I usually control the environment I’m in, but my control is very quiet and subtle.
MICHAEL CAINEUse the difficulties – if you can’t avoid them
More Michael Caine Quotes
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Some men aren’t looking for anything logical, like money. They can’t be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn.
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A man should dress in a way that you don’t notice. He looks good and you don’t know why. But it’s the tailoring, the materials, and the clothes.
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I have never seen it but by all accounts it is terrible. However, I have seen the house that it built and it is terrific.
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I never bring a role home with me. The moment they say, ‘It’s a wrap,’ it’s gone completely. I’m a totally ruthless professional, and life is my family, not my work.
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A man’s body may grow old, but inside his spirit can still be as young and as restless as ever.
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I have been rich and I have been poor. I know which one I prefer.
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I was so poor for so long that I didn’t use anything. I didn’t drive cars, I didn’t eat very much. So, I figured the world owed me a debt, so I’ve been eating very well and have had a very big car for a long time. But I still haven’t caught up with my youth.
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When it comes to politics, I believe you have to cut the cake so that everybody gets a piece, but at the same time, you have to keep in mind that somebody has to make the cake.
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I always exposed the weakness rather than the nastiness.
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I read books like mad, but I am careful to to let anything I read influence me.
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I don’t think human beings are bad. They’re weak. And that’s what makes ’em bad.
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I’ve never been out with a married woman, never. I respect others’ properties.
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This is your life, Larry. Learn to enjoy what you’ve got.
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Books were my window on the world. Growing up at the Elephant and Castle, which was very rough, my paradise was the library.
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It’s much harder to act in a bad film than in a good one. A terrible script makes for very difficult acting. You can win an Academy Award for some of the easiest acting in your career, made possible by a brilliant script.
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