Marco Polo Quotes
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I always direct the same film. I cannot distinguish one from the other.
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I started to work in television for three or four years, in 1954. There was one channel of television, black and white. But it could be entertaining and educational. During the evening they showed important plays, opera or Shakespeare's tragedies.
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My family and I had to overcome a lot to get where we are today.
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I am very proud of the role I played in getting legal equality for people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender, and in helping get rid of the prejudice by being visible about it, helping to block the conviction of Bill Clinton of impeachment.
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I feel so gratified about having finished college. I learned how to articulate myself. It gave me confidence more than anything. And also the ability to analyze the text.
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As much as possible, location-specific information should not be collected in the first place, or not in personally identifiable form.
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I'm interested not just in projects that I'll be starring in, but producing film and TV that's really quality and great for adults; and when I say 'great for adults,' it doesn't mean without humor, because I'm also interested in doing comedy.
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All the time I was writing hit songs with my partner David Porter, I always had the yen to perform. Sure did. And when the opportunity came, I took it. The first album, 'Presenting Isaac Hayes,' didn't do so hot, but it was like a prelude for what was to come.
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When we talk about change, we, the business leaders, have to implement it. We have to look at what we're not doing and what we should be doing.
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I can go to a country song, go right into it and make it sound authentic. And I think that's because of my ear as an impressionist.
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I really try to take care of myself. I really put forth the effort to make a regimen just a part of my life. When I can't, for instance if I'm in a location someplace and I can't work out because of the schedule of the picture or whatever it is, as much as I normally do when I'm home, I still do something.
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I have only got down on to paper, really, three types of people: the person I think I am, the people who irritate me, and the people I'd like to be.
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The thing that is so great about Ang Lee is the diversity in his filmmaking, from 'Brokeback...' to 'The Hulk.'
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Husbands never become good; they merely become proficient.
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Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most; that has made it possible for evil to triumph.
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Fear may very well be a caveman fear of the predator, of the giant lizard chasing them - maybe that's what Steven Spielberg connects with so well in Lost World.
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Mama is my chance to be a stand-up comedian. In my mind, it's my chance to be Chris Rock.
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About no subject is there less philosophizing than about philosophy.
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When I was 12, I snapped my arm in two. My wrist still has a funny bump because they didn't join it back together so great.
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The McCain-Feingold limit on how much you give a candidate didn't really work because people found ways to get around it.
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You'd be surprised how many movie stars still care about the work.
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Fashion remains closest to my heart. I get genuinely excited by my collections - I never wanted to be a businessman.
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Lying in bed, I abandoned the facts again and was back in Ambrosia.
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It's a city that just has to be discovered.
