Fred Thompson Quotes
And when we draw lines in the sand with regard to certain basic things that are vital to our interest and to the interest of democracy and our friends around the world, we have to be willing to back that up.
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I want to be an animated character. I'm also doing more writing and directing.
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I call Washington 'the city of the perishable.'
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Do not deceive or be faithless even with your enemy.
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There are many ways of showing your protest and discontent without the actions of Kremlin.
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I don't think there is much American music.
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Hollywood would make a holocaust an animated comedy if people would pay to see it; they don't care... they just want your money.
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I still have a young attitude.
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I believe that life is a journey towards God, and that no one has the right to insist that you go a certain road.
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Just now, Christianity is in the ascendant. Buddhism and Taoism are decadent; their influence cannot long hold its own. Buddhism has long since passed its meridian; Taoism has only demons, not gods.
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To put it simply and a bit crudely: Our economy is demanding more well-educated workers than our schools are providing. To attract this scarce resource, communities have to offer more than just jobs.
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If you only believe that you're an artist when you have a big advance in your pocket and a single coming out, I would say that's quite soulless. You have to have a sense of your own greatness and your own ability from a very deep place inside you. I am the one with the litmus test in my hands of what people need to hear next.
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I would be happy if people just called me an actor.
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My working hypothesis is that stupidity in popular culture is a constant. Popular culture cannot get more stupid.
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Our country is in deep trouble. To talk and re-litigate in 1998, or even what Mitt Romney said or didn't say in 1994 or 2002, I don't think most people really care.
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It was weird - writing is a stupid thing to do. I come up here in the morning to a pleasant room in the roof of my house and imagine I'm a black South American football superstar; then I have to imagine I'm a female pop celebrity who's pregnant. It's a completely mad way to spend your time.
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Coming home to my family afterward makes the work richer, easier and more fun.
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I never met a poor person who wanted to soak the rich; they want to get rich.
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Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice.
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Whether or not you call it Black Lives Matter, whether or not you put a hashtag in front of it, whether or not you call it the Movement for Black Lives, all of that is irrelevant. Because there was resistance before Black Lives Matter, and there will be resistance after Black Lives Matter.
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People are first and foremost Republicans, first and foremost Anarchists, first and foremost a man or woman, and that is a mistake. It hurts the individual and it hurts the whole.
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I don't want to be embarrassed when I go to see something on the screen. I don't want to listen to foul language, watch a lot of violence or see something immoral. I prefer stories with sensitivity and family values; films that strive to lift you up to a higher place in life.
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The governor’s not allowed to drive. That’s part of the life you accept.
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We were taught manners and we had to do our chores - Katie and I grew up as normal kids.
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And when we draw lines in the sand with regard to certain basic things that are vital to our interest and to the interest of democracy and our friends around the world, we have to be willing to back that up.
