- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
Never Quotes
Quotes on what never happens.
This page gathers quotes centered on absence and limits - books that stayed unpublished, and a pointed line arguing that secrecy is fundamentally undesirable, merely tolerated when unavoidable. Related reading includes Life Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- City
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- Nov 07, 2020
Whether it s the country or city, I never liked the bad guy.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
That's why I never took this business too seriously, thinking I was something special, when I knew the truly great performers in motion pictures. pictures.
- Character
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was never really a character actor - I was a leading man who was always cast as a character. I wanted to be Jack Nicholson or Jean Gabin.
- About
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was never able to write seriously about heroes because I was very aware that I was not one and that in my background there was not this heroic thing.
- Feeling
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never aspired to be in a band, but being onstage is a very cool feeling. It's like you're the lord of the room. It's hard to croon and run around doing big scissor kicks while also trying to play, though. I'm still mastering that.
- Chance
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- Nov 07, 2020
The only thing that I could get with chance, and I never was able to use it, was that I would end up with something quite geometric or the spirit that I was interested in, indulging in, was gone.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always have a good reason for taking something out but I never have one for putting something in. And I don't want to, because that means that the picture is being painted predigested.
- Hope
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- Nov 07, 2020
Anything you do will be an abuse of somebody else's aesthetics. I think you're born an artist or not. I couldn't have learned it. And I hope I never do because knowing more only encourages your limitations.
- Leadership
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- Nov 07, 2020
We never used to blink at taking a leadership role in the world. And we understood leadership often required something other than drones and bombs. We accepted global leadership not just for humanitarian reasons, but also because it was in our own best interest. We knew we couldn't isolate ourselves from trouble. There was no place to hide.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020