When crossing someone’s borders you have to be prepared to engage in a war that is far more brutal than if it were to take place on neutral territory.
SYLVESTER STALLONEIf you look back at life, I bet you will regret about 80% of your actions. But life consists of all mistakes.
More Sylvester Stallone Quotes
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I think I’m a much better painter than an actor.
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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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That’s what Rocky is all about: pride, reputation, and not being another bum in the neighborhood.
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Remember the mind is your best muscle, BIG ARMS can move rocks, but BIG WORDS can move mountains. Ride the brain train for success.
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Making a movie is the same as an orchestra; it’s moving all the different instruments and the sounds, the kinetic and the auditory and the visual all together. I’m probably the trombone.
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Testosterone to me is so important for a sense of well-being when you get older.
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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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I think everyone has a certain kind of formula in their life. When you deviate from that formula, you’re going to fail big or you’re gonna win big.
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The more I go to church and the more I turn myself over to the process of believing in Jesus and listening to His Word and having Him guide my hand, I feel as though the pressure is off me now.
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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’m perceived to be this solitary character, but nothing could be further from the truth.
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Going in one more round when you don’t think you can – that’s what makes all the difference in your life.
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I am not the richest, smartest or most talented person in the world, but I succeed because I keep going and going and going.
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Theater is like boxing – having the audience ringside. It’s instant gratification. Or horrification.
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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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Study people’s success stories hard. Study their failures even harder.
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The problem is, your ego sometimes tells you that you can do many things. But sometimes it’s best to stay focused and be honest with yourself.
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I have great expectations for the future, because the past was highly overrated.
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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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At the end of the day, ‘Rocky’ is a love story, and he could never have reached the final bell without Adrian.
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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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Every time I’ve failed, people had me out for the count, but I always come back.
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Every generation has to find their own heroes.
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When you find the right components in your life, the right people, that gel with you, then you feel as though you’re invincible. It may be a fallacy, but you at least feel as though you can take all that life has to dish out.
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Real love is when you become selfless and you are more concerned about your mate’s or children’s egos than your own. You’re now a giver instead of a taker.
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I try to eliminate as much dialogue as possible, and I guess Rambo is my really best experiment with how to eliminate dialogue.
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