Abel Ferrara Quotes
My life is proof that I don't need you to do what I do. If there's no one to see it, I'll watch it.
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Once Dwight Eisenhower makes up his mind, he's full of indecision.
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I could be the best looking guy in the Duma, but that's only because all the other guys are over 60.
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Phrases that have historical significance or become headlines don't just magically appear in the moment. They are mindfully planned.
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Most of us, if we're not careful, tend to dehumanize the enemy.
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I believe in the impossible because no one else does.
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I wasn't raised super-poor, but my parents got divorced, and my mother didn't have much money. Even now if I have a cake, I'll eat it slowly, and I save most of the money I have.
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It may be that apartheid brings such stupendous economic advantages to countries that they would sooner have apartheid than permit its destruction.
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Criticism in the universities, I'll have to admit, has entered a phase where I am totally out of sympathy with 95% of what goes on. It's Stalinism without Stalin.
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I played with Michy for Belgium. He is still young; he can finish and is very good. He just needs to adapt to English football, and he will. He is intelligent and a good player.
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Wars begin in the minds of men, and in those minds, love and compassion would have built the defenses of peace.
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I love the simplicity and freedom of running. A pair of shoes, and you are all set to explore new trails.
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I like films to be pure cinema, but I also like them to provide a snapshot of a family, a society or a character - something that can nourish you as a human being as well as an actor.
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I was terrible when I first started skating and was clinging onto the side for dear life, but it's something I'll always have now, and the tour is always so much fun.
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Even if you only want to write science fiction, you should also read mysteries, poetry, mainstream literature, history, biography, philosophy, and science.
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People weren't buying as many records. My record company did not want me. I went through three record companies, went on tour at the wrong time. It destroyed me.
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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There is something about building up a comradeship - that I still believe is the greatest of all feats - and sharing in the dangers with your company of peers. It's the intense effort, the giving of everything you've got. It's really a very pleasant sensation.
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There's always pressure playing in the NHL. You want to play your best game every game. Expectations are always gonna be there; it's just important that you know how to handle expectations.
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There is no such thing as second place. Either you're first or you're nothing.
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It is important to note, further, that the morality which the prophets had in mind in their strenuous insistence on righteousness was not merely the private morality of the home, but the public morality on which national life is founded. They said less about the pure heart for the individual than of just institutions for the nation.
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Deliberately seek the company of people who influence you to think and act on building the life you desire.
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I do listen to Abba. And a lot of '80s and '90s pop music.
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Sagging wrinkles, hanging breasts and many another sign of age are part of gravitation's slow relentless handiwork.
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My life is proof that I don't need you to do what I do. If there's no one to see it, I'll watch it.