Kevin Bacon Quotes
If you look at my movie career, I do switch it up a lot. I'm always looking for a lot of different parts. It's been a while since I've been in a situation that was romantic.
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Humor disarms people. It opens them up to starting a dialogue about things they wouldn't normally talk about. I don't understand how people who don't have a sense of humor get through life.
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All writers want to know that someone is reading their work, taking them seriously. It provides a kind of moral support.
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I am not an enemy of the Negro. We want him here among us; he is the only laboring class we have.
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But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded; and the glory of Europe is extinguished forever.
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You possess a potent force that you either use, or misuse, hundreds of times every day.
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When I went to the 'Rush' audition, I was blown away by the script. I thought it was fantastic.
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Houston is kind of a melting pot. There are many different cultures and ethnicities represented out there, even on my team. It's really cool: you'll see so many different things.
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An estimated 7 million illegal immigrants were residing in the United States in January 2000. This is double the size of the illegal immigrant population in January 1990 and constitutes 2.5 percent of the total U.S. population of just over 281 million.
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Richard Lester is a wonderful director, a great comedy director, of course.
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Brigands demand your money or your life; women require both.
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A theory can be proved by experiment; but no path leads from experiment to the birth of a theory.
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There are far too many people in university in Britain. If you want to make money, be a plumber.
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The end is in the beginning and lies far ahead.
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On Nov. 5, 2012, my friend Elliott Carter died in New York at the age of 103. For me, he was and remains one of the most interesting figures of music history in the past century.
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I think we all attract troublemakers; I don't think it's particularly about anyone. I had it actually as an album title, and I thought it would be really cool to write a song about a girl that's a bit of troublemaker.
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I don't know if I'm a method actor.
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I've directed enough in the theatre and a couple of films to know that - to feel fairly secure that if I find a story that I really like I can probably get it done somewhat.
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There are several peculiarities that I share with children which, like having no front teeth, are perhaps more acceptable in the very young, but which, for better or worse, seem to be a part of my makeup.
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I put a lot of pressure on myself, but I also have what I call an X-factor.
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I think the most rewarding part of the job, and I think most coaches would say it, is practice. If you have it, a very good practice in which you have 12 guys participate, and they can really get something out of it, lose themselves in practice.
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The person that was closest to me growing up was my sister, who died at 19. She was an incredibly powerful girl, deeply committed to art and literature.
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Children, even infants, are capable of sympathy. But only after adolescence are we capable of compassion.
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An Oscar clears the deck of envy and resentment. You think, 'Well, I've got that. I can relax now.'
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If you look at my movie career, I do switch it up a lot. I'm always looking for a lot of different parts. It's been a while since I've been in a situation that was romantic.
