Matthew Perry Quotes
I was a very good tennis player in Ottawa, Canada - nationally ranked when I was, like, 13. Then I moved to Los Angeles when I was 15, and everyone in L.A. just killed me. I was pretty great in Canada. Not so much in Los Angeles.
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Anyone who thinks it's smart to cut immigration is sentencing Australia to poverty.
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No phone, a movie, a glass of wine, and some salad. Perfect!
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We must keep both our femininity and our strength.
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I detest that saying 'Everything happens for a reason'; it's nonsense.
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I've always wanted to work with dogs, so in high school, I worked at the Humane Society for a little while. I honestly think, even today, that would be the other career I would go into. Somehow I would be involved with animals.
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I think most Americans don't really care about politicians bickering in Washington.
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I didn't want people to think I'm just in the movies, where you make money and wait around for 13 hours before you get to do 20 minutes of work.
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To me an unnecessary action, or shot, or casualty, was not only waste but sin.
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It is impossible to think of any good meal, no matter how plain or elegant, without soup or bread in it.
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Social entrepreneurs are people who have amazing passion to do good.
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There are one or two very good women military historians who use imagination, great study and research; they can put themselves in the boots of the soldier.
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I am a bad planner, and my friends would vouch for it.
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I was a very good tennis player in Ottawa, Canada - nationally ranked when I was, like, 13. Then I moved to Los Angeles when I was 15, and everyone in L.A. just killed me. I was pretty great in Canada. Not so much in Los Angeles.
