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"But it's much more exciting to make Die Hard. One of the reasons that I think that movie is so successful is it deals with those very important blue-collar relationship themes. But it's more visually beautiful to show things blowing up. It just gives you more on the screen."
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"Show me your talents and I'll show you your net worth."

"Always let your talent do the talking. Never your tantrums."

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"The Western world's sole objective seems to be success, status, security, self-indulgence, pleasure, and comfort."

"Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work."

"People who made their dreams come true didn't simply go after it. They changed the person they were, in order to fit the type of person that would live that type of dream."

"I achieve what I plan because I plan what I can achieve."

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"I'm a hardcore libertarian - I want everything legal - but I also believe that you have the right to free association."

"The First Amendment says nothing about your getting paid for saying anything. It just says you can say it. I don't believe that if a corporation pulls all the money out of you or a network pulls their money away or you get fired, you're being censored."

"It wasn't success, because Teller and I, by the time Asparagus Valley got together - within a year, we had achieved all our goals. I mean, our goal was to earn our living doing exactly what we wanted. Which is many people's goal."

"We knew that we were kind of odd and creeps, and we wanted to do odd, creepy stuff for people who wanted to see that."

"We aren't people who believe that just because we're performers our opinions on everything need to be known."

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"Every nut who kills people has a Bible lying around. If you're looking for violent rape imagery, the Bible's right there in your hotel room. If you just want to look up ways to screw people up, there it is, and you're justified because God told you to."

"One of the things that Teller and I are obsessed with, one of the reasons that we're in magic, is the difference between fantasy and reality."
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