Michael Pitt Quotes
I'm not prejudiced about what type of movies I'm in, what form they take or whether they're studio or independent. I just want to make films that are going to be good. The main reason is not to make money, although at some points it's really difficult when you're broke.
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Obviously, as you get a little older, you are not going to be quite as quick or quite as strong, and so I might be regarded by some as the underdog... There is actually a statue of Big Ben and I in Perth, Ont., and I was on a Canadian stamp once, and normally you have to be dead to do either of those things, and, well, here I am, still going.
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Along with issues like global warming, I think a problem with the world today is population decline.
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At the present moment, the security of coherent philosophy, which existed from Parmenides to Hegel, is lost.
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It's ironic that the growth of Scottish nationalism has precipitated in the English the sort of hand-wringing the Scots have always done over who they are.
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I don't really think about the runs too much. I mean, if we get, like, a five-run lead, then I'll start to pitch according to that.
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My job was to get a fair and open hearing to all ideas.
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There are parts of me that I feel are beautiful, but they don't have anything to do with my nose.
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I want to show people there's not just one way of being Muslim.
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My working hypothesis is that stupidity in popular culture is a constant. Popular culture cannot get more stupid.
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The U.S.S.R. had absolutely nothing to do with the triumph of the Cuban Revolution.
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When you encourage others, you in the process are encouraged because you're making a commitment and difference in that person's life. Encouragement really does make a difference.
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I would say I've always lived creativity, but now I - I do it with an intention that's got a completely different power.
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The fashion I've acquired over the years is so sacred to me – from costumes to couture, high fashion to punk wear I've collected from my secret international hot spots. I keep everything in an enormous archive in Hollywood.
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And he was going to give me a song, because I'm a singer and I wanted to sing in everything.
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The Keynesian belief that 'demand' is always at the root of underemployment and slow growth is a fallacy.
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Ratings don't last. Good journalism does.
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For Black Label Special Opps, adversity is what you thrive on. General Patton is a huge fan favorite in Black Label.
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I like poems where you don't really know whether to laugh or cry when you read them.
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What's similar between Britain and America is the lack of good-quality civic buildings.
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The best of men cannot suspend their fate: The good die early, and the bad die late.
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I can touch my toes, but I bend in a strange way. I'll never be in the Olympics.
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I'm very happy to co-produce a film like 'Srimanthudu.'
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I am too slow to be a good climber, so I film instead.
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I'm not prejudiced about what type of movies I'm in, what form they take or whether they're studio or independent. I just want to make films that are going to be good. The main reason is not to make money, although at some points it's really difficult when you're broke.
