Antonio Porchia Quotes
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We did a remake of Lost in Space. Filmed it in London for four months.
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To be honest, I didn't really understand how involved putting a fragrance together could be - or would be. Once I made the choice to actually do it, I just went for it. I just dove in and have really learned a lot about putting a scent together. It's kind of exciting.
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I am inspired by anything beautiful. Sometime it's a pair of eyes or flowing gorgeous hair, other times it's the sky or a sunset. I've been inspired by supple skin or the texture of a soft shirt.
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Beating Pakistan is always special because they are a tough team and we have a bit of a history regarding Pakistan.
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Socrates was famously executed for his philosophical and political beliefs. I wondered what would happen if you had a similar character, who was so relentlessly questioning of everything? In a modern society, would we be any more or any less tolerant of that kind of character?
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Switzerland is a place where they don't like to fight, so they get people to do their fighting for them while they ski and eat chocolate.
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I'd love to have William Faulkner, Beethoven and Bach over. I want to find out what makes those guys tick!
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I already had high blood pressure. I have hypertension. And I think the chemo was just too much for my kidneys. And they went into failure. And that was September 12th of 2008. And the doctor rushed me right to the hospital.
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Between Prince and my dad's fusion-jazz records, I didn't have a choice in being funky.
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In an ideal world, I'd spend every weekend at my home in Zermatt in Switzerland.
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My retirement is both voluntary and involuntary. One reason, and this is voluntary, is the impact of television. All old movies are turning up on television, and frankly, making pictures doesn't interest me anymore. Another reason is that the film industry is in a declining state.
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Religion has caused more harm than any other idea since the beginning of time. There's nothing good I can say about it. People use it as a crutch.
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As actors, we're all encouraged to feel that each job is the last job. They plant some little electrode in your head at an early stage and you think, 'Be grateful, be grateful, be grateful.'
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Look at London or Paris: they're both filthy. You don't get that in Tokyo. The proud residents look after their city.
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If you don't drive your business, you will be driven out of business.
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I put 'Ghost' online hoping to make a couple hundred bucks, but then the next day, I took meetings with five different record companies.
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The secret of happiness is: Find something more important than you are and dedicate your life to it.
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I definitely have a real self-destructive streak.
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Authenticity is very important - be true to one's self.
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The way I played the game, the way I live my life, is very emotional.
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I go to a regular school still, and I have the normal life of a regular kid.
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When I decided to stay in Iraq, I decided to take the fear out of my body and put it into a freezer.
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With three younger brothers, we were always very competitive and combative. But my mother always says I get the drive from her.
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La verdad tiene muy pocos amigos y los muy pocos amigos que tiene son suicidas.
