Walt Whitman Quotes
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I told my agents that I love Holly Hunter and Frances McDormand and all of these women that are good at doing comedies as well as dramas.
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When you were a kid, a day was a long time and a year was a long time.
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A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner.
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Of course there are times when I think, 'I'd be better out of this.'
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Sometimes when you're a songwriter, you kind of have this egotistic thing: you just want to write something that you love, and you don't care about if people like it or not, but personally, I want to write something that people can jive to.
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I always feel that most people out there who aren't sure if the gym is really for them aren't prepared to pay and find out.
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I don't want to dig in the truth all of the time. Let me dream.
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Even great actors shine brighter in the right atmosphere.
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When a man wrote a political screed against the IRS and flew into its building, he was deemed mentally ill, even though it was clearly a political act. There's a double standard, which is: If his name is Muhammad, it's automatically terrorism.
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I think if anybody had the opportunity to stay in one place and play ball, they would.
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Maybe that's why I like gymnastics - because I like to fly.
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Short stories are fiction's R & D department, and failed or less-than-conclusive experiments are not just to be expected but to be hoped for.
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There are a lot of great actresses out there. You learn to appreciate each one for what they offer.
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We must fight for peace bravely as we fought in war.
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From the day war conquered the skies, nothing could check its progress.
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School was a very cruel environment, and I was a loner. But I learnt to get hurt, and I learnt to cope with it.
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Whatever doubts or vexations one has in Japan, it is only necessary to ask one's self: 'Well, who are the best people to live with?'
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Part of our evolutionary heritage is the ability to adapt - species that survive, adapt. Humans adapt by altering their priorities to match evolving values.
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The best thing about my marriage are my two kids.
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Before she made her bid for the U.S. presidency in 1872, Victoria Woodhull worked as one of the first female stockbrokers in the country, starting a firm, Woodhull, Claflin & Company, with her sister in 1870.
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All is vanity and everybody's vain. Women are terribly vain. So are men - more so, if possible.
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People pushing the idea that everyone can live to be 100 are perpetuating a myth that goes all the way back to the Bible.
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You know, I started doing movies. I mean, my mind was brought into saying, 'You know what? I want to build a generation of wealth.'
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But where is what I started for so long ago? And why is it yet unfound?
