Claudia Cardinale Quotes
And I had a big opportunity with Richard Brooks, The Professionals, which is really a magnificent movie.
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At NBC I wasn't really sure if the grandparents were going to get my sense of humor on a particular topic.
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Furniture is meant to be used and enjoyed.
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People who make no mistakes lack boldness and the spirit of adventure. They are the brakes on the wheels of progress.
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Never have I found the limits of the photographic potential. Every horizon, upon being reached, reveals another beckoning in the distance. Always, I am on the threshold.
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I'll tell you something, and this is true: I've never been able to write a film which I didn't respect. I just can't do it. I'm very happy about all the films I haven't done.
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I didn't know anything about writing a screenplay, but somehow I ended up rewriting a screenplay.
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I've found that entrepreneurial success usually comes through great execution, simply by doing a superior job of doing the blocking and tackling.
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The Navy runs their process. The House of Representatives doesn't do anything about their process. We do not select. Navy officers select.
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I imagine that my characters have become much more complicated than when I first began, which would be normal.
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Those boos really motivate me to make something happen.
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And I'm a pretty positive person - I don't put a lot of energy into worrying, and I'm not a person who lives in a great deal of fear.
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I write to please me, and I've been very lucky. It's like playing baseball. You just keep swinging, and eventually you get a hit.
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I have the rare privilege of talking to my dad every night at 10 p.m. and hearing about what he did that day.
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A few goals is the way soccer is meant to be played.
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They were afraid, never having learned what I taught myself: Defeat the fear of death and welcome the death of fear.
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I never put out a history, I put out a dramatic history.
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In a democracy, you don't need anyone's permission to form a new political party, publish a politically charged article, or organize a 'tea party.' And in open markets, individuals are free to buy and invest as they see fit.
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With almost every book I've written, my secret target audience is the young therapist. In this way, I am staying in my professorial role; I'm writing teaching stories and teaching novels.
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Growing up, I never gave a thought to being a writer. All I ever wanted to be was a traveler and explorer. Science-fiction allowed me to go places that were otherwise inaccessible, which is why I started reading it. I was going to be a lawyer, but I got saved.
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I hear so many people talking about what's wrong, whether it's climate change or whatever, but so few say, 'Well, look, we've got this problem, so let's find the solution. Let's find a scientist, let's find politicians who are prepared to shape the future, or try and keep up with it.'
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People think that I popped out of my mother's womb singing 'Chasing Pavements'.
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Auditions are an opportunity to play and go in there and bring the character to life. The writers have it stuck in their head and haven't seen it jump off the page.
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Though it's impossible for us to legislate one's thoughts and feelings, we still need things like affirmative action in place because without measures like it, people in charge would not have, sadly, enough impetus to do, as cliched as it sounds, the right thing.
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And I had a big opportunity with Richard Brooks, The Professionals, which is really a magnificent movie.
