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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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 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 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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No, I think I used to be pretty superstitious about certain things, but I'm really not anymore. As long as I have everything is in order and I have my things as far as the match goes, shooting I'm fine. But I really don't.
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Fundamental preparation is always effective. Work on those parts of your game that are fundamentally weak.
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I'm so absolutely pro-Denver. I wrote a fake hip-hop song about Denver. I've been claiming Denver. Part of the joke of the song is nobody was really claiming Denver - no rappers, no comedians.
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The quality of his being one with the people, of having no artificial or natural barriers between him and them, made it possible for him to be a leader without ever being or thinking of being a dictator.
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You're going to hit some rough patches. You're going to run into obstacles. People are going to say, 'You can't do it.' But you have to persevere. You have to keep working hard and believing in yourself.
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According to various polls conducted, the single most important issue in last week's election was not the Iraq War, not the War on Terror, not even the economy. It was the cultural war.
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The Nuclear Industry is conducting a war against humanity.
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I ate two waffles, a banana and cereal with blueberries. And that whas between my two breakfasts.
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I love 'Strange Brew'. I quote that movie all the time, and no one knows what I'm talking about.
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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.
