Franka Potente Quotes

I think actors are divided into two groups: one that wants to be an actor to become famous and rich, and the other that wants to be an actor because they have to be. I'm more in the second group.

Franka Potente

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actress
  • Nationality: german
  • Birth: July 22, 1974

Topics

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Just give me a good role that allows me to hone my craft, and I am a pretty happy camper.

Jimmy Smits

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At Microsoft, the magic of software is used to take on very interesting challenges.

Jeff Raikes

ChallengesInterestingMagicSoftware

Of course, a secret is no good if it doesn't need to be a secret.

Stacey D'Erasmo

GoodSecretNeedCourse

Some day the workers will take possession of your city hall, and when we do, no child will be sacrificed on the altar of profit!

Mary Harris Jones

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Dreams sometimes foretell the future.

Mickey Hart

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Piano is unique in that way: it can be both percussive and haunting.

Miguel Sapochnik

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When I was in school, I liked math because all the problems had answers. Everything else seemed very subjective.

Lisa Randall

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The men and women that are hired to take care of players' health, their salaries are paid by the team. Before games, you would see team docs and trainers, and they're every bit as as excited to, say, beat the Raiders as you are; their emotions are tied up in it.

Chris Borland

WomenHealthMenTeamCareYou

When I was running for speaker, people would go out of their way to point out why I wasn't going to win: 'You're a woman, you're too liberal, you're gay, you're from the West Side of Manhattan,' which in that context was an insult.

Christine Quinn

WomanPeopleWinYouGayGo

Georgia was a great place to live, but I wanted to get out because I knew the opportunities for what I was doing - stand-up comedy and eventually acting - were in Los Angeles.

Chris Tucker

LiveGreatOpportunitiesComedyOut

The fact that the public are mesmerised by Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan and all these miserable people makes me laugh because those celebrities are more miserable than the people reading about them for escapism.

Corey Taylor

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Horror fiction shows us that the control we believe we have is purely illusory, and that every moment we teeter on chaos and oblivion.

Clive Barker

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