Violante Placido Quotes
I did a smaller gig with an acoustic guitar and a drum machine. In one song, something wrong happened with the drum machine. I tried to cover up the mistake by playing faster and improvising a new song but it became crazy, and I had to admit it was all a mess.
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In general, I find that for videos the acting is more realistic.
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Born with blue spectacles, you would think the world was blue and never be conscious of the existence of the distorting glass.
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Historically, the Balkans have been an incubator of war.
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All the terrorists are basically migrants.
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I'm working on my new album right now. Hopefully to get that out at the top of 2005, January 2005.
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It would be nice to be on the charts again, nice to be recognised.
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My job isn't to preach to people, it's to entertain them. I like letting the characters speak for themselves.
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Olympic champions should be 100 per cent athletes who have made the sacrifices.
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Competition on anything is good, because it makes everybody better.
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I have managed to infuriate the bank bosses; acquire a fatwa from the revolutionary guards of the trades union movement; frighten the 'Daily Telegraph' with a progressive graduate payment; and upset very rich people who are trying to dodge British taxes. I must be doing something right.
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All of a sudden I discovered that I'm allergic to caviar. It was the perfect metaphor for my life. When I was only able to afford bad caviar, I could certainly eat my fill of it.
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American business at this point is really about developing an idea, making it profitable, selling it while it's profitable and then getting out or diversifying. It's just about sucking everything up.
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If you are being weird or silly you can be excused because you are just playing a character.
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People come over, and we watch things like 'The Paul Lynde Halloween Special.' I have a hot tub. Everybody puts on a bathing suit and we splash around.
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Fifteen- to 30-year-olds are interested in all kinds of intelligent movies - it doesn't have to be a broad comedy or an action adventure for them to go see it.
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If you're in a conversation with me, the last thing I'll probably say when I'm walking away is, 'Thank you and sorry.'
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He was white and shaken, like a dry martini.
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The idea of doing a production of 'Carousel' that doesn't feel like it's stuck in the 1950s really intrigues me.
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I wanted to be the Dutch Bruce Jenner - that was my goal. He was my hero.
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At the end of the day, you can't have a vision; you have to have a hope. This is where the miracle comes in.
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For myself, I think that those who cultivate wisdom and believe themselves able to instruct their fellow-citizens as to their interests are least likely to become partisans of violence. They are too well aware that to violence attach enmities and dangers, whereas results as good may be obtained by persuasion safely and amicably.
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I'm highly distractable, and I have too many things on my mind very often. When I'm driving in the city, it drives me so crazy - the city traffic and the parking - I just take cabs everywhere.
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You have to risk failure to succeed. The important thing is not to make one single mistake that will jeopardize the future.
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I did a smaller gig with an acoustic guitar and a drum machine. In one song, something wrong happened with the drum machine. I tried to cover up the mistake by playing faster and improvising a new song but it became crazy, and I had to admit it was all a mess.
