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No one will hit you harder than life itself. It doesn’t matter how hard you hit back. It’s about how much you can take, and keep fighting, how much you can suffer and keep moving forward. That’s how you win.

Sylvester Stallone

I consider myself something of a raconteur. I have a rather audacious sense of humour.
SYLVESTER STALLONE

Audacity Humor Myself
You’re a disease. And I’m the cure.
SYLVESTER STALLONE

Healing Medicine Myself Sick Yourself
Every time I’ve failed, people had me out for the count, but I always come back.
SYLVESTER STALLONE

Count Failure Myself People Time
I’m perceived to be this solitary character, but nothing could be further from the truth.
SYLVESTER STALLONE

Character Further Myself Truth
When life hits you pretty hard, you can go into a dark corner.
SYLVESTER STALLONE

Corner Darkness Hard Life Yourself
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.
SYLVESTER STALLONE

Art Change Decision Greatness Master Mood Myself
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.
SYLVESTER STALLONE

Comparison Editor Hard Ideas People Sound Support Writing Yourself
I’m more focused and have a greater sense of challenge, because I constantly feel the weight of time.
SYLVESTER STALLONE

Challenge Feeling Focus Greatness Myself
The only thing that I haven’t done is perform brain surgery on myself. I’ve been very, very lucky. I’ve spared Shakespeare undue stress by not doing that.
SYLVESTER STALLONE

Myself Performance Stress Surgery
You have to have an almost boundless reservoir of energy and interest to enter politics because quite often it’s thankless and fruitless and you can’t accomplish much.
SYLVESTER STALLONE

Accomplishment Energy Fruit Interest Result Thankful Yourself
When you’re an actor, you’re a slave to other people’s visions.
SYLVESTER STALLONE

Actor People Slave Vision Yourself
I made some truly awful movies. ‘Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot’ was the worst. If you ever want someone to confess to murder just make him or her sit through that film. They will confess to anything after 15 minutes.
SYLVESTER STALLONE

Confession Mom Movie Myself Stop True
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.
SYLVESTER STALLONE

Best Creations Creator Myself People Reason Regret Thinking Writing
Suddenly I’ve got an overwhelming desire to surround myself with the aura of classical and Romantic art.
SYLVESTER STALLONE

Art Classical Desire Myself Romantic Surround
Don’t be gullible, use life before it uses you. Understand there are no free lunches, and for every action you take, there’s a reaction.
SYLVESTER STALLONE

Action Freedom Life Lunch Reaction Understand Yourself
I believe any success in life is made by going into an area with a blind, furious optimism.
SYLVESTER STALLONE

Believe Blind Myself Optimism Success

No one will hit you harder than life itself. It doesn’t matter how hard you hit back. It’s about how much you can take, and keep fighting, how much you can suffer and keep moving forward. That’s how you win.

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No one will hit you harder than life itself. It doesn’t matter how hard you hit back. It’s about how much you can take, and keep fighting, how much you can suffer and keep moving forward. That’s how you win.

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