Elia Kazan Quotes
There aren't many male stars - that's a loose term - like Kirk [Douglas] around. Most of those virile personalities have to keep working, continue the image because they can't do anything else. They don't even read. Their real identity is in making those pictures. They have to keep jumping on horses and hitting somebody on the head with a gun.
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Iranians defend and present their Islamic and Iranian identity to other people worldwide.
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I've never met anyone that is their image.
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From the equality of rights springs identity of our highest interests; you cannot subvert your neighbor's rights without striking a dangerous blow at your own.
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President Obama has contempt for real money.
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I worked as a head cook at courthouses and high schools. I left it behind when I started getting into my music real heavy.
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The 'Islam vs. the West' dialogue ceased to be about real people a long time ago.
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Sometimes the kids come up with better endings than the real story.
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Of course we wish that more people involved in the leak of my true CIA identity had been prosecuted, but the system worked.
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That's what all art's about - a sense of moving away from boundaries that you can't in real life. Like a dancer is always trying to fly, really - to do something that's just not possible. But you try to do as much as you can within those physical boundaries.
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We all know guys who've had their hearts broken in real life; we just don't usually see it in the movies.
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What we call real estate - the solid ground to build a house on - is the broad foundation on which nearly all the guilt of this world rests.
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If you get a guy that can play a couple positions, it helps you out a real lot.
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When you're guest-starring, it's very nice, but you're there very briefly, and it's right there in the name: You're a guest. It's very hard to get a real sense of belonging. With recurring and regular roles, at least you have a sense that this is a home and a steady place.
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It is only through such real-life daily struggles and challenges that a genuine sensitivity to human rights can be inculcated. This is a truth that is not limited to school education: it applies to all of us.
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Mainly, I hope to inspire honesty. We live in a space where so much can be manipulated, and so much is expected to be manipulated - curated, contrived, edited. I think that's a real detriment to self expression and happiness in a lot of ways. In my mind, honesty and vulnerability is the way forward.
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When I talk football with my friends, I don't talk about Tom Brady's hair. I talk about how he handles the blitz, or how he runs his offense. I talk as a fan. I don't want pink jerseys, and I don't want dumbed-down content. I want to be treated as a real fan - because I am proud to be one.
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My whole thing is to entertain, make people laugh and to forget about the real world for awhile.
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I'm loyal. I'm real. I'm not afraid to say what I'm thinking.
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Hollywood is where they shoot too many pictures and not enough actors.
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The performance of black American identity feels very different from actually living in a black body. There's a dissonance between inside and outside.
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There is a real affection for these human beings on these stage that O'Neill really had. Out of that affection comes a lot of humor, which is unexpected when you think of 'The Iceman Cometh.'
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And so the ordinary unendurable torments we all experienced were indeed exceptional in the way they were absorbed in each heart.
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There aren't many male stars - that's a loose term - like Kirk [Douglas] around. Most of those virile personalities have to keep working, continue the image because they can't do anything else. They don't even read. Their real identity is in making those pictures. They have to keep jumping on horses and hitting somebody on the head with a gun.
