Anthony Quinn Quotes
I never get the girl. I wind up with a country instead. They said all I was good for was playing Indians.
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I did not direct my life. I didn't design it. I never made decisions. Things always came up and made them for me. That's what life is.
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My father's a Southern Baptist minister. I wasn't lighting cars on fire; I just wasn't.
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I had this 'War and Peace' thing of wanting to experience war as a kind of incredible human enterprise. I even applied to Officer Candidate School. Then the practical side of me kicked in and I thought, 'I really don't want to get drafted.' So I went down to the physical and checked every psychological disorder and drug on the medical history form.
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Everything was magnificent so far, even if I knew my part of dramas.
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Understand that the right to choose your own path is a sacred privilege. Use it. Dwell in possibility.
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The last thing I would ever do is try to become a network programmer.
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Serbia did not want to recognize our country in a peaceful way, so that is why they wanted to destroy us. All our efforts to find a peaceful solution were impossible. In order to save the people, NATO had to intervene.
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Things were easier for the old novelists who saw people all of a piece. Speaking generally, their heroes were good through and through, their villains wholly bad.
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I almost took a job in Italy. It was really a great opportunity, but they didn't think I had enough international experience.
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I've been playing old parts forever. I play 93 quite often. When you've done it more than once, you take the hint. I think it's a great burden if you're one of those fantastic stars who've always been beautiful; then I think it's hard.
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We need to fight to prove to people that it is possible to form an E.U. migration policy that is in line with the Hungarian national interest.
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I was raised with those principals and values and ethics that came out of the men and women that served. But this generation doesn't quite know; they haven't been tested.
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We have the American people properly concerned about the future of our country and the world.
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When I left the Giants in 2014, my comments were emotional, insensitive, and misguided, and I truly regret and apologize for my actions. I am committed to working hard to contributing to the success of the Giants.
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We tell applicants, 'If you don't intend to be here for life, you needn't apply.'
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I worry about everything in the world, and it's just too much for anybody to think about, so I have my art as my consolation.
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I've always wanted to be my own person and stand by the things I believe in and I thought I might lose that independence if I ran for political office.
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I haven't had an orthodox career, and I've wanted more than anything to have your respect. The first time I didn't feel it, but this time I feel it, and I can't deny the fact that you like me, right now, you like me!
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You can only get really unpopular decisions through if the electorate is convinced of the value of the environment. That's what natural history programmes should be for.
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The trouble with most of us is that we keep our eyes closed to opportunities that thrust themselves at us; and rare is the man who searches for his opportunity or sees one even when he stumbles over it.
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We just want kids to come to our concert and forget about everything.
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The only thing we don't do together is get in front of an actor and show any indecision at all about what we think. We don't always agree, so we meet privately, then one or the other will approach the actor.
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Early youth is a baffling time.
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I never get the girl. I wind up with a country instead. They said all I was good for was playing Indians.
