Monica Vitti Quotes
In the morning, I'm like the Antonioni movies. I'm little sad. I haven't the courage to start the day. In the evenings, I'm happier, more alive - like the character I play in 'An Almost Perfect Affair.'
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I don't even know what sound is, much less what it's for. It isn't to make money that's for sure. I've never made any.
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People still recognize me all the time on the street. The first thing they say when they stop me is, 'Where have you been?' The second comment they make is always, 'Oh, you've grown up.'
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I'm sure there are some commercial applications for Twitter, but they don't really interest me. I mean, 140 characters? I am really not interested in Ashton Kutcher's daily walks. Not for me.
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In Japan, people don't really sing about sexual content.
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It's good that I put my personal ego aside. My basketball ego was, 'Why we negotiating?' But my personal ego didn't take it personal. I put my personal ego aside a little bit.
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My father is a college professor and that's about the extent of my college experience. I'm sort of a professional student forever. I think just as human beings we always have a student who is alive in us and is waiting to pop up and make us feel like we are 16 years-old again.
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All the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil show it evidently to be a great evil.
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Our brains are seventy-year clocks. The Angel of Life winds them up once for all, then closes the case, and gives the key into the hand of the Angel of the Resurrection.
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There is nothing more agreeable in life than to make peace with the Establishment - and nothing more corrupting.
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People go down bad paths and they make bad decisions, but it's always justified in their head.
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If you are a professional, the speed with which you react to a potential problem separates the men from the boys.
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I can hit it farther on the moon. But actually, my swing is better here on Earth.
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Off to bed. If squirrels take over in the night, I, for one, welcome our new bushy-tailed scampering overlords, & I know where the nuts are.
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The value of the security analyst to the investor depends largely on the investor's own attitude. If the investor asks the analyst the right questions, he is likely to get the right-or at least valuable- answers.
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Nonviolence is a good policy when the conditions permit.
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No, I wouldn't want the paparazzi ever following me in my life.
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Despite his South Indian connection, my husband Rohit doesn't have an accent at all.
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I would be stupid not to be on my own side. But I'm a human being, too. And I'm on the side of human beings, rather than on the side of crocodiles.
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I've done three Broadway shows; once the curtain goes up, that's it. I mean, you prepare and you rehearse like crazy, but after opening night, the director's not there anymore, you know. He gives you notes during previews after each performance, but opening night, you're on your own.
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My mom had me at 16 and took me every place she went. I remember going on peace marches. She tried to take me to Woodstock - it was pouring rain. It was on my birthday, and I was crying so much in the car they turned the car around and dumped me at my grandmother's house... I had a little attitude.
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I don't get cast as the guy who steps off a yacht in a white linen suit with a martini.
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Look for inspiration in books, magazines, and even other people's homes - then be brave and take a chance with a room in your home.
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In the morning, I'm like the Antonioni movies. I'm little sad. I haven't the courage to start the day. In the evenings, I'm happier, more alive - like the character I play in 'An Almost Perfect Affair.'
