talk to me like I'm stupid.
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Films are meant solely to provide entertainment. There are no lessons to be learnt and and inferences to be drawn. Has anyone become dutiful and law abiding after seeing a film that espouses these very virtues? Films can do no more than influence fashion, decor, and hairstyle trends.
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I'm like John Q. Public. I represent what every guy wants and needs.
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I believe how you measure a good movie is how many times you can see it. With comedies, I like to be a producer, because comedies can get corny and go off track real fast. I'm always the 'less is more' guy when it comes to a scene. So I'ma be the one who will keep it grounded.
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It's very important to give back to the community and do anything you can.
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Life is not about dwelling on the bad.
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No one escapes from the past without bearing some of its burdens.
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Isn't privacy about keeping taboos in their place?
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I didn't think then, and I still don't, that I was actually sick.
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Mark Ruffalo is just an amazing guy and an amazing director.
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I play on the left hand side, and I try to do the best I can.
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Everybody is improving but I am improving slowly, which seemingly widens our distance.
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Anyway, no drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power.
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I eat to live and not the other way around. As a vegetarian, I'm not at all fussy about food and can make do with anything.
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As people talk, text and browse, telecommunication networks are capturing urban flows in real time and crystallizing them as Google's traffic congestion maps.
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My father never forced me, but chemistry was my best subject.
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I have a brain and a uterus and I use both.
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I always learn something from every actor I've ever worked with. I always pick something from them.
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Theater owners are exerting a lot of power over the studios to withhold access to content that people want to see. That's bad for consumers, that's bad for studios, and ultimately, I think it will be bad for theaters.
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In writing a little tragedy, 'The Gaol Gate,' I made the scenario in three lines, 'He is an informer; he is dead; he is hanged.' I wrote that play very quickly.
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I just want to be a spokesperson for the people.
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Tell him he can have my title, but I want it back in the morning.
