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" Crimes against children are the most heinous crime. That, for me, would be a reason for capital punishment because children are innocent and need the guidance of an adult society. "

Clint Eastwood

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" On 'Mystic River,' I had to cut my salary and everyone else's to get it made. "

" They've got this crazy actor who's 82 years old up there in a suit. I was a mayor, and they're probably thinking I know how to give a speech, but even when I was mayor I never gave speeches. I gave talks. "

" We are like boxers, one never knows how much longer one has. "

" Alfred Hitchcock once told me, when I was analyzing a lot of things about his pictures, 'Clint, you must remember, it's only a movie.' "

Clint Eastwood

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" Aging can be fun if you lay back and enjoy it. "

" I've had no problem harnessing anger. "

" If you consider film an art form, as some people do, then the Western would be a truly American art form, much as jazz is. "

" The only black battalion on Iwo Jima was a small munitions supply unit that came to the beach. "

" You hear about actors being late and all that sort of stuff, but you never find that with an actor who's directed, because an actor who's directed understands all the problems your production is going through. "

" You are always hoping that movie audiences are interested in characters and interested in story values rather than just mindless special effects. But you never know. "

" President Obama is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people. "

" When I'm a director, I look at myself the actor as a completely different person. It's somebody else up there, an actor playing a role. I keep myself out of it. "

" The country has come a long way in race relations, but the pendulum swings so far back. Everyone wants to be so sensitive. "

" As much as I love the Western genre, I figured if I kept doing those, I'd eventually run out of steam on that, and that would've been the end of it. "

" I was always respectful of people who were deeply religious because I always felt that if they gave themselves to it, then it had to be important to them. But if you can go through life without it, that's OK, too. It's whatever suits you. "

" Plagiarism is always the biggest thing in Hollywood. "

" I would just like to say something, ladies and gentlemen. Something that I think is very important. It is that, you, we - we own this country. We - we own it. It is not you owning it, and not politicians owning it. Politicians are employees of ours. "

" Sometimes if you want to see a change for the better, you have to take things into your own hands. "

" My grandfather lived to be late 90s on one side and on the other side, 70s or something. And my father died young, at 63. But he didn't take very good care of himself. "

" Governor Romney has a great business background. He is extremely well educated. He has several degrees from Harvard, including, you know, business and including a law degree. "

" I've always felt that if I examine myself too much, I'll find out what I know and don't know, and I'll burst the bubble. I've gotten so lucky relying on my animal instincts, I'd rather keep a little bit of the animal alive. "

" Whether you like it or not, you're forced to come to the realisation that death is out there. But I don't fear death, I'm a fatalist. I believe when it's your time, that's it. It's the hand you're dealt. "

" In school, I could hear the leaves rustle and go on a journey. "

" If you think it's going to rain, it will. "

" Naturally, everybody has certain things they wish they hadn't done in life. They wish they hadn't kicked their dog when they were ten or something. "

" This film cost $31 million. With that kind of money I could have invaded some country. "

" Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt, that's real power. "