Al Pacino Quotes
I turned down a lot of films before I made my first one. I knew that it was time for me to get into movies.
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Sometimes you have to go up really high to understand how small you really are.
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You have to have an idea of what you are going to do, but it should be a vague idea.
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My friends tell me I have an intimacy problem. But they don't really know me.
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What in heaven's name is strange about a grandmother dancing nude? I'll bet lots of grandmothers do it.
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Ever since Romanticism, an oppositional mode, artists have the right, and indeed the duty, to attack social convention. But it is ridiculous and in fact self-infantilizing for them to expect to be financially supported by the general public whom they are insulting.
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I'm excited that I get to do what I love, and I'm benefiting through projects that speak to me.
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The music industry's very laid back while I'm very, very aggressive.
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I love high heels from the age of 10! Short skirts and then high heels. My classmates used to make fun of me. Like, 'Ooh, she's so skinny and she's wearing high heels.' But I just wore what I like, and I didn't care about people's opinions, the same as I don't care now.
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When I was a teenager, the number one book I was most obsessed with was 'Gone with the Wind.'
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Every artist says that he/she wants to do something challenging, and I'm not any different. If someone approaches me with a serious role, I'll be more than happy.
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The thing that I really look for in people is enthusiasm and excitement and, not to sound really sappy, that fire in their eyes.
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I believe the Thai people are patient, and the people at least give me a chance to prove my ability to help them.
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Over the next decade, there will be disruption as significant as the Internet was for publishing, where blockchain is going to disrupt dozens of industries, one being capital markets and Wall Street.
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Some people think electronic music is cold, but I think that has more to do with the people listening than the actual music itself.
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I think one reason my books have found mainstream success is that they're written from a skeptical point of view.
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Music is extremely intuitive, which acting too in a different way.
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Someone tried to save my soul in a gas station.
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I tend to not watch things that are current. And then if everybody swears it's amazing then I'll like watch the whole series in a weekend.
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CNN is one of the participants in the war. I have a fantasy where Ted Turner is elected president but refuses because he doesn't want to give up power.
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Concrete steps are needed to reduce the role of nuclear weapons in military plans, doctrines, and policies.
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By the time the discussion starts about a movie, it's like bringing up an old boyfriend. It's like, 'I don't even remember exactly what he was like, and now we have to talk about it?'
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In that portion of time where my parents were together, I got to see great love, great loyalty, and teamwork.
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When I look back now, it must have been like Paris was at the time of Le Sacre du Printemps.
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I turned down a lot of films before I made my first one. I knew that it was time for me to get into movies.
