Michael Moriarty Quotes
When I saw Paul Scofield do Loves Labors Lost at Stratford, thats when I saw the potential of the level of truth that could go on up there on a stage. I said, This is what I want to do.
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I have just begun a work in which an important part is given to a large chorus and with it I want to use several of your instruments - augmenting their range as in those I used for my Equatorial - especially in the high range.
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Of course I want to look well and fit - and as an athlete, I want to look strong.
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I never said I don't like gay people.
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I pride myself on not being run of the mill. I don't want to be your umpteenth Fantine in 'Les Miz.'
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A lot of guys go, 'Hey, Yog, say a Yogi-ism.' I tell 'em, 'I don't know any.' They want me to make one up. I don't make 'em up. I don't even know when I say it. They're the truth. And it is the truth. I don't know.
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Everything that you read is an influence on everything you write, and you want to draw as many elements into your work as you can.
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The United Nations passed so-called sanctions again on North Korea, and they've said they 'will exercise their preemptive right to a nuclear attack.' I don't think this ought to be taken kindly.
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I have already seen death, and I know that death is supporting me in my cause of education. Death does not want to kill me.
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I want to work with different people, and I would like to work in different places.
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Keep working hard and you can get anything that you want.
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I want to give my six hours of serious cricket on the ground and then take whatever the result.
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A lot of people want to discredit me.
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If people are talking about your movie and they're like, 'Yeah, it was ok' - that's the last reaction I would want! I would rather people would say, 'Oh, I hated it!' or 'I loved it!' rather than 'Oh, it's ok.'
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Certainly, last year we did an episode about the census and sampling versus a direct statistic. You just said the word 'census,' and people fall asleep.
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We do not want to alienate supporters.
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We are all like Scheherazade's husband, in that we want to know what happens next.
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I don't want to look sloppy, because then I feel sloppy.
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For the 'Riddick' character, I try to get as ruthless as possible, and I want to be a machine.
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This was when she asked him whether it was true that love conquered all, as the songs said. 'It is true', he replied, 'but you would do well not to believe it.
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People would ask me why I was doing what I was doing – but I always told them that I just loved to skate. There was no other explanation.
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Here's to new blood.
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If you're on the varsity team, the responsibilities are a lot bigger and there's more stress, but you also walk around feeling probably like you can hold your head high.
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I had my style of moving and dancing and whatever I do. What you have to do, is take all the fighters you want and me and rank me where you want. I can't tell you.
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When I saw Paul Scofield do Loves Labors Lost at Stratford, thats when I saw the potential of the level of truth that could go on up there on a stage. I said, This is what I want to do.
