#ma

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 a movie called Marathon Man and it was one of my best memories. ↗

— Dustin Hoffman

#called #did #i #man #marathon

I would like to say that no man ever was given finer cooperation than that given me by President Truman. ↗

— Paul Hoffman

#ever #finer #given #i #like

Yes, Jean Monnet was the father of the concept of a United States of Europe and his efforts more than those of any other single man helped change the thinking of European leaders. ↗

— Paul Hoffman

#change #concept #efforts #europe #european

I think humans have always been desperate. I think it has always been about doing something awful if it might help, when the only other option is death. Maybe that's what being a parent is supposed to feel like. ↗

— Lauren DeStefano

#human-nature #parenting #death

If you have this enormous talent, it's got you by the balls, it's a demon. You can't be a family man and a husband and a caring person and be that animal. Dickens wasn't that nice a guy. ↗

— Dustin Hoffman

#balls #caring #demon #dickens #enormous

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

Among the reasons for this was the fact that the U.S.A. is one mass market. It is only when you have a mass market that large-scale manufacturing which involves very substantial expenditures can be justified. ↗

— Paul Hoffman

#expenditures #fact #involves #justified #large-scale

At the time it seriously troubled me, but in drafting me as Marshall Plan Administrator, President Truman did as great a favor for me as one man can do for another. It opened my eyes to many things of which I was totally unaware and it was the beginning of my real education. ↗

— Paul Hoffman

#another #beginning #did #drafting #education

If there was to be a new Europe, there not only had to be a common market, but also great mobility in labor. ↗

— Paul Hoffman

#common #europe #great #had #labor