Mike Figgis Quotes
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I love talking about myself.
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Let me tell you something - being thought of as a beautiful woman has spared me nothing in life. No heartache, no trouble. Love has been difficult. Beauty is essentially meaningless and it is always transitory.
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I have never denied my background or my culture. I have taught my child to embrace her Mexican heritage, to love my first language, Spanish, to learn about Mexican history, music, folk art, food, and even the Mexican candy I grew up with.
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Look your best - who said love is blind?
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Let's practice motivation and love, not discrimination and hate.
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Love is the funeral of hearts.
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I use filming as an excuse to take classes. I got my certification in sailing for 'Wedding Crashers,' and now I can handle a 26-foot boat. I played a seamstress once, so I took sewing classes. I love dipping into these other lives.
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Real love is a permanently self-enlarging experience.
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I love poker!
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How absurd and delicious it is to be in love with somebody younger than yourself. Everybody should try it.
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Whenever you hear a man speak of his love for his country, it is a sign that he expects to be paid for it.
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Horrible things can happen to you, and horrible things happened to us on September 11. But if we look for love and happiness and fulfillment, we will find it.
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Love is a wonderful thing that one misses.
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I love classic rock, rock and roll, that's the top notch. I love soul - bluesy music as well.
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There are no rules when it comes to love.
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I have never been a material girl. My father always told me never to love anything that cannot love you back.
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I want to move people, stir something within them that makes them feel. That's what a movie should do and an actor should do, make you feel something. I think that's why people love films so much.
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I love grocery shopping when I'm home. That's what makes me feel totally normal. I love both the idea of home as in being with my family and friends, and also the idea of exploration. I think those two are probably my great interests.
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Every interview is as much an impression of the journalist as it is the artist or subject. You look at interviews and you see a portrait of two people. The worst thing that can happen is if you're misquoted and then that quote is misquoted. That does drive one crazy. The most embarrassing thing is when your words are misrepresented or sometimes you say something stupid and you live to regret it.
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Most people live dejectedly in worldly joys or sorrows. They sit on the sidelines and do not join the dance.
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When you become an artist you're working away from home for so much time. You really see what the use of time means to you once you're an artist and you travel so much.
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One of the things I love about cinema is the range.
