Adam Arkin Quotes
It's the same thing that drives people to want to experience sexual pleasure or have one too many drinks. We all want to experience the other, and to get out of our daily existence.
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Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.
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Winning the World Cup was very special because it meant so much to so many. One thing about our country that is constant is cricket. The smile it brought to people's faces was the thing I shall always remember. It reminded me, reminded all of us, of our importance to the lives of the Indian people less lucky than we are.
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After all, film is so porous, and to my mind, so oddly occult, that I think that film itself absorbs odd energies like a living skin.
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Christmas is, of course, the time to be home - in heart as well as body.
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If I could work with Joan Van Ark every day for the rest of my life I would.
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I'll always be back to the stage. I have no doubt that the stage will always call me back. There will always be a character that no one else can play, and I'll be back to play it.
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Of the blessings set before you make your choice, and be content.
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It always annoys me when stars grumble about fans coming up to them in the street. I love it. These young stars today with all their airs and graces, they need to remember it is an honour and a privilege to make money from acting. How hard is it?
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I've worked hard throughout my entire life, but I don't think all the hard work could have produced the same results without all the genetics I was given.
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And they just saw me on that and - from the time I was 11 until I was 12, I guess. And then when I had just turned 13, they asked me if I wanted to tour with Johnny Cash back East.
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I sense that by writing both books and television, I've become better at each.
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I love acting. I've been doing it since I was 16, and it's in my nature. It's the thing I do best. But as much as I love acting, I love cinema more. I always had a thing about creating images.
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We're all idealistic when young.
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Democracy presumes that we're all created equal; competition proves we are not, or else every race would end in a tie.
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I placed my new novel, 'The Book of Lost Fragrances', in Paris, knowing it would be a challenge. But the book belonged in the city that is one of the greatest perfume capitals of the world and has been since for more than three centuries.
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What works for a man, still does not work for a woman - both in terms of how they see themselves and how we see them.
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It's like the brooding hen sitting over a china egg.
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In a sense I portray myself in a very androgynous way, and I love androgyny.
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Even working from nature you have to compose.
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The bible belt is oral territory and therefore despised by the literati.
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A lot of people believe what other people say.
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My story is the American Dream, a hundred percent.
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Well, I could do it for a day, but I wouldn't want to be a teenager again. I really wouldn't.
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It's the same thing that drives people to want to experience sexual pleasure or have one too many drinks. We all want to experience the other, and to get out of our daily existence.
