Elliott Gould Quotes
There's nothing more arrogant or conceited than youth, and there's nothing other than machinery that can replace youth.
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God only expects man and woman to be together and to be legally married, only if they so are in love with each other.
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The best thing about being on the road in general is just playing every single night in front of people that are genuinely fans of your music.
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Just to go into a shop without getting stared at would be nice. I mean, I don't walk around like, 'Oh, I'm trying to be famous' - I try to lead as normal a life as possible - but sometimes it's annoying. It's fine; it's not a massive problem, but sometimes it's just a bit uncomfortable.
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I respond very well to well-written material and women who have had an effect on society, something tragic or monumental has happened to them.
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To me, charity often is just about giving, because you're supposed to, or because it's what you've always done - or it's about giving until it hurts.
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When I'm writing, I spend all my time in The Grocer on Elgin buying ready-made meals; I think they are the only reason my husband and kids haven't left me.
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There is a problem in Washington, and the problem is bigger than a continuing resolution. It is bigger than Obamacare. It is even bigger than the budget. The most fundamental problem and the frustration is that the men and women in Washington aren't listening.
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I am a professional actor, and I don't go about moralizing about what the character does. Otherwise, seriously, why be an actor? You're not making some kind of social statement. That's not what actors do.
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I got behind that pencil and nothing happened for many years, but since they put me in the Songwriters Hall of Fame, I've turned around. I took a good look at myself and said, I think it's time to get back at work.
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President Obama wants to increase the size of government and raise taxes, while I support less government and more individual freedom.
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It's not possible for two countries to be the leading dominant political power at the same time.
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But when I was a little kid, I was always writing stories and illustrating little books that I would create.
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The fight, this war, this fight against the remnants of terrorism will go on for some time.
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Artistic temperament sometimes seems a battleground, a dark angel of destruction and a bright angel of creativity wrestling.
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It so happens, in Malaysia, the people who are in a way not doing as well constitute the majority of the people - the Bumiputeras.
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Considering the greater amounts of energy which can be collected and stored in suitable experimental form in capacitors, one could expect to deliver radiated energy for some time from them.
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The only way to improve the GOP brand and make good public policy is to fix the process. This requires transforming the way Congress does business.
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Everyone I know is fervently proud to be Welsh but you try not to be preachy about it. It's difficult at times. But when I go home to north Wales, or to somewhere I've never been in south Wales, I still feel at home because I'm in Wales. It's hard to explain.
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Software will get to be somewhat more mature, ah, but it will never be as predictable as most areas of engineering.
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Organic farming appealed to me because it involved searching for and discovering nature's pathways, as opposed to the formulaic approach of chemical farming. The appeal of organic farming is boundless; this mountain has no top, this river has no end.
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When I was doing 'Family Ties,' I was not quite that mellow as a real father. In fact, my wife used to call me Captain Von Trapp from 'The Sound of Music.' I tended to be a little more authoritarian. I had been a very disciplined child myself, so I made the mistake of thinking one size fits all.
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One thing that makes France different from other countries is the tradition of social solidarity. People from all backgrounds and political positions are willing to contribute for services and protection of society as a whole - but on the condition that money is being spent effectively and that everyone is paying their part.
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There's nothing more arrogant or conceited than youth, and there's nothing other than machinery that can replace youth.
