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" I find it hard to pre-plan every element of everything I do. It's not my thing. "
John Malkovich
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" I don't have a saviour or a royal family. "
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" I just start with a pencil and paper. I don't want something too trendy, too fashion-forward. I don't want to make something I consider a regular person couldn't wear with blue jeans. But I don't want to make something that other people make, either - like a skinny black suit in a shiny material that you can buy anywhere. "
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" I'm very much a typical midwesterner, and I don't think the condition is curable. "
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" The world is ruled by violence, or at least the imminent threat of violence. It always has been. "
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" Well, I like to have fun at work. "
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" If you're too smart it can limit you because you spend so much time thinking that you don't do anything. "
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" I don't lose my temper very often now, and if I do, it's well deserved. "
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" 'Secretariat' was such a magnificent animal, unbelievably beautiful and powerful. It's always nice to see something that close to perfection, a reason to celebrate. "
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