Armand Assante Quotes
I don't champion the idea of being in a Hollywood movie. I never had fun in one of them.
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I believe in the institution of marriage and it's like a tag to cement the relationship for your friends, family and public.
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I'm not a monarchist. But I'm English. And I have an irrational emotion for my country.
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The American people know something is wrong as far as energy is concerned. They don't think they are being told the truth.
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My opinion, having done this now for two cycles, is I think the national media really likes me and likes what I have to say. But, at the end of the day, 'He's a Libertarian,' and that denotes some loose screws, maybe.
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Basketball paid for four years of my education, and I am so proud of that.
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Time is the devourer of all things.
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My inherent belief is that motherhood is pious, and I am humbled by it.
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I've been a bit of an electronics enthusiast and maker for a long time. I actually started the forum called ModRetro. It's an electronics enthusiast community that focuses on modifying vintage game consoles, and it's actually one of the larger game console modification forums on the Internet.
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When I got married in Bucharest, there were 10,000 people on the street. People didn't go to work that day. It was emotional to see how people care about you. I didn't expect that.
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So if I was dating somebody now and the relationship didn't work out, I'd take that as failing.
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I'm a slave to the culture, so I see an Audi, a Denali, or an Escalade, my neighbor got the four-door Porsche. I have a really nice truck. But it's a Durango and I like frontin'! I like to ride by and show off.
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All I have seen teaches me to trust the creator for all I have not seen.
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If I'm singing something I don't like, it literally feels like stepping on nails.
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What led me to be an actor is that I have a strange something in me that can drastically change the way I appear to the world. Growing up, I couldn't understand why people would always have different ideas of me - but because of that I became aware of how you can manipulate your own ability to change. And then I learned to make a career of it.
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People think we are such great talkers, but there is so much silence in Ireland about certain issues.
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How many husbands have I had? You mean apart from my own?
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I really don't spend time thinking about the past. I think about the future. I'm not stopping.
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'Great Expectations' has been described as 'Dickens's harshest indictment of society.' Which it is. After all, it's about money. About not having enough money; about the fever of the getting of money; about having too much money; about the taint of money.
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I am waiting impatiently for the day when beleaguered, like-minded academics can order James Wolcott's collected essays for their classes.
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Less revenue, more people, more freight, more gridlock - that is not a formula for success.
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Everybody dresses like a teenager. Everybody dyes their hair. Everybody is concerned about a smooth face.
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People naturally long for a bit of the wealth that is whorling all around them, and if the work and education available to them won't get them closer to the comforts that they see others enjoying, the temptation to take shortcuts can be fierce.
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There are times when you're being judged on your appearance and you're not feeling your best self. It hurts, but as I always say, I try and be 100 percent myself all the time. So if I'm rejected, it just hurts that little bit less because at least I was myself.
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I don't champion the idea of being in a Hollywood movie. I never had fun in one of them.
