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Antonio Banderas Quotes

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– “I completely take on the risk, the poker game, which being an artist means, and I’m going to try to make a film which honestly reflects what I have in my head.”
– “I like going everywhere. And I love starting new things.”
– “I love the diversity of America. I love the plain, normal sense of humor Americans have. It is not wicked, like in some countries. And I also love how new America is.”
– “I mean, the Constitution of this country was written 200 years ago. The house I was living in in Madrid is 350 years old! America is still a project, and you guys are working on it and bringing new things to it every day. That is beautiful to watch.”
– “I think Shrek makes an effect in older people. And there are many things in the movie that you saw that are not for kids. Kids would not understand certain things.”
– “I’ve never worried about what audiences would accept or had a game plan regarding the career. I never had an idea of how I should look to my fans or anybody else.”

– “If you call a cat, he may not come. Which doesn’t happen with dogs. They’re different types of animals. Cats are very sexy I think too in the way they move.”

– “It was an honor and privilege to arrive to this country 16 years ago with almost no money in my pocket. A lot has happened since then.”

– “It’s a character that I always found really likable. I’m fond of Zorro because he was a popular figure who worked for the people.”

– “Melanie is more of a disciplinarian with the little girl than me, probably because it’s my first baby. She gets everything easy from Papa. I am more weak. She takes advantage of me.”

– “There are some movies that I would like to forget, for the rest of my life. But even those movies teach me things.”

– “We are now integrated into American society and I don’t like the word fashionable, because fashionable means that it’s going to pass. It’s not like that anymore.”

Che Guevara Quotes

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– “Cruel leaders are replaced only to have new leaders turn cruel.”
– “I don’t care if I fall as long as someone else picks up my gun and keeps on shooting.”
– “I know you are here to kill me. Shoot, coward, you are only going to kill a man.”
– “Many will call me an adventurer – and that I am, only one of a different sort: one of those who risks his skin to prove his platitudes.”
– “Silence is argument carried out by other means.”
– “The revolution is not an apple that falls when it is ripe. You have to make it fall.”
– “Whenever death may surprise us, let it be welcome if our battle cry has reached even one receptive ear and another hand reaches out to take up our arms.”

Charilze Theron Quotes

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– “And doing a film in that period, and having to really celebrate what they wore back then, how they sat and how they spoke. You know, what the etiquette was back then for a lady. All of those things are like putting on a wig and transforming yourself, which I love.”
– “And I do think that earlier in my career, I did make a very conscious decision to make sure that I was doing work that wasn’t necessarily given to me, and that people didn’t necessarily think that I would be able to do.”
– “And I was victim to that very early in my career, where I would go into auditions, and I’d be wearing a big T shirt, a big baggy T shirt and loose jeans. You know, to try and show people that there was more to me than just that.”
– “At least I know that one film-maker in my career has had the initiative to come to me and thought of me as being capable of doing interesting and complicated work, and so I have a new-found belief that other film-makers will see me in a different way, the way that Patty did.”

– “At the end, the realization is that she had to get to a place in her life where she could drop her guard and make peace with the fact that whether she had a small amount of time, that she had to kind of live it completely through, instead of living by the rules.”

– “Countries and states which have capital punishment have a much higher rate of murder and crime than countries that do not, so that makes sense to me, and the moral question – I struggle with it morally.”

– “Hey, I’m a girl, and we like to play dress-up.”

– “I am human, and, yeah, I have very bad days.”

– “I do not think that condemning people who murder and killing them necessarily sends out the right message.”

– “I grew up on Bette Davis movies, and Marlene Dietrich, Marilyn Monroe.”

– “I guess because I pay so much attention to the physical part of the character, I don’t look upon it as like Charlize Theron up there. I don’t think of them as like Charlize Theron films.”

– “I guess there are very few actors that I’ve worked with that I would like to work with again. You never think you’ll have that chance and, if we didn’t do Italian Job together, there wouldn’t be another one that could be right.”

– “I had called her up a couple of weeks before then, because I had heard this vicious rumour that she did not like the movie. It was very upsetting for me. I am very sensitive to that, because I am portraying her life and did not want her to be unhappy.”

– “I have been working a lot, and I like it. And you know, it’s hard for me not to. I guess I’ve been working a lot because I get to play with brilliant people.”

– “I have very talented people dress me and put my makeup on, stuff like that. But I do love that look, and I think it’s maybe because I grew up on that old glamour.”

– “I like what I do, and I’m very fortunate now to be in a very nice place. Which is that I don’t have to work anymore. So the work that I do now is purely because I really want to.”

– “I mean I tried to transform myself through characters throughout my career.
Charlize Theron

– “I mean, I’m new but I’ve always been very interested in film making process and I’ve been lucky enough to work with film makers in my past that have been very encouraging to let me hang around. I get so emotionally vested – that the producer part of me was natural.”

– “I only worked on Men of Honor for three weeks, but I walked away with so much. Because Bob is the kind of actor who gives you the opportunity to really go there. And we really had to go there. I mean, we were both playing drunks.”

– “I think in life we want to challenge ourselves.”

Zac Efron Quotes

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– “A fan sent me a letter and a $10 bill. It’s a short letter – all she said was, “Hey, since it’s harder for you to go out these days without getting photographed, here $10 for a pizza.” I was like, «Aww, she sent me money for a pizza so I could eat at home!»”
– “A girl can tell I like her when I blush or start telling bad jokes.”
– “Amanda Bynes and I have become close since filming Hairsray. It’s so weird because I grew up watching her.”
– “Being known for musicals is a great thing.”
– “From day one, I got addicted to being on stage and getting the applause and laughter.”
– “Great advice comes from people that have been around a lot longer than you.”
– “High School Musical has been a blessing and a gift.”
– “Honestly, if the worst these people can say about me is that I’m gay, then I think I’ll be fine. I can handle it.”

– “I don’t know if I believe in love at first sight, but of course I believe in two people having chemistry right away. A girl should be really easy to talk to. When I lose track of time because we’ve been talking, I think that’s really fun.”

– “I grew up being into sports and I wasn’t trained to move my body in the right way for dancing. I’m the last one to get any moves correct. In rehearsals it’s always, «OK, one more take for Zac.»”

– “I like when a girl knows what she looks like and dresses to accentuate those features.”

– “I think if you’re fame-hungry, go out to a nightclub and get drunk… why do that? I don’t understand how some people would want fame so bad that they’d go out and get negative attention to earn it.”

– “I think it’s fine for girls to ask boys out. I actually prefer it.”

– “I was influenced when I was younger by the cartoon movies that Disney put out, like Cinderella and what not. I watched those movies over and over when I was younger and the music is ingrained into my head. Nowadays, I’m still humming the tunes. It taught me the fundamentals.”

– “I wish I could say I see my little brother more. We used to fight all the time but now that I don’t see him very often I cherish the time I have with him.”

– “I wore goofy hats to school and did musical theater. Most people thought I was a dork. But if you have a sense of humor about it, no one can bring you down.”

– “I’ll never try to put on a fake image. I’m just Zac.”

– “I’m a guy, but I’m not afraid to cry. Not all of the time. But when I’m watching a movie, I’ll sometimes shed a tear, especially ‘Moulin Rouge’.”

– “I’m very competitive by nature. And I like to be the underdog – It’s the best way to win. To come from behind and win is a great feeling!”

– “I’ve been doing musical theater since I was a kid. And look for a CD from me in the future. I want to write all the songs!”

Ronald Reagan Quotes

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– “A people free to choose will always choose peace.”
– “A tree’s a tree. How many more do you need to look at?”
– “Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. It is a weapon our adversaries in today’s world do not have.”
– “All great change in America begins at the dinner table.”
– “All the waste in a year from a nuclear power plant can be stored under a desk.”
– “Before I refuse to take your questions, I have an opening statement.”

– “Approximately 80% of our air pollution stems from hydrocarbons released by vegetation, so let’s not go overboard in setting and enforcing tough emission standards from man-made sources.”

– “But there are advantages to being elected President. The day after I was elected, I had my high school grades classified Top Secret.”

– “Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty.”

– “Democracy is worth dying for, because it’s the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man.”

– “Don’t be afraid to see what you see.”

– “Each generation goes further than the generation preceding it because it stands on the shoulders of that generation. You will have opportunities beyond anything we’ve ever known.”

– “Entrepreneurs and their small enterprises are responsible for almost all the economic growth in the United States.”

– “Facts are stubborn things.”

– “Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.”

– “Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged.”

– “Going to college offered me the chance to play football for four more years.”

– “Government always finds a need for whatever money it gets.”

– “Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them.”

– “Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.”

Ben Stiller Quotes

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– “Even when I’m not directing, that doesn’t stop Owen from having ideas for what I should be doing.”
– “Fashion is so over the top.”
– “I don’t devalue comedy as compared to drama. Not one bit.”
– “I don’t have a burning desire to be taken seriously as an actor. I don’t have a master plan in that way.”
– “I don’t think know if anything’s going to translate anywhere. You’re making a movie, you hope it’s going to be funny, you can’t think about how it’s going to go over.”
– “I don’t think the public is dying to see me necessarily be funny all the time.”
– “I enjoy the work I do in comedies. It’s a valid test of your creative abilities.”
– “I grew up wanting to make movies, and along the way I suddenly found that I had a career doing comedy.”

– “I have a lot of nervous energy. Work is my best way of channelling that into something productive unless I want to wind up assaulting the postman or gardener.”

– “I just watched Paul Michael Glaser. He was the reason I wanted to do the movie because as a kid I was such a big fan of his. I watched all the episodes and tried to get a feeling for what he was doing.”

– “I love New York. I was sad, depressed and incredibly moved by our fellow countrymen and what they’ve done. I wanted to give people a chance to see something funny, have a distraction.”

– “I think most politicians could take a dodgeball in the face.”

– “I think people will be curious to see what I can do as a dramatic actor.”

– “I would like to do more dramas when I find a good role that will allow me to politely upset people’s expectations of me as a comic actor.”

– “I’m always willing to endure humiliation on behalf of my characters.”

– “I’m not an expert on the Malaysian sense of humor.”

– “I’ve had a very good career and I’m grateful that the public has had some level of acceptance and appreciation of my work.”

– “If you look at my eyes when I’m dancing, you’ll see that glazed look.”

– “It was a mixed blessing to have famous parents. It was tough to go to auditions and be bad, since I couldn’t be anonymous.”

– “Jim Carrey, a comic genius, has a harder time overcoming the public’s desire for him to be funny simply because he’s so good at it.”

Serj Tankian Quotes

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– “Civilization is a failure. We need to think what we can do together in love and peace.”
– “I’d rather let the music speak for itself.”
– “I’m not comfortable with just entertaining. Although I like entertaining, I also like bringing forward the truth of our times as minstrels used to in the old days.”
– “It’s probably a combination of personal and non-personal matters that have led us to where we are musically.”
– “People think our music’s very aggressive or angry or whatever, and it’s just the opposite, really… I like laughing. And I like being really calm before a show, and smiley.”
– “Pretending that we live doesn’t make us alive.”
– “The percentage of Americans in the prison system, has doubled since 1985.”

– “We first fought the heathens in the name of religion, then Communism, and now in the name of drugs and terrorism. Our excuses for global domination always change.”

Johnny Depp Quotes

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– “Am I a romantic? I’ve seen Wuthering Heights ten times. I’m a romantic.”
– “Anything I’ve done up till May 27th 1999 was kind of an illusion, existing without living. My daughter, the birth of my daughter, gave me life.”
– “As a teenager I was so insecure. I was the type of guy that never fitted in because he never dared to choose. I was convinced I had absolutely no talent at all. For nothing. And that thought took away all my ambition too.”
– “France, and the whole of Europe have a great culture and an amazing history. Most important thing though is that people there know how to live! In America they’ve forgotten all about it. I’m afraid that the American culture is a disaster.”

– “How many chances to you get to make a musical about a serial killer? The minute Tim Burton approached me, I was in.”

– “I am doing things that are true to me. The only thing I have a problem with is being labeled.”

– “I don’t pretend to be captain weird. I just do what I do.”

– “I guess I’m attracted to these off beat roles because my life has been a bit abnormal. The only thing I have a problem with is being labeled.”

– “I may have a feather duster down my pants.”

– “I pretty much try to stay in a constant state of confusion just because of the expression it leaves on my face.”

– “I remember in that red leisure suit I sort of felt like a Pizza Hut employee, and the white one was the ultimate, with the white turtleneck collar, that was the ultimate in bad taste.”

– “I think everybody’s nuts.”

– “I think the thing to do is enjoy the ride while you’re on it.”

– “I was ecstatic they re-named ‘French Fries’ as ‘Freedom Fries’. Grown men and women in positions of power in the U.S. government showing themselves as idiots.”

– “I’m an old-fashioned guy… I want to be an old man with a beer belly sitting on a porch, looking at a lake or something.”

– “I’m not sure I’m adult yet.”

– “I’m shy, paranoid, whatever word you want to use. I hate fame. I’ve done everything I can to avoid it.”

– “If there’s any message to my work, it is ultimately that it’s OK to be different, that it’s good to be different, that we should question ourselves before we pass judgment on someone who looks different, behaves different, talks different, is a different color.”

– “If you catch me saying ‘I am a serious actor,’ I beg you to slap me.”

– “It’s all kinds of these profound things crashing on you when your child arrives into the world. It’s like you’ve met your reason to live.”

Kobe Bryant Quotes

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kobe_bryant– “Everyting negative – pressure, challenges – is all an opportunity for me to rise.”
– “I dont want to be the next Michael Jordan, I only want to be Kobe Bryant.”
– “I’ll do whatever it takes to win games, whether it’s sitting on a bench waving a towel, handing a cup of water to a teammate, or hitting the game-winning shot.”
– “I’m chasing perfection.”
– “My parents are my backbone. Still are. They’re the only group that will support you if you score zero or you score 40.”
– “There’s been a lot of talk of me being a one-man show but that’s simply not the case. We win games when I score 40 points and we’ve won when I score 10.”
– “These young guys are playing checkers. I’m out there playing chess.”

Graphic Design Quotes

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– “Design is a plan for arranging elements in such a way as best to accomplish a particular purpose.” – Charles Eames

– “Everything is designed. Few things are designed well.” – Brian Reed

– “There is no design without discipline. There is no discipline without intelligence.” – Massimo Vignelli

– “People ignore design that ignores people.” – Frank Chimero

– “I’ve always held to the belief that the practice of creating compelling graphic design occurs not by employing the principals of a democracy, but rather, that of a monarchy.” – Thomas Vasquez

– “Good design is obvious. Great design is transparent.” – Joe Sparano

– “Every designers’ dirty little secret is that they copy other designers’ work. They see work they like, and they imitate it. Rather cheekily, they call this inspiration.” – Aaron Russell

– “The most innovative designers consciously reject the standard option box and cultivate an appetite for thinking wrong.” – Marty Neumeier

– “Visual design is often the polar opposite of engineering: trading hard edges for subjective decisions based on gut feelings and personal experiences. It’s messy, unpredictable, and notoriously hard to measure. The apparently erratic behavior of artists drives engineers bananas. Their decisions seem arbitrary and risk everything with no guaranteed benefit.” – Scott Stevenson

– “Design is where science and art break even.” – Robin Mathew

– “Good design goes to heaven; bad design goes everywhere.” – Mieke Gerritzen

– “A designer is a planner with an aesthetic sense.” – Bruno Munari