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I think we are bound to, and by, nature. We may want to deny this connection and try to believe we control the external world, but every time there's a snowstorm or drought, we know our fate is tied to the world around us. ↗

— Alice Hoffman

#believe #bound #connection #control #deny

The envious man grows lean at the success of his neighbor. ↗

— Horace

#grows #his #lean #man #neighbor

They were written on cheap blue notebooks bought by poor women. I'm interested in folk tales in the way that medicine and magic in women's stories are all kind of combined. ↗

— Alice Hoffman

#bought #cheap #combined #folk #i

I believe - though I may be wrong, because I'm no expert - that this war is about what most wars are about: hegemony, money, power and oil. ↗

— Dustin Hoffman

#because #believe #expert #hegemony #i

I did some writing and bought a book, and have been working on that as a film to act and direct in. ↗

— Dustin Hoffman

#been #book #bought #did #direct

In my room as a kid... I'd play a fighter and get knocked to the floor and come back to win. ↗

— Dustin Hoffman

#come #fighter #floor #get #i

So when I told my parents I wanted to go into acting because I was flunking out of my first year of junior college, they were relieved that I had picked something other than joining the army. But I can't imagine how they had high hopes for me. ↗

— Dustin Hoffman

#army #because #college #first #go

I didn't go out looking for negative characters; I went out looking for people who have a struggle and a fight to tackle. That's what interests me. ↗

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

#fight #go #i #interests #looking

I got into plays in high school then I ended up going to college for it. ↗

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

#ended #going #got #high #high school

My ideal weight is 205, actually. ↗

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

#ideal #weight