Michael Douglas Quotes
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Like a cyclone, imperialism spins across the globe; militarism crushes peoples and sucks their blood like a vampire.
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The movie medium will eventually take its place as art because there is no other medium of interest to so many people.
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A woman - even if she is the primary breadwinner - really needs to keep in mind that at some point, she may have a diminished earning capacity because of the fact that she will bear children. Of course, this is case by case. I had two kids, and it didn't really slow me down at all.
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I love to get a massage but I'm quite a baby with it. I don't like them too hard or anyone walking on me or anything. When it's good, it's the best thing ever. When it's bad, it's an hour of absolute agony.
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I always wanted to be a mom.
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I feel quite fearless protecting the people I love.
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Why movies are so powerful is because you are right in there and you stay in there until they want you to come out, and then you've really gone somewhere.
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Everything happens for a reason - I'm a believer of that for sure.
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People can't see that if I had not been a poet, I could never have had such success as a traveler.
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I really do believe there are things passed down. Behaviour, not just DNA. Psychological make-up. You can see it in dogs. If you want to breed a calm dog, don't get two fighters.
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Temerity is not always successful.
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I had 16 other prisons that I needed to pay attention to, and we did. And I had 3,400 soldiers who were depending on me to take care of them, and I did.
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Romance is quite an overblown word. This idea of chocolates and champagne and that's it. There's more to love than that. Romance is quite a soppy word. Love is much more important.
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The goal wasn't to be a millionaire or to be a Hollywood star. That was not the goal. The goal was something about - the goal was to find the goal, but I knew where it was.
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I am almost famous in China, because I have that Broadway cachet.
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I get highs, to be totally honest, in second-hand shops. My hunting instinct, I expect, really kicks in.
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My first fear was about the devil, when I was around fire, something I saw in a movie. I think it's about pain, in whichever form it comes.
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I have always loved beautiful leather objects, especially the detail that goes into designing them both inside and out.
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I wasn't one to go out and buy a new car and stereo system and expensive clothes. My mom helped keep me grounded.
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I'm lucky to have worked with all the people that I have, and I really love what I do, and that is very important, too.
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Let's face it, I'm not winning a fight with anybody - unless it's against someone like Larry David.
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Actresses have more fear of being disliked. I, on the other hand, revel in it.
