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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If I stayed in London, I probably would have gotten more work. I've never wanted to be thought of as an 'It' girl, someone who rides on the coattails of my mother.
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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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Every fight, I'm fighting blind opponents. I don't know who it's going to be, who I'm fighting, if I'm really fighting them.
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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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Actually, I never work in movies for money. I'm glad when I get well-paid, but it's not always the case - trust me.
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They're sharing a drink they call loneliness But it's better than drinking alone.
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Eating is my main hobby now, and most of what I do on the weekend revolves around that.
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Don't be afraid to try again everyone goes south every now and then.
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I think, for a love story, the most important element is the music, since you don't have action sequences or item numbers. It really draws in the audience and adds to at least 70 percent of the opening of the movie.
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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.
