Zell Miller Quotes
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Simplicity is an acquired taste. Mankind, left free, instinctively complicates life.
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Certitude is not the test of certainty. We have been cocksure of many things that were not so.
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Albert Grossman called my office and spoke with my partner Richard Leacock and asked if we'd be interested in making a film with his client, Bob Dylan.
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Being on Broadway and getting a Tony nomination - this has been an incredible ride, from rather humble beginnings.
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My movies are, more or less, very short. I'm terrified of boring an audience.
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It's such a weird self-confidence that an artist has - to conceive of this thing that serves no function and say, 'I'm going to really work hard for it and give it and it's just going to matter to people.' You really have to believe it all on your own.
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It gets pretty boring when all you are is the support system for a male character.
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Every time you make a film, you create a world. You make decisions about sets and costumes, and you create a universe connected to reality, but not reality itself.
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Darwin's idea of natural selection makes people uncomfortable because it reverses the direction of tradition.
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Somehow I got the feeling at an early age that I had to do something important with my life.
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I was chosen for 'Wolverine' because there weren't any other Japanese actresses available who could speak English. With 'Batman v Superman' and 'Hannibal,' I got the roles as a result of previous work I'd done, not just because of my nationality.
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Ask Mother for advice on breaking into show business.
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If you're in your early 20s and you're hanging out with a bunch of other people in their early 20s, nobody has a sense of the kinds of problems that real 'workers' run into every day. They're running into a completely different set of problems like 'What's the party going on right now that I should be going to?'
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I think I lost at least 40% of my fans when I became blond. They didn't recognize me anymore.
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I didn't come from the elites. I didn't come from the Northeast or from San Francisco. I came from a southern Ohio steel town, and it's a town that's really struggling in a lot of ways, ways that are indicative of the broader struggles of America's working class.
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I have never worn dresses by grands couturiers.
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I don't believe I should be out running for another office instead of running my office.
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The value of a dollar is social, as it is created by society.
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We may have our private opinions but why should they be a bar to the meeting of hearts?
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No one can stop me from talking about my movie.
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It doesn't work the same way everywhere. The Americans are the most gullible, because they don't like to deny co-workers' requests. People in the former Soviet bloc countries are less trusting, perhaps because of their previous experiences with their countries' secret services.
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All I can start with is what moves me and feels like a great challenge as an actor and I think is saying something unusual or irreverent or human - honest in some way.
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I cherish all the time I spent with SM and wish the best for the company.
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I wish we lived in the day where you could challenge a person to a duel.
