Dwayne Johnson Quotes
When I was 8 years old, I saw 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' in Charlotte, North Carolina. I walked out of there and was so inspired. I loved the movie, and I knew I wanted to be that guy.
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I was publishing when I was 20, 21. And it really never stopped.
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Having a million-dollar net worth doesn't make you a genius, and having less than a million-dollar net worth doesn't make you a fool.
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I'm not trying to prove anything for the right or the left. Which gives me freedom to make jokes about either side, too.
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The questions don't do the damage. Only the answers do.
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All of these mechanisms we have for celebrating are so double-edged. So much sorrow comes out of joy.
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I'm moved by people who see the world differently than others. People who see the world with a longing for its poetry often can be broken people.
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I do read some of the scripts from America and, even though the themes or subject of the film is very interesting, and some of the scenes are very interesting, there is a tendency that they have to explain everything. There will be no dilemma.
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I influence people, hopefully on the positive side.
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You look at a horse, and he's such a majestic, beautiful, powerful creature that you can't not be impressed. I love scraping the water off them when I wash them down because you go all round the contours, and its muscle and body, and you just think, 'Ooh, isn't this a magnificent creature.' You're touching it, and it's just solid, carved muscle.
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When you carry out acts of kindness you get a wonderful feeling inside. It is as though something inside your body responds and says, yes, this is how I ought to feel.
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I did my thesis on clowns. It's a powerful thing when you've got this little red nose on. It's a mask, the smallest in the world, but it unveils you. You stand up there and do these exercises that free you, let you play, and see what comes out. What comes out is the truth.
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He who obtains has little. He who scatters has much.
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We've never been anti-Semitic.
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Look good, feel good, play good.
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I loved being in Bombay. It was a pretty thrilling place to walk around and explore.
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I write the novels that are possible for me to write, not that ones I think will come across in a certain light.
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No two wars are identical.
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To live in mankind is far more than to live in a name.
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The nearer I approach the end, the plainer I hear around me the immortal symphonies of the worlds which invite me. It is marvelous, yet simple.
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In the present imperialistic milieu there can be no wars of national self-defense.
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I don't have an alarm clock. If someone needs to wake me up, then I have my BlackBerry next to me.
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It's taken me a long time to learn to accept the risks and just be willing to try it over and over again.
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My 14-year-old grandniece is not allowed to watch 'American Horror Story' yet.
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When I was 8 years old, I saw 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' in Charlotte, North Carolina. I walked out of there and was so inspired. I loved the movie, and I knew I wanted to be that guy.
