Muhammad Ali Quotes
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When I have people around, I'm a chatterbox. But when I'm alone, I never speak. I don't talk to myself; it's just not my schtick.
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I began both auditioning with Pearl Jam and recording for Eleven. In the fall of 1994, I joined Pearl Jam.
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I'm an actor, and I like having attention, I guess. There's a reason I like being on stage. There's a reason I like being in front of a camera. It's that interaction.
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I've always loved to dress up a bit and show off.
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Tyrannies not only want to control your mind and thoughts but your flesh as well.
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I wish I had had a great disappointment, a real one.
Nastassja Kinski
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Circumstances are the rulers of the weak; they are but the instruments of the wise.
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What gives the artist real prestige is his imitators.
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All people, regardless of whether they're athletes or not, should treat people the way they want to be treated.
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Afghanistan has moved forward and Afghanistan will defend itself. And the progress that we have achieved, the Afghan people will not allow it to be put back or reversed.
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The logical thing is to implement the Arab Defense Agreement.
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I have great admiration for the way the Americans do business. They drive a hard bargain, but once they do it, they stick to their contracts.
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In the early part of the '60s I was influenced by the Ventures.
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A person standing in front of an audience without enthusiasm for his subject and his actions is disconnected from his spirit.
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I listen to music to when I'm feeling a certain way or to make myself feel a certain way. So why not make my own music inspired by true emotions?
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'Power Play' is a morality tale for our post-Enron world and - not incidentally - wildly entertaining. Nothing wrong with that.
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Pop knew absolutely nothing about pro football.
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I'm stronger and sassier as a redhead.
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Most actors I know come from a screwed up background, so it makes sense that if you can walk on to a space and recreate your reality, then that's the place that will become very dear.
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The kind of acting I used to enjoy no longer exists because your prime consideration is the budget, running time, the cost - and whether they'll understand it in Milwaukee.
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The welfare culture tells the man he is not a necessary part of the family; he feels dispensable, his wife knows he is dispensable, his children sense it.
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But at a certain point, and I don't really know... people have asked me this. I don't know exactly what it was that pushed me towards directing, but I think it was a naive notion that if I directed I would be able to play all the roles. A kind of greed.
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There's nothing stressful about turning 50 except people reminding you about it.
