Walt Whitman Quotes
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I think I've gotten more confident because the more you do it and the more shows you play, you just feel more confident. You feel more confident about everything.
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In seventh and eighth grade, grammar and vocabulary were not my favorite subjects.
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The problem of the world today is the people talk on and on about democracy, freedom, justice. But I don't give a damn about democracy if I am worried about survival.
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Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.
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There is a very thin line between confidence and arrogance.
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Don't let your sins turn into bad habits.
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I've met the Dalai Lama briefly, but I would probably say my grandfather was the wisest person I ever met. He was my mother's father, an Indian, a family doctor, and very unlike me in that he was deeply religious.
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There are staples to my show. I have to be conscious about switching things up because I know people who saw me last year will say, 'He did that last time.' But if certain things work, they work.
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I introduced legislation in the Senate to prohibit President Obama's amnesty. The House of Representatives stood up and led. It took the legislation I introduced and it passed it. But the Senate Democrats stood as one uniform block and said, 'No, we will do nothing to stop amnesty.'
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Words are potent weapons for all causes, good or bad.
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I made a good living for a teenager. And I had to learn all different kinds of music - jazz, swing, Motown, pop - and that inspired what kind of music I started to write.
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A good leader has to at some point trust those around him; otherwise, nothing constructive is going to get done.
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I asked my daughter when she was 16, What's the buzz on the street with the kids? She's going, to be honest, Dad, most of my friends aren't into Kiss. But they've all been told that it's the greatest show on Earth.
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The Chinese are no slouches when it comes to capitalism.
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My feminist training was that this was your goal, to be a self-sufficient woman, but that is a miscalculation. It's just not the way we work. We work in dialogue with the community.
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Nothing much interested me other than playing with language and telling stories and doing something with the wonders of the world around me.
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If I see a fashion show with literal influences, it doesn't make me think any more. It doesn't make me dream.
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I always stand up for what I believe and what I want to.
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Police have to have one of the most difficult jobs in society today. But at the same time, I think, a person in that position - their responsibility has to be high as well.
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I feel like comedy is where I'm most at ease, but I also have an allergy to silly jokes.
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Going to Vanderbilt did a lot of things for me, and one of the things it cured me of was the need to follow college football.
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'You're Ugly Too' isn't a comedy, but it has a lightness of touch with a hard edge. But it's essentially a warm story tinged with a bit of melancholy in the great Irish tradition. I'm very proud of that film.
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Internet is so big, so powerful and pointless that for some people it is a complete substitute for life.
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People who serve you without love get even behind your back.
