Ralph Bakshi Quotes
I had the X rating on my films. Now they do as much on The Simpsons as I got an X rating for Fritz the Cat.
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I did not work hard in order to achieve more and to remain at the level of the player that I am and that I can be.
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My life has never been wonderful. Maybe when I was a child, but not after age 15.
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Being vegan is not the key to immortality. We're all going to get sick and die. But to know you're living without harming? That's the loveliest feeling.
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I didn't follow big box office ideas. That eventually led me to witches. It's led me to find interesting roles.
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I think that as you grow up, as you get older, we can't get bitter, we can't get jaded.
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You can't control where your heart goes.
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Once I finish shooting, I head straight home and spend time with my family. It's only when I have to promote my films that I make public appearances.
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Oregonians continually demonstrate a strong belief in fairness and equal treatment under the law.
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In fact, many nations currently refuse to support embryonic stem cell research of any kind.
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It would be hard to ignore the absence of democracy in any Arab nation.
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Personal life? I'd like to keep it private.
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The musket could not be aimed except in a general direction; a bow in the hands of a skilled archer could regularly hit and kill an enemy completely beyond musket range.
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First and foremost, I look for a great script. Then, the team that I am working with. Only then, we will be able to come up with a good film.
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In my role as a spokesperson for Amnesty International U.S.A. and as a supporter of various charitable causes including Unlock Iran, a campaign to release prisoners of conscience in Iran, I have never been faced with the threat of intimidation or arrest.
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Devotion, as it relates to the title of my memoir, means fidelity - as in fidelity to a person or a practice. I think it's certainly possible to feel devotion without having faith, at least in the religious sense of the word.
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I speak to you only as an American who happens to be an American Negro and one who is proud of that heritage. We ask for nothing special. We ask only that we be permitted to compete on an even basis, and if we are not worthy, then the competition shall, per se, eliminate us.
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Our parents are obviously proud, but they're still trying to get used to the fact that we're in a band. I have a feeling my mom would actually like One Direction if I wasn't in it!
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We have the greatest hospitals, doctors, and medical technology in the world - we need to make them accessible to every American.
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Amanda Bynes and I have become close since filming 'Hairspray.' It's so weird because I grew up watching her.
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My mother was an opera singer and my grandmother a concert pianist, and they only liked classical music. If I put on a pop record, they would tell me to turn it off, so I only listen to classical.
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One thing I've learned now is that I should not say when a book is coming out until I'm sure I know.
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It wasn't easy tolerating him talking this way to her, to bear his scorn, his ridicule, his insults, his walking past her like she was nothing but a house cat. But after four years of marriage, Mariam saw clearly how much a woman could tolerate when she was afraid. And Mariam was afraid.
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Post-minimalism implies music that's genre-less. Minimalism was very important because it came at a time when contemporary music had become so complex, so experimental and detached that people turned away from it. Minimalism broke that trend and brought music back to the people.
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I had the X rating on my films. Now they do as much on The Simpsons as I got an X rating for Fritz the Cat.
