Curtis Martin Quotes
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I will be up at 8 A.M. making spaghetti bolognese for Peter and Sophia's evening meal if I'm working that day. I may not get back for the evening, and I worry if I don't do that, then they won't eat anything.
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I originally went to school for writing, for non-fiction. I'm specifically a poetry major within literature, but I don't know.
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I have deep emotions about the American people. If I were to cry for anything, I would cry for them and the policies that they're about to face.
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You never know what a fool you can be till life gives you the chance.
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I don't plan my roles or my films.
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That Lana Del Rey is quite cute, isn't she? I quite like her.
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People sometimes think I'm sort of all-knowing.
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It's frightening and glamorous and exciting at the same time. I wouldn't change it for anything! After the bad and sad times in my life, it's something I want to do.
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A system of government that makes the People subordinate to a committee of nine unelected lawyers does not deserve to be called a democracy.
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Physics is, hopefully, simple. Physicists are not.
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Well, I suppose that, in a sense, every screen role is a favourite with me.
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I really believe that parents need to know they are shaping the future of their children.
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As a child who lived in a lot of places, one of the hardest things for me was to join a new community. It was hardest at the kibbutz, but that was also one of the most impressive communities.
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I know about having days off. They can be helpful sometimes, especially late in the year. It's just key to go out there and establish early, especially in this park where they can put up some crooked numbers early.
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My favorite book is 'Million-Dollar Throw.' It's about football, which is one of the main things I like watching and reading about.
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The very rough story is this: Melbourne boy, out of both my parents' houses at a young age, lived with my grandmother, drama teacher twisted me into doing this TV thing that I thought my mates were doing, too.
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There isn't a person alive who doesn't like being caressed.
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I take very seriously that challenge of trying to do genre films - but elevated genre films.
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I feel more at home knowing I'm not really at home. It takes all the pressure off you trying to fit in!
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I was 11 years old when the Beatles broke up. I was a Lennon fanatic - I mean, I loved Paul too, but Lennon was the guy - and there was always this dream of the Beatles getting back together; there was always this hope.
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When I checked into a hospital in Germany, after having been beaten by police in Sichuan, I was told there was bleeding in my brain and I was near fatal collapse. I was rushed into surgery. When I awoke I felt like a normal person again. But I will not feel whole until I and my fellow Chinese can live freely.
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Being a father, being a friend, those are the things that make me feel successful.
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The primary social goal of both systems of political economy is for middle-aged men to attract good-looking younger women. Democratic capitalists believe that good-looking younger women are attracted mainly by money. Social democratic capitalists believe that they are attracted mainly by power.
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Never let a short term desire get in the way of a long term goal.
