Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Quotes
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Russell Brand is lovely, even though he's a weirdo.
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I am a citizen of the world.
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Well, I'm not going to sit here and pretend that I haven't been a rogue most of my life.
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I come from nowhere Brooklyn, New York. Williamsburg, Brooklyn. These days Williamsburg is kind of a hip area, but when I grew up there, the taxi drivers wouldn't even go over the bridge, it was so dangerous.
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Yes, I think especially the Pentecostal churches, you know, that there's been such a growth in Pentecostalism. And it's a rejection of the much more dour and barren kind of Calvinist worship and also, the very formal Catholic forms of worship.
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We thought that he was going to be - I shouldn't say this at Christmastime - but the next messiah.
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I was a shy and insecure kid and didn't know quite where I fit.
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I just think overall a lot of it has to do with conditioning and players putting in the time and the effort in the off-season to keep themselves in condition for 12 months a year.
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And, well of course, Count Basie, and I think all of the black bands of the late thirties and early forties, bands with real players. They had an influence on everybody, not just drummers.
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The streets are safe in Philadelphia, it's only the people that make them unsafe.
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I'm a Republican and I'm gonna stay a Republican because they need somebody like me to stay in the Party and keep hammering away.
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The thing with children is they're a bit like baking a fruitcake: you throw all the ingredients in but you never know how they're going to turn out.
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I have people in my family with bipolar disorder, and for years I've watched them struggle with the disorder's extreme moods and often devastating consequences.
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I was expecting someone dark to play 'Dexter' - someone like Johnny Depp.
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I want the type of career where I can come back to theater. Theater is my home. Theater, to me, is like ballet for dancers. It's my foundation.
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I read the three 'Hunger Games' books in a week and because I liked them so much I wrote 'Just a Game.'
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There is a real sense of family when you're around Australians, even if you don't know them.
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Maybe you could put it out there that I don't have a built-in dislike of ballads. That was kind of the reputation I had back in the Seventies. But I've come around. Ballads have become something of an acquired taste.
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Marc Allen is a living example and proof that the magical approach can help us create our ideal life - easily.
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The fabric of North Carolina and what makes our state so special is our families and our common desire for a brighter future for our children. No matter what your family looks like, we all want the same thing for our families - happiness, health, prosperity, a bright future for our children and grandchildren.
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I don't read young adult or children's books, now that my grandchildren are beyond the age of my reading to them. I read reviews, and so I'm aware of what's out there. But I tend not to read the books.
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We can no more condone the wastefulness of self-serving company executives than we can the sacrifice of the lives of our citizens in a senseless war.
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We always have a good time playing, and I'm glad it shows.
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I've often accused my grandchildren of never having seen one of my films.
