Michael Rooker Quotes
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I just don't think that I could be the kind of actor I want to be and not be honest with myself. Honesty is very important to me as an actor and as a person. I didn't even think about it.
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I do not suppose I shall be remembered for anything. But I don't think about my work in those terms. It is just as vulgar to work for the sake of posterity as to work for the sake of money.
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I used to be obsessed with race. I'm more obsessed with class now.
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I am not an angry guy. It's just the roles I do that impact my personality.
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We need to protect the privacy rights of all Americans, and that means stopping the federal government from spying on the cellphones and emails of law-abiding citizens.
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I want a future where my children feel safe and appreciated and proud to be who they are. My heart is one with all the Arab Spring heroes, no matter how small they think their role is. I know they believe, like me, that we are working for a world whereby an Arab can live with the other in a respectful and dignified way.
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I want to avoid injuries by running only road.
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Animation is different from other parts. Its language is the language of caricature. Our most difficult job was to develop the cartoon's unnatural but seemingly natural anatomy for humans and animals.
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Painting what I experience, translating what I feel, is like a great liberation. But it is also work, self-examination, consciousness, criticism, struggle.
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Soon, I'll be like all the others. The time will come for all of us, but the ideas of the Cuban Communists will remain.
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Happiness is nothing but temporary moments here and there - and I love those. But I would be bored out of my mind if I were happy all the time.
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I am a morning writer; I am writing at eight-thirty in longhand and I keep at it until twelve-thirty, when I go for a swim. Then I come back, have lunch, and read in the afternoon until I take my walk for the next day's writing.
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We have to honor our commitments to today's beneficiaries, but we can't solve the growing deficit and debt problems unless we are smart, courageous, and sensible in planning for future.
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I'm a big fan of all those singing competition shows.
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We have a history of great producers - ABBA and Max Martin - we have proof of people being successful from Sweden.
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It wasn't easy getting 'GoodFellas' started.
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Caltech was a meat grinder like I could never have imagined.
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I love the intimacy of venues like the House of Blues. When everyone is packed in and so close to you, it makes you play differently. It's so much more fun to play because there's so much more high energy in a place like that.
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All the reasons which require the subjection of a believer to the brethren of a particular church, require his subjection to all his brethren in the Lord.
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One thing about Apple is they have these fanboys - as I always say, 'Sell to the people who love us.' For example when they came up with iPad mini, everyone who had an iPad went out and bought a mini as well.
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Blessed be shock. Blessed be the part of us that protects us from too much pain and sorrow. At the heart of life is a fusebox.
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The nine Wise Words are full of wisdom, besides being decidedly funny.
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I like to dress in edgy black leather and denim, but I like a wide range of things.
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Don't mess with me! I'm a black-belt!
