I tell people diets don’t work. And I don’t care what they say. I have tried them all.
SYLVESTER STALLONEYou’ve got to show your soul otherwise you’re just a piece of equipment.
More Sylvester Stallone Quotes
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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 take rejection as someone blowing a bugle in my ear to wake me up and get going, rather than retreat.
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Everybody has anger or regret in them one way or another. They all try different things to get it out. Some people go to psychiatrists. Some paint pictures. Some people talk it out.
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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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I love being verbal in films.
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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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Rambo isn’t violent. I see Rambo as a philanthropist.
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Once in one’s life, for one mortal moment, one must make a grab for immortality; if not, one has not lived.
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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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If you look back at life, I bet you will regret about 80% of your actions. But life consists of all mistakes.
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I was very much into buying contemporary art, but I’ve just decided I want to get rid of it all. Not that it’s not great art, but all of a sudden my mood has changed, and I want to go back to seventeenth- and eighteenth-century masters.
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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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Testosterone to me is so important for a sense of well-being when you get older.
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The way to be successful in Hollywood is to be as obnoxious as the next guy.
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When you’re pushed killing is as easy as breathing.
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Every champion was once a contender that refused to give up.
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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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Study people’s success stories hard. Study their failures even harder.
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When I tried to branch out into comedy, I didn’t do very well at it, so I went back to doing what I do naturally well, or what the audience expects from me – action pictures.
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I think I’m a much better painter than an actor.
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You’ve got to show your soul otherwise you’re just a piece of equipment.
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When I tried to play characters that strayed from who I am it ended in disaster. People didn’t expect me in comedies or musicals.
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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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I think that gravity sets into everything, including careers, but pendulums do swing and mountains do become valleys after a while if you keep on walking.
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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’m a patriot of the heart.
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