Carlo D'Este Quotes
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In America, black urban teenagers have long been lacking in inclusion. In France, there is a comparable lack of inclusion among North Africans. In much of Europe, there has been little attempt to include the Roma.
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If one line about the film excites me, I try to take it forward.
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As you get older, and this is a young man's game, and people say, 'Well, there's no way I can keep up running the way I'm running; there's no way my arm is going to stay as strong as it is.' It's the challenge of trying to stay in my tip-top shape year in and year out so I can keep playing the way I want to play.
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I worry about people who sell out to chase fame because when they get it, it might not be so satisfying.
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An actor is working steady if he's active four to six months a year.
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A love of books has opened so many doors for me. Stories have inspired me and taught me to aspire.
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I've never really had a TV career. I've been a soldier and a climber.
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A lot of cats are not that social.
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So, I think I'd be grateful for the next job. I always am. And I always consider everything I do to be the last thing I do.
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I think we all carry the seeds of our own destruction. You really have to be aware that just because something is good, it doesn't mean it's not going to trigger a self-destructive impulse.
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Awards are not something that I measure my work by. I've been so fortunate and I've gotten to do such terrific things that it seems petty to look back and say, 'Oh, I should have gotten that prize.' I don't look at it that way.
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Now science has presented us with a hope called stem cell research, which may provide our scientists with many answers that have for so long been beyond our grasp.
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My characters hope for better lives.
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It's always nerve-racking to take off your clothes on film. But doing it with a woman felt safer than with a man. You know you can say, 'Don't grab me there: That's where my cellulite is'!
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Sometimes words are harder than blows.
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The question I'm always asking myself is: are we masters or victims? Do we make history, or does history make us? Do we shape the world, or are we just shaped by it? The question of do we have agency in our lives or whether we are just passive victims of events is, I think, a great question, and one that I have always tried to ask.
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We hire military veterans because they make great employees. They bring proven technical and leadership skills. They understand teamwork, and they're adaptable. Bottom line, hiring veterans is good for business.
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I'm not an expert on the arms race.
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Professionally, I really respect Natalie Portman – her career choices, actually going for stuff with substance.
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Mr. Obama is particularly well positioned to challenge Hollywood because of his special relationship with the media world's elites. They might be more likely to heed criticism coming from Mr. Obama than from any other president or member of Congress.
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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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It's funny, I don't know where I would place myself in the literary landscape. I really just write the book that I would want to read. I put on the blinders, and I really - it is, for me, that simple.
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You get to a point where you really can't manage more artists, because representing artists takes a lot of time.
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Tell me what you boast of and I´ll tell you what you lack!
