Wolfgang Petersen Quotes
Achilles was like a rock star of his day so it made sense to have Brad Pitt playing him.
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Let me go to hell, that's all I ask, and go on cursing them there, and them look down and hear me, that might take some of the shine off their bliss.
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I'm not trying to be coy or manipulative or Machiavellian, I want to spark people's imaginations.
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I've performed Schoenberg's 'Pierrot lunaire' many times.
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There is evidence that some of al Qaeda's nuclear efforts over the years met with swindles and false leads.
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Apparently, Daniel Craig said I'd be a great Bond. Daniel, why did you say that? Dropped me right in it! What an honor it would be, but also, what an indication of change.
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As prime minister, I changed Israel's position on peace negotiations. I made it clear that we are ready to go along with Resolution 242 of the U.N. Security Council, which specifies withdrawal to secure and recognized boundaries in the context of peace.
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I like seeing advanced acrobatics, but I also like to see more than tumbling. It's important to combine the artistry of gymnastics with the tough skills. It's called artistic gymnastics. We should stand by the name.
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I am an advocate of education. It is the panacea for all that ails us in our society.
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My parents were both born in Birmingham, Alabama, and come from large Catholic families with lots of Michaels, Marks, and Patricks, so they wanted to choose two names that I don't think you could find anywhere else in the family tree: Haley and Joel.
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Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later.
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The challenge starts when you first come to Mumbai. But it's momentary if you win an award.
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O public road, I say back I am not afraid to leave you, yet I love you, you express me better than I can express myself.
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Welfare distorts behavior, makes one less personally responsible and reduces the role of private charity. This principle applies to corporate welfare.
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What value is there in faith without works? And what are they worth if they are not united to the merits of Jesus Christ, our only good?
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I'm belligerent rather than ambitious.
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An actor matures with experiences, and the more the emotions he/she has been through, the greater the intensity of performances.
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Für die Romantiker und für die spekulative Philosophie bedeutete der Terminus kritisch: objektiv produktiv, schöpferisch aus Besonnenheit. Kritisch sein hieß die Erhebung des Denkens über alle Bindungen so weit treiben, daß gleichsam zauberisch aus der Einsicht in das Falsche der Bindungen die Erkenntnis der Wahrheit sich schwang.
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When the last days were upon me, and the ugly trifles of existence began to drive me to madness like the small drops of water torturers let fall ceaselessly upon one spot of their victim's body, I loved the irradiate refuge of sleep. In my dreams I found a little of the beauty I had vainly sought in life, and wandered through old gardens and enchanted woods.
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I research every part thoroughly. I talk it out with my actor friends, but then I throw it all away when I get to the set. You have to be spontaneous.
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The problem with not having a camera is that one must trust the analysis of a reporter who's telling you what occurred in the courtroom. You have to take into consideration the filtering effect of that person's own biases.
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I'm an unemployed teacher right now and I'm looking for a place to teach.
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We all have that desire to be kind of wild and bad.
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Democracy, like the human organism, carries within it the seed of its own destruction.
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Achilles was like a rock star of his day so it made sense to have Brad Pitt playing him.
