"Nobody can change your religion unless you want to and God gives you the grace. It's between you and God alone. Nobody can force you."
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"If a Hindu wants to find the way to God, he has the right to go to any priest, nun or any other person."
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"Just once, I want to meet the villain in a cheerful, brightly lit room. Possibly one with kittens."
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"People say things like "it wasn't supposed to go this way" and "this isn't what I wanted." They're just making noise. There's no such thing as "supposed to," and what you want doesn't matter. All that matters is what happened."
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"No one wants to set out to be a hero, and discover that they've been a villain all along."
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"The people who have the power want you scared. They want you walking around paralyzed by the notion that you could die at any moment."
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"Method actors are absolutely terrible. They want to direct themselves, and it's a disaster."
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"You can't go to an LSD or pot party unless you take it yourself. If I want to go, I must take drugs myself."
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"No," Lana said, "I'm not going to heal your scratch." "Good," Sanjit said. "Good? Why good?" "Because when you hold my hand, I don't want it to be work for you."
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"If someone wants to employ me, whoever wants to employ me, I'll go and do that. I just want to work."
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"As an actor you really want to push yourself, and there's no better way than to do an intense drama."
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"I have always been a singer/songwriter and I was pushed in places I didn't want to do, like pop or top forty. I don't belong there."
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"One question:do you want to hang ten or BE a ten?"-Massie Block"
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"I love going one-on-one with someone. That's what I do. I've never lost. It's a whole different game, just to have them right in front of you and be able to do whatever you want."
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"I'm just right down the middle, man, ... It doesn't matter to me. I'd love him (Phil Jackson) as a coach. It doesn't matter to me. If they want him here, he'll be here. If he wants to come, he'll come, he'll coach and we'll go from there."
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"Because we're old as sh*t. What do you want?"
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"Over time you get to understand the nature of man and the environments you are dealing with, and you can't always allow emotions and temper to flare up because you're displeased with something, or you want to change it."
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"How did you get back?' asked Vautrin. 'I walked,' replied Eugene. 'I wouldn't like half-pleasures, myself,' observed the tempter. 'I'd want to go there in my own carriage, have my own box, and come back in comfort. All or nothing, that's my motto.' 'And a very good one,' said Madame Vauquer."
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"It is always assumed by the empty-headed, who chatter about themselves for want of something better, that people who do not discuss their affairs openly must have something to hide."
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"When the dialogue is on point and I feel like the overall story and message is really serving something that's socially progressive, it really makes me want to be a part of it."
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