Dennis Quaid Quotes
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Re-examining our reasoning is not something that has come naturally to American statesmen.
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He's too short, he's too... tall, he's... just not going to work.
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These things don't just come, arrive and settle like a bird picking up a few bits of crumbs. They develop. I think the best word for these things is develop. They develop because of the human beings who just happen to be there at the time.
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The arts can play a vital role in revitalizing neighborhoods, using and improving vacant space, bringing new jobs and new sense of opportunity, and improving public safety by generating more foot traffic and more eyes on the street.
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We were five kids at home, and my mother and grandmother ensured that we all had a very grounded upbringing in Madras. Even in school, I never used to tell anyone that my dad was an actor.
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To write a good mystery you have to know where it will end before you can decide where it will begin... and I've always known where it will end.
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I graduated from UC San Diego, wanted to work in film to get my hands-on real experience, did music videos, TV, feature films, all kinds of stuff.
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When I was in school, there was no such thing as girls' athletics.
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The only people who never fail are those who never try.
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Diversity isn't just a hallmark of big cities anymore.
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If I had the use of my body, I would throw it out the window.
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When I won the belt, it was kind of a precedent... The only Canadian to have ever held it.
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Power says if you are a committee chairman, your idea is good only because you have got power.
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I would say Hope Solo is competitive.
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I like films to be pure cinema, but I also like them to provide a snapshot of a family, a society or a character - something that can nourish you as a human being as well as an actor.
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No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris.
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Radical Islamists spread from Western Africa through the Middle East, all the way to South Asia to sub-Indian continent.
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One of the saddest things about publishing is how quickly it ages what it touches. The frenzy involved in getting books on shelves, and in putting the word out that they're there, moves at a speed that is not the speed of writing, let alone of reading.
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Wilem tapped Simmon’s shoulder. 'He’s telling the truth.'Simmon glanced over at him. 'Why do you say that?''He sounds more sincere than that when he lies.'
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People who talk of the spread of music in England and the increasing love of it, rarely seem to know where the growth of the art is really strong and properly fostered: some day the press will awake to the fact, already known abroad and to some few of us in England, that the living centre of music in Great Britain is not London, but somewhere further North.
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'Best in Show' legitimized me, and it was a great experience in Vancouver for six weeks with all those dogs!
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To be honest, I watch way more dramatic films when I'm chilling at home. I think when you work in comedy, you just want something different in your private life. Makes you feel balanced, I guess.
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I'm feeling pretty good right now, but I hope we can just win the whole thing and I can run off into the sunset and say good-bye.
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What, like I want to look like Dick Clark? No. I think I look great with liver spots.
