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My only emotion is gratitude, literally, for my life.

Jack Nicholson

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Jack Nicholson
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: April 22
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John Joseph Nicholson
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There are major influences on us that people are not aware of. There are big lies that nobody's willing to discuss.
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For a long time, I was afraid to be alone. I had to learn how to be alone. And there are still times when I think, Uh-oh! I gotta talk to somebody here or I'm gonna go crazy! But I like to be alone. Now I do. I really do. There's a big luxury in solitude.
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I can't hit on women in public any more. I didn't decide this it just doesn't feel right at my age.
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I never had a policy about marriage. I got married very young in life and I always think in all relationships, I've always thought that it's counterproductive to have a theory on that.
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The minute that you're not learning I believe you're dead.
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I don't have any fear of intimacy, but rather thrive on it, which is rare in a public person.
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A man needs a private life. With no ability to have a private life, one thing leads to another, and before you know it we have Bill and Monica. We need to get real about things. Humans are humans. Why should we expect more?
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I'm content with the fact that I made a decent effort. That's what I've always worried about: that I wouldn't try hard enough.
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In the real world there's an after-effect of disappointment if you lose an argument. But if, to begin with, you're set up not to have this particular autonomy, then you're not disappointed.
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I don't want people to know what I'm actually like. It's not good for an actor.
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Everyone pretty much acknowledges that he's the man, and I still feel that underrates him.
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I'm very fortunate in the sense that outside of cohabitating relationships and so forth, I've always got on just as well with women.
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