Al Pacino Quotes
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I was a little girl fighting as a partisan against Nazi-Fascism.
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I think the Hajj tends to reflect the state of the Ummah. That's one of the things about the Hajj is that you get to see the Ummah. It's a microcosm of the Ummah's condition.
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I consider music to be storytelling, melody and rhythm. A lot of hip-hop has broken music down. There are no instruments and no songwriting. So you're left with just storytelling and rhythm. And the storytelling can be so braggadocious, you're just left with rhythm.
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I lived in America for a long time before I started working as an actor. Some actors show up on set and have never done an American accent before, so they rely on a slew of technical mechanisms. Part of what makes an accent is understanding why people speak that way - you have to understand the culture.
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I am not some goddess that dropped down from the sky to sing pop music; I am not some extra-incredible human person that needs to be told how wonderful they are all day and kissed.
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Bill Cosby, you know, he's a delightful guy.
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I'm not a cheater, but if I win Olympic gold and people are looking at me and saying I am a cheat because I've won, it's hugely disrespectful given the hard work I've put in.
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And when did mere preaching do any good? Put something in the place of these things. Fill the vacuum of the mind.
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A liberal public is interesting to have as an audience. It is for that very reason that corporations make such an effort to ally themselves with cultural institutions.
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A good leader must be fair.
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Oh, it is quite possible that none of us in 'Downton' will ever again get the ratings this has had. But from a career point of view, it has opened so many doors.
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It is a struggle for the minds of the people... No cause justifies recourse to terrorism.
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There really are three types of 'religious' movies: the ones that make fun of it, the ones that vilify it and the ones that literally preach to the converted.
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My most memorable moment came in 1985 as we beat the Boston Celtics.
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Whenever I write a new song, it always happens when I come back from Europe or Egypt or something like that. It's always from travelling.
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I want to be so famous that drag queens will dress like me in parades when I'm dead.
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So I just got on the phone and the engineer just patched me in and I did reports. I'd get a community leader and bring him to the phone, call up the station and do an interview over the phone with the guy.
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For a homebody like me, the evolution of gadgets has been a blessing.
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More money means litigating, more player-hating. Got a cell at the pen, for me waiting. Is this my fate?
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You are never relaxed in England. You have a tough league, the Champions League, the FA Cup and Carabao Cup.
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If 10 years ago I was told I'd be where I am now, I would've been pretty happy.
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Video games are engineered now, but the step I am trying to take, no one can engineer.
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When you are an actor, rejection and disappointment are an occupational hazard.
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Show me a bad script and I will show you a big payday.
