Derek Magyar Quotes
There's lots of incredible roles out there that I'd love to tackle, but there's a select group of actors I find myself gravitating towards, like Philip Seymour Hoffman or Sean Penn or Daniel Day-Lewis - real transformational actors.
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My parents did their best - that earns a lot of forgiveness. But they say children grow up in spite of their parents, and I think I did.
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When I first met Elvis, we had so much in common and became fast friends.
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No 17-year-old is just one thing, especially in this day and age. Kids are into all sorts of things.
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The bottom line is, when you're in the Senate, you have more of a voice in the beginning than a new House member.
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Clothes have to be simple and comfortable.
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I can't take the theater side out of myself.
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My dream role is Jack Johnson, the first black heavyweight champion.
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I like winning. There's also a certain joy in it. I feel fulfilled by it.
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I'm an artist at heart.
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I come from a generation that suffered school lessons in portacabins and crumbling hospitals. I tell you one thing, for the eighteen years they were in power the Tories did nothing to fix the roof when the sun was shining.
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It is only human supremacy, which is as unacceptable as racism and sexism, that makes us afraid of being more inclusive.
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Nearly everywhere monarchs raised themselves further above the level of the greatest nobles and buttressed their new pretensions to respect and authority with cannons and taxation.
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I changed that system in Florida when I was the Speaker of the House - I was the Minority Leader; I saw for 16 years the way a power system works.
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Make it a habit to tell people thank you. To express your appreciation, sincerely and without the expectation of anything in return. Truly appreciate those around you, and you'll soon find many others around you. Truly appreciate life, and you'll find that you have more of it.
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There is not love where there is no will.
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The Sino-Indian War in 1962 has fundamentally shaped and distorted Indian attitudes towards China. It also obscured a great deal of what has happened in China since 1962.
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People can't even imagine that it's possible to succeed anymore.
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Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.
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I am convinced that only by applying the values of an entrepreneur to philanthropy will you ever be able to meet the needs of the greatest number of people.
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That's the object of going to a gym, having fun.
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Give people enough guidance to make the decisions you want them to make. Don't tell them what to do, but encourage them to do what is best.
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Making music, if you're a real musician, you carry on regardless in this world.
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Acting and philanthropy are braided together. I've tried to seek out things that speak not just specifically to the community that created me, but that speak in a way that's universal and all of humanity celebrates.
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There's lots of incredible roles out there that I'd love to tackle, but there's a select group of actors I find myself gravitating towards, like Philip Seymour Hoffman or Sean Penn or Daniel Day-Lewis - real transformational actors.
