Donald Tusk Quotes
My family history, like that of many Polish, German and Jewish families from Central Europe in the 20th century, is complex.
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The first job I ever had was at a pool-liner-manufacturing plant. Minimum wage was $4.25, and that's what I was making. It was this huge, hot, un-air-conditioned factory staffed with all women and me. This is in Georgia, during the summertime, so it was pretty ridiculous.
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In my life, I wanted to feel tall. I wanted to be somebody. I wanted to be tall as the Sears Tower. I wanted to be on top of the Sears Tower. I wanted to be as strong as the Sears Tower feels.
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Acting was something I always wanted to try. I just didn't know how, or I didn't know when the door was gonna be open for me to try it. But it finally opened up for me when I did 'Turn It Up', and ever since then I've been in love with doing films.
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I swear allegiance to the Republic of Sudan.
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Teaching is a very noble profession that shapes the character, caliber, and future of an individual. If the people remember me as a good teacher, that will be the biggest honour for me.
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The C student starts a restaurant. The A student writes restaurant reviews.
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I am more afraid of those who are terrified of the devil than I am of the devil himself.
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The Constitution acknowledges two kinds of taxes: direct and indirect... Examples of direct taxes are income and property taxes... Examples of indirect taxes are import and excise taxes.
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I've done a few studio films in the last few years where I feel like I've done good work, and then I only end up in two scenes. That's been very disappointing.
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The idea of going on tour for the rest of my life with old works is not that exciting. As an artist I definitely think the work in future is going to be better than the work in the past, otherwise why do it?
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As an inspiration to the author, I do not think the cat can be over-estimated. He suggests so much grace, power, beauty, motion, mysticism. I do not wonder that many writers love cats; I am only surprised that all do not.
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At the end of the day, you can't have a vision; you have to have a hope. This is where the miracle comes in.
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Maybe I'm the kind of athlete who absorbs the atmosphere instead of trying to block it out.
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Six years, I didn't act. Then I wrote myself a role - I won prizes all over the world.
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People like music when they're in love, but they don't need it as much. You need music when you're missing someone or you're pining for someone or you're forgetting someone or you're trying to process what just happened.
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I just came back from my hometown, making a movie about a kid who grew up just like me, and it was financed by white people in New York. Personally, I can't be angry. In my personal experience, the support was there.
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I don't ever want to be sad about my life.
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It takes people a while to trust you.
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It's difficult to put into words what freedom feels like. You only know what freedom feels like if you know what it feels like to not be free.
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Everyone's got this hidden infinity that you only get glimpses of. They're always more complex than your conception of them will allow.
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If you go back and watch 'The French Connection,' it's been cannibalized so many times. There are certain movies like that, where you see the original and think, 'This isn't so great.' And the reason it isn't so great is because everyone has copied it.
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If the tenth of the population that is gay became visible tomorrow, the panic of the majority of people would inspire repressive legislation of a sort that would shock even the pessimists among us.
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My family history, like that of many Polish, German and Jewish families from Central Europe in the 20th century, is complex.
