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" I've never made a film that lost money. "
Sylvester Stallone
Made
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" People think retiring is fun. Well, maybe, but if you have a certain kind of fire inside, there is no end in sight. "
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" I made some truly awful movies. 'Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot' was the worst. If you ever want someone to confess to murder just make him or her sit through that film. They will confess to anything after 15 minutes. "
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" People assume that 'The Expendables' is old school, but it's only old school because that's the way I know how to make an action film. It's pretty real. "
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" I know people get upset and go, 'They're going to take away the assault weapon'. But who needs an assault weapon? Like, really, unless you're carrying out an assault. "
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" The world will never come together and say, 'We are one.' "
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" When a parent loses a child, there is no greater pain. "
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" Good action films - not crap, but good action films - are really morality plays. They deal in modern, mythic culture. "
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" I think that gravity sets into everything, including careers, but pendulums do swing and mountains do become valleys after a while... if you keep on walking. "
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" Usually whenever you're scared of something, do it. If you're not afraid of it, don't do it. "
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" Crunches are much more effective than regular sit-ups because they specifically target your upper abdominal muscles rather than your hip muscles. If you're not used to them, they can cause soreness a day or two later, but it's a 'cool' soreness. A badge of honor. "
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" When you're scared, when you're hanging on, when life is hurting you, then you're going to see what you're really made of. "
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" Whenever I don't get injured, the film is a dud. I didn't bleed on 'Rhinestone.' I didn't bleed on 'Stop! Or My Mom will Shoot.' "
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" The body needs to rest. It needs a lot less exercise than you think. "
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" I take rejection as someone blowing a bugle in my ear to wake me up and get going, rather than retreat. "
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" When I was a kid, my mother used to feed me mashed-potato sandwiches, brussel sprout sandwiches; my brain cells were starving from lack of food. I'll eat anything. I'll eat dirt. "
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" When you're an actor, you're a slave to other people's visions. "
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" From the time I got dressed in the back of a deflated, flat-tired, fish-smelling station wagon for Rocky. It's always been do it yourself, kind of like paper-clip it together. "
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" In the movies, I kill guys with an axe. In real life, I can't control a nine-year-old girl. "
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" My life has always been chaotic. From the time I got dressed in the back of a deflated, flat-tired, fish-smelling station wagon for Rocky. It's always been do it yourself, kind of like paper-clip it together. "
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" I have great expectations for the future, because the past was highly overrated. "
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" There's a natural law of karma that vindictive people, who go out of their way to hurt others, will end up broke and alone. "
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