Marcello Mastroianni Quotes
Once they call you a Latin Lover, you're in real trouble. Women expect an Oscar performance in bed.
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It's more fun to arrive a conclusion than to justify it.
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My aim is to change the social norms of Pakistan; women here look up to me. I started very early, worked on myself, and the effect is for all to see.
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I'm as radical as libertarians come.
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It used to be that you came out of school, and you got married - those who were going to get married. But my peers are getting married in their early 30s, so now there's like this extra 10 years of that angst.
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I wish there was a painter who could paint as well as Ted Williams could hit.
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My manager's biggest dream is for me to be on Letterman. She says, 'Oh, Maggie, will you promise me you'll be on 'Letterman?' What can I say? I just tell her I can't promise, but I'll try my best.
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I loved being on the radio. Being paid to talk? It's like being paid to eat.
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I started out a die-hard New Yorker but really grew to love working in Los Angeles. Even though I originally wanted to do theater, TV presented more opportunities for me, which led me out west.
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I dare anybody to look at me and say I'm anorexic. I'm so totally not.
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Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature.
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I'm a slow starter.
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I guess I'd be put in the ID politics camp. But there is really nothing in the world-view of, say, Bernie Sanders I actually disagree with. I'd like a guaranteed income, single-payer health care, a stronger safety net, etc. The problem is the temptation to paper over historically fraught issues to achieve that is tempting.
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Sound-wise, I'm really limitless in the way I write songs. Whatever comes out, comes out. Every song is completely different.
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No actor who's any good can say truthfully to themselves, 'Yeah, I'm good; I've got this sorted.'
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The first and simplest emotion which we discover in the human mind, is curiosity.
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I'm not a huge fan of my work.
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My parents were amazing and wonderful, but there was a lot of pressure to do my best and in every way possible.
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The mark of a great player is in his ability to come back. The great champions have all come back from defeat.
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I first began to realize that it was time to leave my job when the sight of my manager's telephone number on my screen made my heart contract and burn.
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Aristotle dines when it seems good to King Philip, but Diogenes when he himself pleases.
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If you take all the factories in the world today, they could make all the parts necessary to build more factories like themselves. So, in a sense, we have a self-replicating industrial system today, but it would take a tremendous effort to copy what we already have.
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I seldom read anything that is not of a factual nature because I want to invest my time wisely in the things that will improve my life. Don't misunderstand; there is nothing wrong with reading purely for the joy of it. Novels have their place, but biographies of famous men and women contain information that can change lives.
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The treasure which you think not worth taking trouble and pains to find, this alone is the real treasure you are longing for all your life. The glittering treasure you are hunting for day and night lies buried on the other side of that hill yonder.
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Once they call you a Latin Lover, you're in real trouble. Women expect an Oscar performance in bed.
