Willem Dafoe Quotes
I do want to be in mainstream movies that are going to be seen. I suppose it satisfies the showbiz side of me.
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Indians invest more in Britain than in the rest of European Union combined. It is not because they want to save on interpretation costs, but because they find an environment that is welcoming and familiar.
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Between two groups of people who want to make inconsistent kinds of worlds, I see no remedy but force.
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I'm never nervous about being vulnerable with my songwriting because my favorite artists are ones that are vulnerable. I want people to feel like they know me.
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I really don't want to portray the Islamists as simply evil, the way it's often done in the west.
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I realized, 'Oh, it's easier to get what I want if I embrace the sex symbol thing.' Microphones are more in my face, and I can say things about the kids that I mentor and open more access to more doors.
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I want to make smart choices.
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I'm a collaborator. I know I don't know everything. I don't want to know everything.
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If you're filming somebody doing something they really want to do, you're probably not very high on their list of problems to deal with. You see James Carville on the phone - he's like that whether you have a camera or not. He isn't doing it just for you, and that's hard to explain.
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I want to find a nice decent job as a helicopter pilot.
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I'm supporting the charities that I supported during my lifetime, and I want to continue to do that.
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There's just a natural instinct to want to be great, I think.
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You want to know why there's a Texas Rangers? Well, here's the answer. You know how the six-gun came around? Well, here's the answer. You want to know why Mexicans allowed Americans to settle Texas in the first place? It was fear of Comanches.
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Hunger and homelessness aren't things we always want to talk about.
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I definitely don't want to do drama. I'm not looking to branch out into that world.
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If you want the government off your back, get your hands out of its pockets.
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I don't ever want to do stuff just for the sake of it.
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I know that I have probably an eight- to 10-year window in this league, and if I want to be what I say I want to be, then I have to commit myself 100 percent.
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Focus comes a lot more easily when you desperately want the results of your own work - nobody else is going to do it for you.
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I do not want to be a robot, a cog in society who answers 'yes' because 'yes' is considered the appropriate answer. Neither do I want to be a protestor. I just want to seek out what lies underneath the veils of politeness and programming that I've been given as a person in this society.
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Dullness in matters of government is a good sign, and not a bad one - in particular, dullness in parliamentary government is a test of its excellence, an indication of its success.
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Comedy requires a lot of energy.
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It is funny what a year can do.
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I do want to be in mainstream movies that are going to be seen. I suppose it satisfies the showbiz side of me.
