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It used to worry me what people said about me. I’m learning not to worry as much.
Al PacinoAl Pacino Everything changes with age. The parts change with age, your feelings about them change, roles that I would’ve wanted to play 10 years ago, I don’t want to play now.
Al PacinoAl Pacino The camera can film my face but until it captures my soul, you don’t have a movie.
Al PacinoAl Pacino I do Shakespeare when I am feeling a certain way.
Al PacinoAl Pacino It wasn’t until I got older that I realized acting was something I could really do.
Al PacinoAl Pacino I did it in Looking for Richard, too. And I figure, if I can weave it into the actual play and get the audience interested, like the robes going up and down, they’ll pay attention long enough to consume it.
Al PacinoAl Pacino To be really obvious about something, if somebody straps an M1 on your shoulder and throws you in Iraq.
Al PacinoAl Pacino If I was a painter no one would question me about my age. I’m an artist, I hate saying that.
Al PacinoAl Pacino Chekhov was as important to me as anybody as a writer.
Al PacinoAl Pacino So I’ve been doing everything that has to do with being next to them, close to them.
Al PacinoAl Pacino [Julie Marie Pacino]is a great ballplayer, which I wanted to be. She did make four films by the time she was 14 but we’re not going to talk about that.
Al PacinoAl Pacino I picked the wrong movie, or I didn’t pursue a character, but everything you do is part of you and you get something from it.
Al PacinoAl Pacino The play is the source, it is orchestrated with words. In a movie, you are not dealing with as much as that. There are machines and wires.
Al PacinoAl Pacino The stage is different ; there’s more to act. There are more demands put on you, more experiences to go through.
Al PacinoAl Pacino I am a dancer. But I don’t think I would be on ‘Dancing with the Stars,’ mainly because I would be too shy.
Al PacinoAl Pacino Take a look at Israel’s history and you would know who the terrorist is.
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Ayaka HaseAyaka Hase I have happened in so many places, to so many people – the essence of me lives on in these nuances, these moments.
Lang LeavLang Leav Respect your body, it’s a home to be thankful for.
SargamSargam My heart holds your name like it’s the only thing it knows.
N.M SanchezN.M Sanchez Listening and empathizing will enable you to look past fake smiles and dive deeper into the pain in their eyes.
Ankur SinghAnkur Singh I heard the universe whisper “take care of her”
Karla GaleanaKarla Galeana Respect me, not because I respect you, but because I deserve your respect.
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In all these years, you never believed I loved you. And I did. I did so much. I did love you. I even loved your hate and your hardness.
Tennessee WilliamsTennessee Williams In fact, for all kinds of offenses – and, for no offenses – from murders to misdemeanors, men and women are put to death without judge or jury; so that, although the political excuse was no longer necessary, the wholesale murder of human beings went on just the same.
Ida B. WellsIda B. Wells There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but, boys, it is all hell.
William Tecumseh ShermanWilliam Tecumseh Sherman I have always been more interested in creating a character that contains something crippled. I think nearly all of us have some kind of defect.
Tennessee WilliamsTennessee Williams Our aim should be to give the British people greater control of their lives in all regards.
Liz TrussLiz Truss Being an outsider at all times is both unhealthy and useful, because you become much more objective about things.
MitskiMitski Imagination is the only key to the future. Without it none exists – with it all things are possible.
Ida TarbellIda Tarbell War is at its best barbarism.
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