Michael Rispoli Quotes
That's what I play - blue-collar Italian-Americans. You got to be typecast in order to work. I've been blessed.
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The pace of television is very different from film.
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Like a lot of Irish households we read a lot of Irish history. It was almost Soviet, raising the next generation with a mythic view of their history.
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I am not reggae, I am me. I am bigger than the limits that are put on me. It all has to do with the individual journey.
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I received a D.Sc. from the University of London in 1992.
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My heart is mysteriously alive in the world of sounds - a totally different dimension from the daily life.
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You have, in America, you have gang signs. Well, 5,000 years ago, there was thing called a mudra, which is your sitting position when you do yoga or you're meditating or you're praying or whatever. And there's not a lot of them that are named after gods and goddesses, but the middle-finger is specifically named the Matangi mudra.
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What a blessed thing it is, that Nature, when she invented, manufactured, and patented her authors, contrived to make critics out of the chips that were left!
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I find it slightly absurd that the only thing we consume more of than water is concrete.
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When I first started in film, I was terrified of the camera.
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There is lasting kindness in Heaven when no kindness is found upon earth.
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Lastly, his tomb shall list and founder in the troughs of grass. And none shall speak his name.
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The first job of a writer is to be honest.
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When we began Qualcomm, it had become quite clear that it was very important to patent new ideas.
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I would like to reconcile the church and the circus. I wanted to transform the theatre... to get my message across that there is only one God - the living man - the person sitting next to you. That is my religion. I believe that there is a sense to life.
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My mother couldn't have been happier when I said I was moving to New York.
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If you want to have a good life, you should focus on your family, on your business, on your dog, on your fun, and you'll have a good life.
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I was determined to be an actor and make a name in the industry, and hence, I did.
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I just don't get death at all. Yes, it's there. But I don't get it.
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Design is about point of view, and there should be some sort of woman or lifestyle or attitude in one's head as a designer. So my being able to reach the masses was something that meant a great deal to me - especially for women who could never wear Vera Wang.
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The Opera was a very cold film, a hopeless and dark film, no hope, no love.
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I write only for my shadow which is cast on the wall in front of the light. I must introduce myself to it.
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Any work that's worth doing has its challenges as well as its opportunities. That's true if you're running a business, it's true if you're trying to help on a campaign.
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That's what I play - blue-collar Italian-Americans. You got to be typecast in order to work. I've been blessed.
