Eli Siegel Quotes
Is there in every work of art something which shows reality as one and also something which shows reality as many and diverse? - must every work of art have a simultaneous presence of oneness and manyness, unity and variety?
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I think in every picture that I've ever made. Everything that I've done torments me. I really would like another chance except I'd be too embarrassed to ever really try to do them again and no one would want to see the same movie just done differently.
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I want to see more Asians on TV. I want to see more faces like mine on TV.
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Unfortunately, America doesn't have a minister of culture, and I don't understand why. It's really bad for young people.
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Now that I have kids, I don't want to do so many daredevily things anymore.
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Being famous was extremely disappointing for me. When I became famous it was a complete drag and it is still a complete drag.
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Every character I've ever played, I always try to take him right to the edge and not allow him to fall over, but directors have a tendency to pull me back a little bit.
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He who binds his soul to knowledge, steals the key of heaven.
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No 27-year-old has the experience to run a company that does a quarter of a billion dollars a year in sales.
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I love looking through magazines, and you know, I love getting dressed up to go to events and stuff.
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Religion may be defined thus: a belief in, and homage rendered to, existences unseen and causes unknown.
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By 1946, I knew Detroit was the best hockey city in the Original Six.
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People often ask me, was it hard to play this person or that person? Well, no, not really. Acting is what I do. It's my job.
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I'm a part of a program called Toyota's Engines of Change Program. The message is that anyone can make a difference in their community or for whatever cause they feel strongly about. Everyone can be an Engine of Change.
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Do I think Vince McMahon was looking at my matches in Japan going, 'We need him?' No. He wasn't. He's too busy. There's no way. But somebody may have been looking and going, 'All right, I like this guy. Let's give him a shot.'
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I think that fame only goes to your head if you are not a real artist. If you are a real artist and a good person who loves what they are doing, you are going to be the same person.
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I've never been competitive with anybody but myself.
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It wasn't until after the reduction that in the lab work, the pathology, that they found that I had DCIS (ductal carcinoma in situ) in my left breast. I was very, very lucky because DCIS is basically stage-zero cancer. So I was very lucky.
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I remember trying to be funny, and both of my parents were terribly funny. My father was also very dignified, but my mother was an absolute ding-a-ling, a ripper.
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The problem is that there is many great chefs and many great cookbooks, but none of them work at home.
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The problem comes when you say that danger is part of the equation. Then you don't do any more work on safety. That shouldn't happen.
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It's a pleasure. We are lucky guys to be there in front of the millions and millions watching us.
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I want to keep on the move, keep stimulated and challenged.
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I think that taking night trains or meeting someone on the road is pretty romantic. I've done a couple of things like that. I've surprised someone in Paris. And hopefully, when you surprise someone, they're happy to see you.
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Is there in every work of art something which shows reality as one and also something which shows reality as many and diverse? - must every work of art have a simultaneous presence of oneness and manyness, unity and variety?
