Michael Caine Quotes

I am a great admirer of other actors, but I never compete with other actors. I always compete with what I did last, and I'm my own most vicious critic. So I'm always trying to do it better.

Michael Caine

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: March 14, 1933

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We have this fascination that more is better, and we - what we learned was more isn't better ; that more care can actually hurt you. That fascination with the quick fix is often hurting us. One-third of health-care spending doesn't even improve health care.

Matthew Heineman

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So if there is a government grant offered for anything, like starting a business or going to school, they cannot discriminate because of your age.

Matthew Lesko

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When I was 15 or 16 playing in groups, we used to sit in the car and try to write the lyrics down as a song was playing, and we'd assign each person a verse, you know: 'I'm going to do the first one. You go for the second one.' And then sometimes you'd wait an hour for it to come on again so you could finish it up.

Tom Petty

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Intent to harm America is not required to make the mishandling of information criminal - it simply requires that the actor was grossly negligent.

Mike Pompeo

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For me, it seems to help me take the pressure off if I don't pay attention to what other people are telling me.

Missy Franklin

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I'll always stand by my Gypsy roots, and I'll always help out one of my own.

Cher Lloyd

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At the age of 31, I realized, 'Oh my God, I may die like everyone else.'

Chuck Palahniuk

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I like to listen to my iPod and also play music. I've been doing percussion since I was eight or nine. Rhythm is crucial in long jump but also in life.

Bob Beamon

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Cut your arms and legs off, and you're left with a trunk, which you need to be as strong as possible. It's easier to push over someone who is tall and skinny than someone short and stocky. That's why we work everything from the calves to the neck.

Anthony Joshua

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Listen and watch the world around you. Don't be satisfied with answers others give you.

Avi

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As you know from school, it's when you have not prepared for the test that you have the fear of failing. And if you have prepared, even if you fail, you've done your best.

Alice Walker

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I guess the first big name I worked with was Sissy Spacek, and that was really interesting just because she's so incredible and I learned so much from just watching her. But she's also so unassuming that I loved working with her. It wasn't like working with a star, it was Sissy. Not a big deal.

Alison Pill

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