Karl Kraus Quotes
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Well, when you get into the business, what you have to realize is that signing autographs and getting 'bothered' is just part of the deal. It's not a bother to me at all. That's part of being an actor and that's something you have to realize before you ever get into this business.
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There's the person that's the addict, and then there's the person that's who you are.
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When you are performing in theater, you feel so connected to your audience. It's exhilarating!
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Never go out to meet trouble. If you just sit still, nine cases out of ten, someone will intercept it before it reaches you.
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The man does not beat your head because you got a Cadillac or because you got a Ford; he beats you because you're black!
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I voted for you during your last election.
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The idea of 'advice,' in terms of telling people advice or asking people for advice, has become not comprehensible to me, to a certain degree, due to feeling, like, for something to be accurately defined as 'good' or 'bad,' I would want to know the context, goal, perspective for it.
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You can always make peace with an F-16 in your pocket.
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If you represent everyone, in some ways you represent no one. You're un-owned.
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I dread the idea of a paparazzi snapping me while I'm out running.
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You can't date if you're famous. That's how it seems to me.
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I'm sensitive, you know, about some things, and as some of my partners could attest to, incredibly insensitive.
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In football, you are going to have highs and lows, and you have to recognize when you have new opportunities and walk in those.
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When you meet the love of your life, it's just obvious and natural and easier.
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If I ever have children of my own, they will read 'Matilda.' They will watch the movie. And you can bet they will see 'Matilda: The Musical.'
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Being exposed to different production environments in Korea, Japan and the U.S. was a great experience, and each system allows you to quench your thirst in a different way.
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All my stories are about the action of grace on a character who is not very willing to support it, but most people think of these stories as hard, hopeless and brutal.
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For kids, multitasking electronically is common. But they are totally focused. You can tell a good story, and they listen.
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In the Bronx, you have the southern Italians; in Queens, the Greeks, Koreans and Chinese; in Brooklyn, the Jewish community; and in Harlem, the Hispanics - all with their own markets.
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We call ourselves public servants but I'll tell you this: we as public servants must set an example for the rest of the nation. It is hypocritical for the public official to admonish and exhort the people to uphold the common good.
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As a child, I went to peace and ERA marches on the back of my mom and grandmother. Through them I learned that I wanted to find a way to make the world a more kind, compassionate place.
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Only that thing is free which exists by the necessities of its own nature, and is determined in its actions by itself alone.
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You have to have sharp elbows if you want to change something.
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You'd be surprised how hard it can often be to translate an action into an idea.
