Nan Goldin Quotes
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My mom really inspired me. She has always taught me it's not about us, it's about what we can give back.
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I always say that I am a big fan of films but I am an even bigger fan of the filmmaking craft.
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It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
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In Bollywood, if you work with a superstar, even if you are a newcomer, you become a superstar. That didn't happen with me.
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I have a roof over my head. I had a breakfast, and a lot of people in the world can't say that. I'm not going to complain about being interviewed.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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The taps with the bat on the spikes are one for my grandmother, one for my grandfather, one for my little sister. Then the one on the helmet is showing faith in God that I can do it.
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Anytime I'm involved with anything that's well-received, it's a surprise to me.
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Competition on anything is good, because it makes everybody better.
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Well, the most important thing about Islam is that we have to differentiate between two kinds of Islam. The first one is the institution of Islam... second, the culture of Islam.
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'Power' is a very special film for me and is one of the finest films of my career. I have played a character that I have never done before. My role has a lot of comedy.
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My grandmother impressed upon me the importance of family, and my grandfather encouraged my hunger for learning.
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I've always fought as a heavyweight, and I didn't see any reason to fight at a lighter weight.
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My mother's nickname for me is 'Positive Patrick.' I like to live up to that title.
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All of my main characters have been under 30.
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In order for me to be successful... In order to be a great artist - musician, actor, painter, whatever - you must be able to be private in public at all times. That is what we do.
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No one ever complains about a speech being too short!
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I will negotiate with my worst enemy.
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If I'm going to portray one of my idols and someone I feel... so strongly about, it has to be done right, and it has to be done 120 percent.
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A good athlete always mentally replays a competition over and over, even in victory, to see what might be done to improve the performance the next time.
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I was fortunate enough to do an HBO show, 'Rome,' in which my arc was built in by historical fact, and over the course of 22 episodes, we were able to tell the stories of these people. We had a beginning and middle and end, and as we went on, you changed every week.
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I'd never left America until I was 18.
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We had been affected by the fact that the film world was a man's world in Europe as much as here, in America actually.
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No place could be less sympathetic to my politics than America.
