Humans Quote by Gene Hackman

“If you look at yourself as a star, you've already lost something in the portrayal of any human being.” quote by Gene Hackman — Download Open image

“If you look at yourself as a star, you've already lost something in the portrayal of any human being.”

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Hollywood loves to typecast, and I guess they saw me as a violent guy.

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You go through stages in your career that you feel very good about yourself. Then you feel awful, like, 'Why didn't I choose something…

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Honesty isn't enough for me. That becomes very boring. If you can convince people what you're doing is real and it's also bigger than…

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The difference between a hero and a coward is one step sideways.

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Nothing counts so much as family, the rest are just strangers. (as Nicholas Earpp in Wyatt Earp, 1994)

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I'm not a sentimental guy.

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I don't like to talk about myself that much.

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Don't piss in my ear and tell me it's raining.

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I have trouble with direction, because I have trouble with authority. I was not a good Marine.

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The prophet who fails to present a bearable alternative and yet preaches doom is part of the trap that he postulates. Not only does he picture us caught in a tremendous man-made or God-made trap from which there is no escape, but we must also listen to him day in, day out, describe how the trap is inexorably closing. To…

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Never underestimate the power of the human mind to believe what it wants to believe, no matter the conflicting evidence.

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