We do two things in life: We race the clock and everything is a struggle. One way or not, it’s a metaphorical battle all of the time.
SYLVESTER STALLONEIf 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.
More Sylvester Stallone Quotes
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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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I tell people diets don’t work. And I don’t care what they say. I have tried them all.
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For every guy, there is an opportunity to be a lot better than he thought he could be. We can’t all be the star of the team, but we can be a star in our life. That’s where you set your goal.
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I was an insecure kid. Once I saw ‘Hercules’ with Steve Reeves, it completely changed my life. If I had never gone to that film, I wouldn’t be here today.
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In the movies, I kill guys with an axe. In real life, I can’t control a nine-year-old girl.
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When life hits you pretty hard, you can go into a dark corner.
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You have to grab life by the throat and squeeze before it grabs you by your neck and breaks it. Own your destiny.
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All young men want to prove themselves.
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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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I’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.
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If you express yourself too much, you’re considered weak.
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All good actors are unpredictable, and a little crazy in a good way, because they feel more secure playing other people than themselves.
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Nothing’s harder than writing. There’s no comparison. With directing, you can bounce a lot of ideas around. There’s tremendous support – you’ve got editors and sound mixers. With writing, it’s all you, and it’s just crippling when people tear up your pages.
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Success is usually the culmination of controlling failure.
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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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Plan B. You’ve always got to have a Plan B.
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I think there comes a time when you realize that you need God in your life, God’s Word, and the spiritual guidance that only He can give.
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I respect a woman too much to marry her.
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I tend to think of action movies as exuberant morality plays in which good triumphs over evil.
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You have to have an almost boundless reservoir of energy and interest to enter politics because quite often it’s thankless and fruitless and you can’t accomplish much.
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Clothing is the first step to building a character.
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You’ve got to show your soul otherwise you’re just a piece of equipment.
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I thought I had reached a point in life where everything would be smooth. But it is not. It just gets more jagged and pitted and filled with turns that take you into the dark recesses of your mind. It never seems to get easy.
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I was an ambitious child and I tended to be scatterbrained. If I was at school and saw a bird outside the window I wanted to follow it. I was adventurous.
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I’d rather do something I love badly than to feel bad about not doing something I love.
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Age is a state of old mind. It gets to a point where if you get old enough, you forget how old you are, and that’s the best thing. And then you walk around kind of like in a fog.
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