Phil Collins Quotes
I just don't think of myself as a star. This is what I do for a living; I'm fortunate that I make ends meet.
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Interior design is a business of trust.
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Boxing is all about how cool and controlled and clear your mind is. Violence only gets in the way of you winning a fight. It's a sport that's more about the strategy than anything. You lose or you win in your head.
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I feel like the gods have certainly patted me on the head.
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I did go through a phase where I played videogames quite often, but I haven't in a few years.
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Look at Islam in a rational manner and without demagoguery or emotion. It is the leading religion of the world with 1.5 billion followers.
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Making your first feature film is actually impossible.
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If I'm not happy with what's going on, I try to change it myself.
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I feel like fashion and music relate to each other in a lot of ways. I always had to be creative: I'm a very creative person. I always liked making stuff. Apart from music, I always liked making clothes. You're able to express yourself.
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Our duty was to try and find the Japanese fleet. We never did find the Japanese fleet and I am awfully glad, because they had attacked us there with six carriers, three battleships, 10 or 15 cruisers, and about 20 destroyers.
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Sam Jackson is like the Jeezy of Hollywood: He's for his people.
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My dad had been an ardent amateur photographer, and he taught me to compose a photograph from the back to the front, and then populate the picture.
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He who aspires to paradise should learn to deal with people with kindness.
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There's something about the shape that a poem takes in my mind before I write it that has to do with suddenness.
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In the long run, much public opinion is made in the universities; ideas generated there filter down through the teaching profession and the students into the general public.
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I've grown up a lot, I'm on my own, and I've learned some valuable life lessons.
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I kind of put myself out there as is. I'm a quiet person. I don't know if that's surprising. I'm a Pilates junkie.
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I was drafted into the Army when I was 19 and came out at age 22. Most people that I knew didn't think they'd come home alive. I didn't think I would either, so I was happy when I did.
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I am open to them. If I come across something interesting, and I think it suits me, I may do a horror movie.
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Sometimes, I think I could have been a major movie star with the vast mansion and staff. I look at my Volvo and think it could be a limousine. I think of the roles I turned down. But then I wouldn't have had any children.
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I grew up addicted to 'Star Trek' and 'Mission: Impossible.' Now I switch between 'South Park' and 'C-Span.'
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Being onstage is like being rock star. Whereas if you're doing a movie, it's such a confined space. You know, you do a comedy, it's so hard, too, 'cause with a comedy, there's no vocal reaction, there's no energy that you get back that spurs you on to be funnier because everyone has to be quiet.
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I personally do not drink. To drink or not to is one's own choice. So long as it doesn't affect others, it is okay.
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I love being a writer so much that I almost can't believe that I am one.
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I just don't think of myself as a star. This is what I do for a living; I'm fortunate that I make ends meet.
