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" Everyone chases a bit of what they say life is about: money, desire... But when you stop chasing, you realise life is a rhythm and it's very peaceful, very quiet. You see, it's quite a miracle. "

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" The truth was that, you know, there was no reason to send me to Shattuck Military School. But it was a disciplinarian school. "

Nick Nolte

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" In the sixties, you're still thinking you could do something about this slow disintegration of the body. "

" Birth is violent, and out of that violence is our only chance of rebirth. "

" We're social animals. We've got to get along together. It's in our nature. We're hardwired that way. "

" You don't want to make awards the reason you're doing things. "

" Acting is always therapeutic. "

" The thing about '48 Hrs.' that really isn't thought about much is that's the first film where the black and the white criticize each other. "

" I've never been all that comfortable in real life. "

" We're very reluctant to change, even though we know that all things change, and especially our relationships are just determined to change. "

" I've been in movies where the movie doesn't come together but the role comes together, or the movie comes together but the role doesn't come together or something like that. Something misses. It's very difficult to make it hit on all cylinders - it's just very rare. "

Nick Nolte

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" Action films have a certain illogicalness to them. They're what we call, when we're working, 'exaggerated realism.' "

" After Civil Rights, it was very awkward for whites and blacks. We didn't know how to talk to each other. "

" Peace, truthfully, is how you feel inside. "

" Electing a black president was probably the only coup America could pull off. "

" I'm glad I never went to war. "

" World War II affected the male population in a very detrimental way. They were happy to be home, happy to be alive, happy they won, but they could not express to anybody the horror they had been through. "

" When you are making the one you are doing, you think it is the greatest film going. And then you do another one and it is a great film. "

" The way you conquer fear is to feel it all the way, and then you'll find out that there's nothing there - it's just emotion. "

" I'm pretty much of a physical actor. "

" Actors are really working with bodies, with their minds, and with their emotions. Feelings, basically. That's what movies are about, going from one feeling to another. "

" I never felt comfortable in real life very well. It's always been an awkward kind of thing for me and so when I hit the stage I just sensed freedom. I sensed, 'Here's a place that I can have all the experiences of life and not feel uncomfortable about it.' "

Nick Nolte

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I Can

" You work at a job, and you reach a certain level, and you're a little satisfied, and you keep going at it a little more, and you finally finish it. You go, 'Ah,' all your dopamine receptor sites are full. You're satiated. "

" I am a good sewer. My mother taught me how to sew. "

" In America, the old are neglected. "

" Sometimes the writing can be so good that the actor doesn't really have to do anything. "

" Ageing's a difficult thing, moving closer to death, but it's okay. I've had a good time living, so I'm gonna have a good time dying. "

" I like working with writer-directors because you can solve problems right there. "

" Nobody likes to lose power or reach a point of humility. "

" I accept the dying process. I would just like to be as healthy as I possibly can at each step and phase along the way. "

Nick Nolte

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Dying

" I can't ad-lib, or not for long. "

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