Brad Pitt Quotes
A family is a risky venture, because the greater the love, the greater the loss... That's the trade-off. But I'll take it all.
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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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The road to democracy is rarely smooth, but for Egyptian women, it has been exceptionally bumpy.
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I do a movie once every four years and they call it a comeback.
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You only get one chance in this thing called life. I know that is a bit maudlin and obscure, but it's a fact, and you can make a profound difference in people's lives without having a title in front of your name.
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The first thing I look at is, 'Is the entrepreneur going after really big problems, to the extent that it feels scary when they talk about it?' You wonder if the idea is possible. I have seen that a lot of times, people go after small problems, and that's a sign that they are not confident.
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The field of the novel is very rich. If you're a composer, you're well aware of the history of composition, and you are trying to make your music part of that history. You're not ahistorical. In the same way, I think, if you write now, you are writing in the historical context of what the novel has been and what possibilities it has revealed.
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If you don't understand how to run an efficient operation, new machinery will just give you new problems of operation and maintenance. The sure way to increase productivity is to better administrate man and machine.
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I'm trying to be a singer, not a civil rights leader.
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Customers are enormously punishing when companies don't meet their expectations.
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The greatest power is not money power, but political power.
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The more women serve in executive office, the more confidence they gain in themselves and that voters gain in them.
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I think it's really important to be conscious of yourself and the world around you. For me, that meant reading a lot and reporting.
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My motto is that the audience should notice the actors, not the clothes.
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You can't get there alone. People have to help you, and I do believe in karma. I believe in paybacks. You get people to help you by telling the truth, by being earnest.
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Things do not pass for what they are, but for what they seem. Most things are judged by their jackets.
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I do my own thing. And I believe what I do is the right thing.
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Different directors offer you different things, and it's not necessarily the most obvious things.
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Cinema sustains life. It captures death in its progress.
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The moon is a friend for the lonesome to talk to.
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I always come into these competitions hoping to come away with a gold medal. I won't relax until I have the gold medal around my neck.
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Nature is not simply a technical or economical resource, and human beings are not mere numbers. To suggest that one can somehow align all the squabbling institutions of science, environmental management, government and diplomacy in an alliance of convenience to regulate the global climate seems to me optimistic.
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I wanted to be an actor, and when that day happened that was sort of like the end. Now let it take me.
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I've discovered that the standard all-American dream of fame and fortune is not success for me. Success for me is simply the joy of working - doing good work - and then bringing that joy home to my family. But if what I do in my work doesn't enrich my life with my family, I'm doing the wrong thing.
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A family is a risky venture, because the greater the love, the greater the loss... That's the trade-off. But I'll take it all.
