"The problem with me is, I guess, the way I express myself, you have to be with me 50 years before you can get a sense of what I'm talking about."

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Source : "Pacino's way" by Simon Hattenstone, www.theguardian.com. December 02, 2004.

Al Pacino

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“Our founders insisted that protecting the states' power to govern themselves was vital to limit the power of Washington and preserve freedom.”
“You have to be able to focus, to control your energy. You need to make it your ally, instead of trying to harness it, to muscle it. That wastes energy too. There has to be a harmony between you and your body. Your mind and your body, and your soul have to connect in order to move forward. And this comes through relaxation.”
“Life's battles don't always go to the stronger or faster man. But sooner or later, the man who wins is the man who thinks he can.”
“Certain mystical philosophers have personified Destiny, and from this point of view each man's personal destiny is his archetype or "other self"--his "angel"--with whom he must be reunited if he is to rise above his fragmentary identity as a worldling and become whole, as he is (and always has been) in the mind of God.”

Source : Gai Eaton (1985). “Islam and the Destiny of Man”, p.60, SUNY Press
“But we were made to believe and not allowed to think. We were told to obey, rather than to experiment and investigate.”

Source : Charlotte Perkins Gilman (2003). “His Religion and Hers: A Study of the Faith of Our Fathers and the Work of Our Mothers”, p.190, Rowman Altamira
“Shifts within friendships happen in imperceptible increments. There is distance, then assurance. Misconjecture, caution, gradual convergence. So much depends on the respect accorded to vulnerability.”
“There are certain shades of limelight that can wreck a girl's complexion.”
“The scholar only knows how dear these silent, yet eloquent, companions of pure thoughts and innocent hours become in the season of adversity. When all that is worldly turns to dross around us, these only retain their steady value.”

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