Violante Placido Quotes
Turkey was fantastic, Turkey was like mystical and such a special place. Just unique, something that's really hard to describe, such beauty.
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I'm an actor who wants to do great parts, and I've been very fortunate, for a long time, to get meaty roles, and sometimes some of them are meatier than others.
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My dream role is Jack Johnson, the first black heavyweight champion.
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It may be true, that men, who are mere mathematicians, have certain specific shortcomings, but that is not the fault of mathematics, for it is equally true of every other exclusive occupation.
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Science and religion are the two most powerful forces in the world. Having them at odds... is not productive.
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Self-discovery is above all the realization that we are alone: it is the opening of an impalpable, transparent wall - that of our consciousness - between the world and ourselves.
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I thought that communism, the tyranny of communism, was an abomination and I beseeched God to bring that terrible evil down and he did. It was a great triumph, it took awhile, but it happened.
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I like that conventions want me to appear and festivals want me to come speak because they like the climate I attract. It's a good feeling.
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I am a marvelous housekeeper. Every time I leave a man I keep his house.
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I lift heavy weights and sprint, but I am so bad at it that I develop severe injuries.
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I don't see myself as a diva at all.
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When I was a kid, I read many of my mom's books. Sometimes, there were mysteries, but there were no delineations, and my mother never talked about book genres. Nor did we differentiate genres in school.
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I think most of the dinosaur specimens we find represent subadult sizes.
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I've always had this sneaking suspicion that I get a kick out of the insecurity.
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My left brain has gradually 'eaten' the right-brain capabilities away.
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It makes the heart to tremble when you open an undiscovered tomb.
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There's no social realism in 'Tyrannosaur.' It's not about the social landscape or the political landscape or any of that. It's just about human beings. I never made 'Tyrannosaur' in reference to anybody - I just made it because I had to make my own films.
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When I was young, I was rather attractive, and I thought that I would be a leading lady. I always thought of myself as a dramatic actress, but of course the opportunities for blacks weren't there at the time.
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When I looked at the skeleton of 'Damn Yankees,' I saw an indestructible story, absolutely original characters, one of the freshest, sassiest American scores of the century, and some outmoded equipment.
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Babbo's menu is only four pages, but it's overwhelming - there are 20 different pastas in there, a lot of stuff. There is nothing I hate more than a useless, lazy menu with only three appetizers and four entrees.
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When you have the opportunity to make music with great musicians, take it. That's it. That's the only reason I need, really.
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I was very inspired by Les Blank's film 'Burden of Dreams.' I think what's unique about his film and the two I've made is that they're close examinations of filmmakers and how their own emotional experiences reflect in the material they're rendering, and vice versa - how that material sometimes colors their own lives.
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You have to see my show to believe that Im the only unique Nina Hagen on this planet.
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Turkey was fantastic, Turkey was like mystical and such a special place. Just unique, something that's really hard to describe, such beauty.
