I am not the richest, smartest or most talented person in the world, but I succeed because I keep going and going and going.
SYLVESTER STALLONEI’ve been involved in something which was chaotic and insane. All I can say now is that I am, and intend to stay, a single man.
More Sylvester Stallone Quotes
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Plan B. You’ve always got to have a Plan B.
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I love being verbal in films.
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I have tons of regrets, but I think that’s one of the reasons that push people to create things. Out of their angst, their regret, comes the best from artists, painters and writers.
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Most action is based on redemption and revenge, and that’s a formula. Moby Dick was formula. It’s how you get to the conclusion that makes it interesting.
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Every time I’ve failed, people had me out for the count, but I always come back.
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I have two lovely sons and some good memories, but I’ve had a rather tumultuous personal life. It hasn’t been dull; I’ve been the Hiroshima of love.
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You’ve got to show your soul otherwise you’re just a piece of equipment.
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Like I said, I’ve got too much respect for women to marry them, but that doesn’t mean you can’t support them emotionally and financially.
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No one will hit you harder than life itself. It doesn’t matter how hard you hit back. It’s about how much you can take, and keep fighting, how much you can suffer and keep moving forward. That’s how you win.
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I take rejection as someone blowing a bugle in my ear to wake me up and get going, rather than retreat.
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With a lot of comedians, one of their major attributes is that they look comedic, with a certain hangdog or manic expression. I look like the neighborhood bully. That doesn’t elicit laughter.
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Voices are like fingerprints, from Cagney to Bogart. They never lost it. My voice is instrumental in categorizing me.
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A lot of guys don’t want to admit that they have a propensity for generosity and for violence.
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I learned the real meaning of love. Love is absolute loyalty. People fade, looks fade, but loyalty never fades. You can depend so much on certain people, you can set your watch by them. And that’s love, even if it doesn’t seem very exciting.
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Boxing is a great exercise as long as you can yell “cut” whenever you want to.
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The way to be successful in Hollywood is to be as obnoxious as the next guy.
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If you don’t have a mountain, build one and then climb it. And after you climb it, build another one; otherwise you start to flatline in your life.
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When I was in junior high school, the teachers voted me the student most likely to end up in the electric chair.
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Characters I’ve played, they used to impact my paintings, like 80 percent of the time, and especially when I was doing an action film.
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Clichés are what good writing is all about. Because our lives are basically clichés.
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All young men want to prove themselves.
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If it’s not broken, break it. That’s how new discoveries are made. That’s why everything that changes life is called a breakthrough.
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Suddenly I’ve got an overwhelming desire to surround myself with the aura of classical and Romantic art.
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People think retiring is fun. Well, maybe, but if you have a certain kind of fire inside, there is no end in sight.
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I know I’m incredibly unpredictable, and that’s the only thing I’m sure of.
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Time is truly the great enemy. It’s not the great healer, it’s the great stealer.
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