Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only way they could do this is by not voting.
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Never stand still. Only stand still enough to learn, and once you stop learning in that stance, move off. Always keep yourself engaged, in theater, in whatever job you can get. If you can't get an acting job, then go backstage. Or take tickets. But be around actors because that is where you will primarily learn.
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We should read music in the same way that an educated adult will read a book: in silence, but imagining the sound.
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A historical romance is the only kind of book where chastity really counts.
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People want to see a movie that casts a mature woman across from a mature man.
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Of course, we all watch James Bond with envy - knowing the U.S. government would never pay for the lifestyle he enjoys.
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I once went to one of those parties where everyone throws their car keys into the middle of the room. I don't know who got my moped, but I drove that Peugeot for years.
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When I was prepping for my Broadway debut as Romeo, it really hit me that I had never done that. I had trained at drama school for three years in my late teens to early 20s, and I'd studied Shakespeare, of course, but I hadn't actually performed it. So to do something like Romeo for my first Broadway role was a challenge.
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Most of us believe that women can do what men do. The challenge is to convince employers, legislators, mothers, that men can do what women do.
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I really enjoy being a dad, and maybe I took it too seriously, but I love being around my kids.
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It's unacceptable to just sit on the couch and say I'm not doing anything. You've got to get out and do everything you can.
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Don't compete with me: firstly, I have more experience, and secondly, I have chosen the weapons.
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It's a very Southern thing to be interested in dark stuff.
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I love rock n' rollers.
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Politics was my third act. But I could have a fourth. I don't know what that will be yet, but there will be one.
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I'm in a sketch comedy group in school and I also do stand-up.
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The public has been told repeatedly that terrorism is 'evil,' which it undoubtedly is, and that 'evildoers' are responsible for it, which doubtless they are. But beyond these justifiable condemnations, there is a historical void.
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Not owning a car anymore, I feel like I'm barely an American. I miss it. And I barely ever get to listen to the radio in the car, which is the best place for radio.
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In joined hands there is still some token of hope, in the clenched fist none.
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There's a group of people - maybe the secular Taliban is a good name for them - who have morphed this idea, that you have to accept my values being every bit as cherished as your values. That's not tolerance... There are too many things in this world which we sit back and tolerate.
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It's just like with people. You're going to get along better working with them - human or equine - if you ask politely rather than demand that they do things.
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People always want the stars of movies to fall in love with one another.
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I wasn't aware of my dad being an actor when I was young. I remember there was an Australian children's entertainer on television called Ralph Harris and when I'd say my father was an actor, kids would say, you know, 'oh, is he Ralph Harris?' And I had to say no and then they would lose interest.
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Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only way they could do this is by not voting.
