Alessandro Nivola Quotes
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People take things so seriously.
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No religion makes more use of color than Hinduism, with its blue-skinned gods and peony-lipped goddesses, and even the spring festival of Holi is focused on color: Boys squirt arcs of dyed water on passersby or dump powder, all violently hued, on their marks.
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What I loathe is the multi-national conglomerates who must take responsibility for the degradation and pollution of so much of our landscape with their factory farming and greed.
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The best servants of the people, like the best valets, must whisper unpleasant truths in the master's ear. It is the court fool, not the foolish courtier, whom the king can least afford to lose.
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After World War I the resentment of the working class against all that it had to suffer was directed more against Morgan, Wall Street and private capital than the government.
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I have moved to a smaller house in Paris, and I don't fancy having so much staff now.
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That's what I've wanted to do my whole life, just act. When I was younger, I loved to entertain people. I always used to make up dance routines, do little plays. I love to perform, basically.
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The major political battles about guns in our society concern handguns and assault weapons, not long arms like hunting rifles.
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When you're growing up, you realize you've got a lot of heavy things on your shoulders.
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Some single mind must be master, else there will be no agreement in anything.
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Obviously I like pretty girls, but I'm also looking for someone who can take control. I know guys complain about girls telling them what to do, but I think we all kind of enjoy it.
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Small businesses all across this nation are tired of the uncertainty created by Washington.
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A woman always has her man, but the man unconsciously leans on his roots, his heritage. He feels like an orphan without his parents.
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We live on a 500-acre ranch, beautiful ranch.
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Perhaps concentrated wealth will inspire a nation of innovative problem-solvers. But if the view of many economists is right - that it sometimes discourages innovation - then we should worry.
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I have lots of memories of my father. He was an incredible father. We all loved him to death.
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The problem with working under an outside label is that your music never seems to reach the right people.
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I always believed in my characters. I lived them.
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True peace of mind can be obtained only when one is personally awakened to the stark-naked fact that every effort is ultimately in vain.
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It was a JOB; the video show was a JOB; you don't tell the Aristocrats joke at 8 o'clock at night on network tv, it would be funny though. But those guys know I like dirty stuff, I like clean stuff too.
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I can't tell you what will happen over the next four years. But I can only stand here tonight, as a wife, a mother, a grandmother, an American, and make you this solemn commitment: This man will not fail. This man will not let us down. This man will lift up America!
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Does not a man physically tremble under the mere look of a wild beast or fellow-man that is stronger than himself? Does not a woman redden all over when she feels her lover's eyes on her? How then should one doubt the mysterious power of one individual over another?
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We don't have any intention of beginning a trend of re-creating actors who are gone.
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I'd grown up loving English films. I was a huge Monty Python fanatic as a kid.
