I am a Hitchcockian - I still believe that 'Psycho' sets the standard for mother/son relations. - Luca Guadagnino

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To love is nothing. To be loved is something. But to love and be loved, that’s everything. — T. Tolis

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People believe, thought Shadow. It's what people do. They believe, and then they do not take responsibility for their beliefs; they conjure things, and do not trust the conjuration. People populate the darkness; with ghost, with gods, with electrons, with tales. People imagine, and people believe; and it is that rock solid belief, that makes things happen.

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Everything you stand for, believe in, experience and aspire to is the result of thought. And thought is destructive because it is nothing more than a protective mechanism, programmed to protect its own interests at all costs.

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You are who you are, and in the end, If you don't believe it then no one will.

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I was putting so much time and energy into just my work, but I was raised [to believe] that family comes first.

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I need a spiritual connection - I can make changes, but I can't make miracles - and I need people around me who'll support me and believe in me and tell me the truth and not let me deceive myself into avoiding the what's scary and hard and necessary.

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Ask for what you want. Believe that you deserve it, and then allow Life to give it to you.

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I grew up in New York and I've always lived here, so I look at myself as a regular person. When somebody recognizes me from the film - and it can be a wide range of people, which shows the power of film - I feel like they're talking about someone else we both know. I just find it hard to believe that anyone would stop me to share how much they loved something that I was a part of.

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God can so fill a man with His Spirit that he can laugh and believe in the face of a thousand difficulties.

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