Quote by Michael Caine
The basic rule of human nature is that powerful people speak slowl

The basic rule of human nature is that powerful people speak slowly and subservient people quickly –because if they dont speak fast nobody will listen to them. – Michael Caine

Other quotes by Michael Caine

I felt a tremendous sadness for men who cant deal with a woman of their own age. – Michael Caine

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Age
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My problem was that I was blond. There were no heroes with blond hair. Robert Taylor and Henry Fonda, they all had dark hair. The only one I found was Van Johnson, who wasnt too cool. He was a nice, homely American boy. So I created my own image. It worked. – Michael Caine

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cool
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First of all, I choose the great roles, and if none of these come, I choose the mediocre ones, and if they dont come, I choose the ones that pay the rent. – Michael Caine

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Actors, Acting
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Other Quotes from
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Wherever the relevance of speech is at stake, matters become political by definition, for speech is what makes man a political being. – Hannah Arendt

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Conversation

The habit of common and continuous speech is a symptom of mental deficiency. It proceeds from not knowing what is going on in other peoples minds. – Walter Bagehot

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Conversation

Silence is one great art of conversation. – Anon.

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Conversation

Better pointed bullets than pointed speeches. – Otto von Bismarck

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Conversation

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It is not reason that gives us our moral orientation, it is sensitivity. – Maurice Barreès, La Grande Pitié des églises de France, 1914

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Absurdity. A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with ones own opinion. – Ambrose Bierce

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Absurdity

No man is excluded from calling upon God, the gate of salvation is set open unto all men: neither is there any other thing which keepeth us back from entering in, save only our own unbelief. – John Calvin

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The character and history of each child may be a new and poetic experience to the parent, if he will let it. – Margaret Fuller

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