Anthony Mackie Quotes
If everyone invested in the neighborhood they lived in, the United States would be a magical place.
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The way you dress or the car you drive or what you spend is to impress other people with how, I guess, successful and rich you are. But you're not, and you shouldn't, and who gives a damn what other people think anyway. So, that mentality, I think, is very destructive.
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Life - how curious is that habit that makes us think it is not here, but elsewhere.
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Once a disease has entered the body, all parts which are healthy must fight it: not one alone, but all. Because a disease might mean their common death. Nature knows this; and Nature attacks the disease with whatever help she can muster.
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I approach everyday personal beauty very naturally; I try to make it look like I'm not wearing makeup.
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I feel like the better version of myself is on paper... I'd rather have people know me on paper.
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A long time ago, I became aware that many of us have a tendency to lump nature into simplistic categories, such as what we consider beautiful or ugly, important or unimportant. As human a thing as that is to do, I think it often leads us to misunderstand the respective roles of life forms and their interconnectedness.
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It would be flattering to call it a modern Dirty Harry, but I think this film deals more with the loss of his wife than the traditional revenge vigilante films.
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But in Japan, there's nothing like that, since the temple is made of wood. The divine spirit inside the building is eternal, so the enclosure doesn't have to be.
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There was a time... when people didn't go out of their house on Tuesday night at eight o'clock because Milton Berle was on.
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As far as action is concerned, our films have been coming up with some great sequences. In fact, I think Hollywood is copying Bollywood by getting their heroes to bash up 15 guys at a time.
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All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their own education.
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God, our genes, our environment, or some stupid programmer keying in code at an ancient terminal - there's no way free will can ever exist if we as individuals are the result of some external cause.
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I'd known since about eleven that I wanted to live in America.
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Language is often changed by writers. We speak English today because Chaucer chose to write in the language of the common people, rather than the Latin or French used by those who were educated. James Joyce had an almost equally profound effect on language when he wrote about the inner self, rather than the outer self.
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I'd have to say that Muay Thai is something special. It's really demanding and it's becoming popular all around the world.
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While I was held prisoner, sweet inspiration educated me and laws were imparted to me in a speech which had no words...
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Science, knowledge of the things that are possible present and past; prescience, knowledge of the things which may come to pass.
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An anti-abortion conference goer says, 'Well, don't you believe that life begins at inception?' I say, 'No. I believe that life begins when you mind your own fucking business!'
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The concrete is better than the abstract. The detail is better than the commonplace. The sensual through the senses is better than the intellectual. The visual is better than the mental.
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I like the muted sounds, the shroud of grey, and the silence that comes with fog.
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I still do love monsters. And when I was a kid, they were really important to me. I couldn't wait for Saturday night.
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As someone who is displaced - I left London almost fifteen years ago to make Connecticut my home - I am drawn to stories about people who don't belong, whether physically or emotionally, and who find their families of choice in their friends.
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When I get in the car I love my wife and kids more than anything, but I'm not thinking about that side of things. I'm thinking about the car, I'm thinking about the race and I'm thinking about how to make the car faster.
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If everyone invested in the neighborhood they lived in, the United States would be a magical place.
