Donald Sutherland Quotes
Vietnam was a lie but at least there was a political agenda. It was the domino theory. Iraq is about nothing but George Bush's ego laced with imperialist ambitions. And it was helped by your government.
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If you're thin-skinned, you don't belong doing what I do for a living.
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Yes, I took up the guitar when I was about 14 or 15, in high school.
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I have not been a good father, but no father has loved his children more. Like my father, I decided the best thing I could do for my kids was work and provide. Fortunately, I've been able to do that. Unfortunately, my work was on the road, and that's meant a life of one-nighters.
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It's an error in judgment to bounce into starting a small business before you cash in on building a strong foundation.
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I will never sign to a major record label again. If, by some mega fluke, a record of mine looked like it might break big, I'd try and do it via an indie or somehow license it. I'm not having my music owned by those corporate bastards again.
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It may be a cold, clammy thing to say, but those that treat friendship the same as any other selfishness seem to get the most out of it.
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By 2000, politics will simply fade away. We will not see any political parties.
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I'm committed to the goal of Senate Bill 324, and that is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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I'm a Persian Jew, and we don't speak Hebrew.
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I'd rather be hated for who I am than loved who I am not. Even if you're not accepted, at least you are still yourself.
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We all have our strengths and our failings.
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The price of crude oil accounts for 55 percent of the price of a gallon of gasoline, driven by global supply and demand. The United States depends on foreign sources of oil for 62 percent of our nation's supply. By 2010, this is projected to jump to 75 percent.
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My biggest fear has always been being 40 and hating my job. I love challenges. I'm not afraid to try anything.
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I learned that five- and-six-year-old kids have already figured out how to be intolerant.
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Money is not everything. We don't need billions and trillions of dollars.
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When I'm painting, I'm not aware of what I'm doing. It's only after a get acquainted period that I see what I've been about. I've no fears about making changes for the painting has a life of its own.
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So never lose an opportunity of urging a practical beginning, however small, for it is wonderful how often in such matters the mustard-seed germinates and roots itself.
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You've never seen a Columbine done by a black child. Never. They always say, 'We can't believe it happened here. We can't believe it's these suburban white kids.' It's only them!
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When you're a queer person put in the spotlight, you're supposed to have all the answers.
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I love to create, and to me, the ultimate freedom of expression is a blank canvas or a block of clay to capture whatever emotions your imagination gives it.
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The belief in a political Utopia is especially dangerous. This is possibly connected with the fact that the search for a better world, like the investigation of our environment, is (if I am correct) one of the oldest and most important of all the instincts.
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I ran for political office in the Hamptons once in a war I was having with the village. I came in, there were four people running, and I came in around third. It was over my food market - they arrested me. I just wanted to go for office because I thought it would be an interesting to do.
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Many of the museum directors who make an impact personally curate exhibitions.
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Vietnam was a lie but at least there was a political agenda. It was the domino theory. Iraq is about nothing but George Bush's ego laced with imperialist ambitions. And it was helped by your government.
