Kevin Spacey Quotes
Look, at the end of the day people have to respect people's differences. I am different than some people would like me to be.
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Between two groups of people who want to make inconsistent kinds of worlds, I see no remedy but force.
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In my career, I'm always trying to do something different.
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A lot of people tell me, 'You are from North; how do you manage to get along in the South?' I don't know what to say to them. I've always felt at home here, and by learning to speak Telugu, my connection with the place has gotten that much stronger.
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Maintaining a sense of humor is key to getting people to also focus on the crises at hand.
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I think that I have self esteem issues, really. If you really analyse it... People who really like me I have no interest in. The unattainable is always that I want to attain.
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It's fun to look at people that are so good at acting that aren't actors, like David Bowie creating a mystique about rock n' roll.
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Our parents were really, really grounded people but also really ambitious people, meaning they saw our ambition and were willing to help us chase it.
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Civil lawsuits do two important things: they compensate people who are injured by the bad acts of others, and they penalize people and companies for bad behavior.
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Startling, and alarming to many, is the conclusion that follows from these data that if all people were treated the same, most average race differences would not disappear.
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We know that the elements in play in a show like 'Confederate' are much more raw, much more real, and people come into them much more sensitive and more invested, than they do with a story about a place called 'Westeros,' which none of them had ever heard of before they read the books or watched the show.
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The demand in India is to have a hit, which becomes a promotion for the movie and makes people come to the theater. You have five songs and different promotions based on those. But when I do Western films, the need for originality is greater. Then I become very conscious about the writing.
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Capitalism offers you freedom, but far from giving people freedom, it enslaves them.
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The thing you notice here after America is how refreshingly ordinary people look because they haven't had their chin wrapped around the back of their ears.
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Having a lot of people suddenly depending on me to get the job done was a marvelous motivator. The book and movie deals seemed to flip a switch in my head, and off I went.
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It is not worth an intelligent man's time to be in the majority. By definition, there are already enough people to do that.
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I'm really private, and also, when I'm home, I'm home. I don't like people in on my business. I believe that you can be overexposed.
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I don't really understand what the public perception of me is. I think public perception and reality are two wholly different things.
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Only really good comedies and really good horror movies get a verbal response out of the audience. People will scream. People will laugh.
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Once the Afghan people vote and they choose their President with direct, secret ballot from all over the country, there will be a lot of difference in this country and a lot of legitimate power to flow with implementation.
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The American free enterprise system is the greatest tool to lift people out of poverty ever created in human history and when applied properly, does not discriminate by race, religion, or skin color.
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Success comes to those who are willing to launch toward their goals with no guarantees of success - and persist when there is every reason to give up.
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Seek out that particular mental attribute which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive.
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No matter whether you claim a slave by purchase or capture, the title is bad. They who claim to own their fellow-men, look down into the pit and forget the justice that should rule the world.
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Look, at the end of the day people have to respect people's differences. I am different than some people would like me to be.
