“People that spend time in a foxhole - they're never going to find that relationship anywhere else again... Everything else pales next to that. When you think about the Second World War vets - more than even the Vietnam vets - there's a brotherhood.”
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“If you look at people that have survived crashing in the mountains and lived up in the snow for 40 days - it's possible to do extraordinary feats.”
“Rocky would definitely run for councilman. Maybe mayor. But these people are actually most effective in the family unit. That's where they shine.”
“People don't realize that when they 'throw out' their back, it's often because of weak abs. These muscles are essential for lower-back strength and good posture.”
“The one thing in my films, I only kill people who need to be killed, or killers killing killers. And I believe that the violence is very justifiable.”
“We follow a certain pattern, a maze, if you will, every day, tracing our steps into certain districts and neighborhoods and back home. So it's easy for people to relate to clichés. That's why comedy routines are based on mutual experiences of clichés.”
“Often people going into directing want to learn as much as they possibly can about "technique." And I say the hell with that.”
“A lot of time people are like, "oh my God, you're stereotyped." Good, then you're known for something.”
“I try to tell people that just because you're buff and cut doesn't mean you're healthy.”
“Everything people did seemed so silly, because they only died in the end.”
“I must learn more about these people―try to understand them, put myself in their place. No, instead I am so busy keeping my head above water that I scarcely know who I am, much less who anyone else is.”
“As you get older you realise your parents aren't these superheroes. They're actually people.”
“I'm human here, people. I'm not the Dalai Lama. But I'm trying.”
“I've borrowed tons of jewelry. Most people [in Hollywood] do. But it's your responsibility to keep track of it.”
“All we can do is adapt the way we view this condition, not as a crime or a romantic affectation but as a disease that will kill. We need to review the way society treats addicts, not as criminals but as sick people in need of care.”
“The more people who have access to this vital information the better society will be.”
“A buddy of mine was addicted to heroin and he told me that people who say quitting cigarettes is harder than quitting heroin are wrong.”
“And there are people who want to be writers because they love to write. And they care.”
“While it is very sturdy of comfortable men to point out that life is unfair, the people it is unfair to are not apt to be morally or philosophically elevated by the announcement. If you are going to preach that unfairness is inescapable for some, good sense suggests that you also accept the inevitability of beastly behavior by people who have to carry the burden.”
“Though Americans talk a good deal about the virtue of being serious, they generally prefer people who are solemn over people who are serious. In politics, the rare candidate who is serious, like Adlai Stevenson, is easily overwhelmed by one who is solemn, like General Eisenhower. This is probably because it is hard for most people to recognize seriousness, which is rare, especially in politics, but comfortable to endorse solemnity, which is as commonplace as jogging.”