I believe any success in life is made by going into an area with a blind, furious optimism.
SYLVESTER STALLONEEvery time I’ve failed, people had me out for the count, but I always come back.
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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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Rambo isn’t violent. I see Rambo as a philanthropist.
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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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When you’re pushed killing is as easy as breathing.
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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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Success is usually the culmination of controlling failure.
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At the very end, the one person who Rambo should kill, he doesn’t kill. He lets it live. Because you can’t kill that kind of hypocritical bureaucracy. It goes on forever.
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Action is always seen as the bottom rung of thespian endeavour, that’s just the way it is.
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Movies are a whole different ball-game, now. It’s much more of a business – very scientific.
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I’m a patriot of the heart.
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You’ve got to show your soul otherwise you’re just a piece of equipment.
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Every generation has to find their own heroes.
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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’m not handsome in the classical sense. The eyes droop, the mouth is crooked, the teeth aren’t straight, the voice sounds like a Mafioso pallbearer, but somehow it all works.
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Don’t discuss your dreams. Pursue them!
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