Michael Jackson Quotes
Look at how many great actors or entertainers have been lost to the world because they did a performance one night and that was it. With film, you capture that, it's shown all over the world and it's there forever.
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My idols are Janis Joplin and Annie Lennox, who are neither of them from the typical pop culture.
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If something is mine, then I want to keep it.
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When I was in jail, I was a lot of people's favorite person. I practically ran the jail. I had more freedom than the police.
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I think what television and video games do is reminiscent of drug addiction. There's a measure of reinforcement and a behavioural loop.
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It used to hurt me that people thought I didn't have the technique and the temperament to play Test cricket.
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There are times, especially when I was just getting into PC gaming, where I spent way less time playing than obsessing about the quality of the play.
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All politicians should have 3 hats - one to throw into the ring, one to talk through, and one to pull rabbits out of if elected.
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Unlike President Obama, I am not afraid to state, without a wink or a nod, that the government has no right to tell us who we can marry or not marry.
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By constant contemplation of excellence, we clear our selfhood of all dross and impurities.
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I turn people into human beings by not making them into gods.
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I have a deep fascination with human nature, with all its virtues and all its defects.
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I'd say it's even harder to cater to Hispanics than to the lesbian or gay community. We're so culturally separated: Puerto Ricans, Dominicans, Mexicans, Venezuelans. We're all so different.
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I have loved movies as the number one thing in my life so long that I can't ever remember a time when I didn't.
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We always knew when we took on the issue of violence against women that somehow our opposition would come after us.
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I don't know why the guys with the big money don't find five terrific young producers and give each of them enough to commission a musical and to live on for a year. You'd be likely to get at least one project with a future.
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It's fun to present stories that have a character that, really, everybody wants to be.
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As a child I wanted to be a professional athlete or lawyer.
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I always have been an activist for things that were just authentically a part of my life, that I felt connected to.
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I hold a mini-New Year's Eve party each year with my son Ronan, and we make pigs in a blanket. They are delicious!
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At that time, I feel sad, and I feel no one knows how hard I work and how many tears. They only know the score. At that time, I feel very lonely because no one understands since they haven't been world No. 1 before.
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When I was a child, the temptation to sin was always a romantic option. This romantic option led me to the cinema, a place where sin was welcome.
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In comedy it helps if there's a friendly atmosphere on the set.
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I want to tell stories and make people feel good. That's when music is at its finest.
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Look at how many great actors or entertainers have been lost to the world because they did a performance one night and that was it. With film, you capture that, it's shown all over the world and it's there forever.
