Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.
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Soon I knew the craft of experimental physics was beyond me - it was the sublime quality of patience - patience in accumulating data, patience with recalcitrant equipment - which I sadly lacked.
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I had eleven varsity letters. I loved basketball the best, but cross-country is a little more under your control.
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I love 'Trading Places,' but 'Coming to America' has one of the things I like to do - I like the multiple characters.
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A lot of guys try to mingle with me because of who I am. If I encounter a guy with a clean heart, I will go by my instincts. I guess my man won't be from the film industry.
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It's always fun to immerse yourself in a different time period.
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The mind is but too naturally prone to pleasure, but too easily yielded to dissipation.
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I really like having a life outside work. I sometimes wish I did more career stuff and was in that Hollywood scene a bit more. But Toronto's my home.
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I taught Sandra Bullock when no one knew who she was. I talked her out of quitting. I put her in a showcase.
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I'd wanted to be famous for as long as I could remember.
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My favorite place is Central Park because you never know what you're going to find there. I also like that when I look out the windows of surrounding hotels, it's seems like I'm looking out over a forest.
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You get steely nerves playing poker.
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That's a beautiful thing. The more successful you are, the more people are going to come and be a part of music.
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To say that Jimmy Carter does not understand politics or is not a good politician denies the phenomenon by which he got to the White House. He is without question the best politician, when he's working at it, of anybody I have ever seen.
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The logical thing is to implement the Arab Defense Agreement.
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I really feel that political will is born out of popular will.
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I want to play a psycho, something more challenging than just 'the girlfriend' part.
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I've got great people who handle my schedule, and everything does revolve around the children. If there's a parents' night or an Easter bonnet parade or a Nativity play, whatever it might be, then I plan everything around that.
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A lot of people heard 'Murda Business' and thought it was about killing people, trying to be tough and hardcore. If you actually listen to the lyrics, it's kind of silly and playful.
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There are some actors that are so gifted, that move you in such a way that every time you see their names again, you go and pay another ticket because you want to have that experience again.
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I feel old and vulnerable. I now realise that I knew nothing and know nothing, but back when my career was beginning, I thought I was a man when, in fact, I was a dewy-eyed boy who'd not seen an avocado or eaten a tomato.
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What we need is a bipartisan commitment to improving the laws on the books, to lower premiums, to improve access and improve quality of care.
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A lot of people still like Solaris, but I'm in active competition with them, and so I hope they die.
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Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.
