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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I don't really like to work with actors that work a lot and are very well established already. In a way, I like to nurture talent and have it burst on the scene.
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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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It's easy to have a good season but if you want to have a great season you have got to win a major tournament.
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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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Not less strong than the will to truth must be the will to sincerity. Only an age, which can show the courage of sincerity, can possess truth, which works as a spiritual force within it.
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TV networks are dying. The death throes of religion give us jihads. The death throes of television give us reality shows.
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I had a great deal of confidence when I graduated from Berkeley. I had almost none when I was at Princeton. After a while, when people tell you you can't do something because you're a woman, you begin to believe maybe they're right.
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I purposely don't talk about money, because people are already skeptical about TV preachers. But I do say that I want you to be blessed. To me, prosperity is having health, having great children, having peace, good relationships. It's not about the money.
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Those whom the gods love grow young.
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What, like I want to look like Dick Clark? No. I think I look great with liver spots.
