Diesel Quotes

It wasn't until I went to college and I got my first motorcycle that I understood the thrill of speed.

Vin Diesel

College, Racing, Motorcycle

"Vin Diesel: I Want To Be A Good Dad". Interview, parade.com. August 25, 2008.

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Being a male is a matter of birth. Being a man is a matter of choice.

Edwin Louis Cole

Men, Choices, Matter

Edwin Louis Cole (1998). “Absolute Answers to Prodigal Problems”, Thomas Nelson Incorporated

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I shaved my head about 15 years ago and the first time I shaved it, I started running my hand through my hair and it was very therapeutic.

Vin Diesel

Running, Hair, Hands

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If you're the type of person who has to fulfill your dreams, you've gotta be resourceful to make sure you can do it. I came out to California when I was 21, thinking my New York credentials would take me all the way. I came back home a year later all dejected and a failure.

Vin Diesel

Inspirational, Dream, New York

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Being male is a matter of birth. Being a man is a matter of age. But being a Gentleman is a matter of choice.

Vin Diesel

Men, Choices, Gentleman

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If you had asked me back in grade school what I wanted to be when I grew up, I would have said my first choice was an actor, but if I couldn't be that, I'd want to be a superhero.

Vin Diesel

School, Choices, Superhero

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With age, you get to a place where you don't want to knock people out. You just want to give people a hug.

Vin Diesel

Kissing, People, Giving

"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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The video game culture was an important thing to keep alive in the film because we're in a new era right now. The idea that kids can play video games like Grand Theft Auto or any video game is amazing. The video games are one step before a whole other virtual universe.

Vin Diesel

Kids, Games, Play

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I used to say I live my life a quarter mile at a time and I think that's why we were brothers- because you did, too. No matter where you are, whether it's a quarter mile away or half way across the world. The most important thing in life, will always be the people in this room. Salute mi familia. You'll always be with me... And you'll always be my brother.

Vin Diesel

Brother, Thinking, Things In Life

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Film is my hobby, so I will work well through the night to develop films, whatever film I'm doing or dream projects I have.

Vin Diesel

Dream, Night, Hobbies

Interview with Steven Horn, www.ign.com. March 31, 2003.

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It's insecurity that is always chasing you and standing in the way of your dreams.

Vin Diesel

Dream, Insecurity, Way

"Vin Diesel: I Want To Be A Good Dad". "Parade" Interview, parade.com. August 25, 2008.

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I'm not really afraid of the dark, except if I'm walking. The thing that scares me the most is the possibility of walking into a wall and busting my lip.

Vin Diesel

Wall, Dark, Walking Away

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My mom used to say that I became a fighter and a scrapper and a tough guy to protect who I am at my core.

Vin Diesel

Mom, Who I Am, Guy

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You break her heart, I'll break your neck.

Vin Diesel

Heart, Cute Sister, Necks

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Video games are one step before a whole other virtual universe.

Vin Diesel

Games, Video, Steps

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You know when something feels so good but you're afraid to feel good about it? So you kinda hold back? Everyone says, Congratulations, you must be so happy. And you say something stupid like, I'm just doing what little I can with what little I have.

Vin Diesel

Congratulations, Stupid, Feel Good

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You live these three months in this reality, in this dark reality, you don't want to do those films every year because they're taxing. I started smoking a lot of cigarettes.

Vin Diesel

Dark, Marijuana, Reality

Interview with Steven Horn, www.ign.com. March 31, 2003.

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I live my life a quarter mile at a time. Nothing else matters: not the mortgage, not the store, not my team and all their bullshit. For those ten seconds or less, I'm free.

Vin Diesel

Team, Bullshit, Driving Fast

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I haven't had that many weird encounters with fans, thank God.

Vin Diesel

Thanksgiving, Thank God, Encounters

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I do practice martial arts, more as a recreational thing, but a lot of my friends have been heavyweight champions the in mixed martial arts world.

Vin Diesel

Art, Practice, Champion

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We all deal with being unfairly judged.

Vin Diesel

Deals, Judged

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A transvestite spends her entire life trying to look as feminine as possible and I have clearly spent mine celebrating my masculinity.

Vin Diesel

Trying, Looks, Feminine

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I'm a boy who appreciates a good body, regardless of the make.

Vin Diesel

Boys, Appreciate, Body

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If you take my performance or my understanding of the role and my appreciation for story and then dress it in CGI, that I guess becomes an action film.

Vin Diesel

Appreciation, Understanding, Dresses

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IT don't matter if you win by an inch or a milewinning is winning!!

Vin Diesel

Winning, Matter, Inches

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