Donald Sutherland Quotes
I had a kind of meandering little career, and then I was given a chance to play one of the bottom six in The Dirty Dozen.
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I'm optimistic about people and about the planet and about nature. I think it's resilient, like people are.
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I don't know what's with me and the 'of God' shows. It's hard to tweet about, because I guess 'God' triggers some kind of filter.
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I'm an Indian-origin painter. I will remain so to my last breath.
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If my daughter has a bad dream and wants to get into my bed, I'm a sucker for her sweet face and warm body next to mine, so I let her jump in. I should tell her to go to bed, but secretly I love it.
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But one of the things I learned is that when you fight for something you believe in and you tell the truth and you do your best, you can always hold your head up high and no one can take that away from you.
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The act of longing for something will always be more intense than the requiting of it.
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If rock-and-roll is well done, there's nothing so terribly wrong with that kind of music. But the lyrics are another story.
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People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.
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If God hadn't meant for us to eat sugar, he wouldn't have invented dentists.
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A laugh is a terrible weapon.
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I travel a lot, so when I arrive in a city, I like to go to good local bookshops and make a selection based on how I'm feeling and what I'm thinking. The book I pick usually seems to have a definite karmic connection!
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Certainly, light fiction exists and encompasses mysteries or second-class romance novels, books that are read on the beach, whose only aim is to entertain. These books are not concerned with style or creativity - instead they are successful because they are repetitive and follow a template that readers enjoy.
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And then the really awful thing is that at the end of the day after crying and experiencing things, then you look at what you've written and you're like, 'Hmm, there's half a page that's good here.' Then you throw out everything else.
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I think the biggest change has been realizing I now have three children.
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The peoples of this world must unite or they will perish.
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I think my whole generation's mission is to kill the cliche.
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Even back then, I exuded self-confidence, and that drives women crazy.
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I honestly don't read that much. Obviously I read chess books - in terms of favorites, Kasparov's 'My Great Predecessors' is pretty good.
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Painting is self-discovery. Every good artist paints what he is.
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Our challenge in this regard will be to broaden the scope of our federal funds in terms of international diplomacy, development aid, and international assistance. Many Latinos in the United States look at Latin America and see trouble brewing.
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I have come to the definite conclusion that musical ability is not an inborn talent but an ability which can be developed.
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I want someone who will love me for the person I am and not because of my status. It has to be someone who understands the pressure of playing for India. It will be very difficult to be with a person who has her own career because someone has to make sacrifices for the family and house.
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For an individual, playback singing is not enough to sustain a career, and it is not really a main source of income.
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I had a kind of meandering little career, and then I was given a chance to play one of the bottom six in The Dirty Dozen.
