Al Pacino Quotes
Sometimes what we imagine and the world aren't different things. Sometimes they are the same exact thing.
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I never thought that I would become a staple in the Australian cultural diet. The equivalent of bread or milk, or a fine old Tasmanian Mauve Vein. I think it's because I talk about things that people dare not mention. I don't mean raunchy things or unsavoury things. I call a spade a spade - I discuss things in a realistic manner.
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If large numbers of people believe they have no shot at a better life in the future, they will work less hard and generate fewer new ideas and businesses. The economy, as a whole, will be poorer.
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I try and take the commonplace - and some of it is writ large, like death - take the commonplace and make it universally resonant, revelatory, and beautiful at the same time.
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Most actors can't make any kind of living.
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It makes no difference who or what you are, old or young, black or white, pagan, Jew, or Christian, I want to love you all and be loved by you all, and I mean to have your love.
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Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.
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The Sunday School teacher talked too much in the way our grade school teacher used to when she told us about George Washington. Pleasant, pretty stories, but not true.
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I feel like an alien. I feel people don't like me. People behaved strangely after 'Rockstar.'
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For every person who has ever lived there has come, at last, a spring he will never see. Glory then in the springs that are yours.
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Live every day as if it's going to be your last, and one day, you'll be right.
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We like our archetypes and heroes to be what they are at face value. And life doesn't work out like that.
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I like to work out. I work out hard when I get to it, but it's so sporadic, I'm not sure it counts at all! I eat pretty much anything, but I eat high-quality food. There was never a packet of chips or box of candy in my house when I was growing up. Ever.
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The emperor is in the Church, not above the Church.
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There's a time that may come in an organization where leading by influence is not enough. When things are not going the way they need to go, there's a time when one has to step up... to set the organization back on the right direction.
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As a 17-year-old, I remember positively dreading dance sequences. I would come to shoots, quaking with nervousness at the idea of making other artistes do retakes due to my mistakes.
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Well, put it like this, if you're not a kid, you're a wizard.
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When boasting ends, there dignity begins.
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I came to America to make it my home, and I did.
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2005 was a great year for me for fantastic roles that nobody saw.
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There are a lot of negotiators that really will give in on a deal because being understood is more important than getting what they want. And there's a particular type in particular, the assertive negotiator: being understood is actually more important to them than actually making the deal.
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We just wanted to do a chip that tasted great, but wasn't bad for you.
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I want to say that our shows are safer-spaces shows. Don't push anyone or affect anyone's space.
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The audience, as ground, shapes and controls the work of art.
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Sometimes what we imagine and the world aren't different things. Sometimes they are the same exact thing.
