Rainn Wilson Quotes
My whole thing is I just always wanted to be a working actor and I just wanted to stop waiting tables.
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The most important role of a leader is to set a clear direction, be transparent about how to get there and to stay the course.
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It's healthy to have two or three weeks' gap between big releases.
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Politics is the art of the possible.
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I grew up in a house full of books, and we belonged to the Country Lending Service - each month the State Library would send us a parcel of books by train.
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I'm a computer scientist by training. I'm also the author of three books, all of which endorse the use of biotechnology to improve the human condition. In the most recent of these, 'The Infinite Resource,' I talk about the power of innovation to save the world.
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I had great English teachers in high school who first piqued my interest in Shakespeare. Each year, we read a different play - 'Othello,' 'Julius Caesar,' 'Macbeth,' 'Hamlet' - and I was the nerd in class who would memorize soliloquies just for the fun of it.
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I would dodge, not lie, in the national interest.
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I am going to put money into education at the expense of other programs.
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Ranger fans, they're expecting you to win, so you really want to show up every day.
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Having money has given me a certain freedom, but being in the public eye has taken away a lot.
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As long as you understand that you find happiness through family, friends and love, then money is just a nice bonus.
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Well, when The Black Keys make a record, I never really feel limited. To me, it seems the possibilities are always endless. The big difference has been playing live and being able to recreate every little part of the record.
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Halas didn't believe in starting rookies.
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I think some combined pressure could go a long way, could establish the fact that this legislation did pass and we mean business by it. We mean to have it enforced, we mean to have it become effective.
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I love to use a lot of spices when I cook, so we actually cast a real peppercorn in gold and then just made a bead out of it for necklaces and earrings.
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Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.
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The power that is supported by force alone will have cause often to tremble.
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I went to art school, I think it helped me a great deal because it taught me who I am.
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Be nice to every-body. You meet the same people going up as you meet going down.
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There's always a reason not to do anything... to flee the need to make decisions.
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...We need to strive to keep things in proper balance. Good balance comes in doing things in a timely way and in not procrastinating our preparation or waiting to fulfill our responsibilities until the last minute.
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When you come to America, it's a very serious thing. It's not like you arrive and they say, 'Hey, come on! Do movies!' I can't just be hopping around. I have to focus and be still and make sure that I put the time and effort in. Because if I don't, I could lose it like that.
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I'm a movie nerd, and when I'm really looking forward to something coming out, the less I know, the better.
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My whole thing is I just always wanted to be a working actor and I just wanted to stop waiting tables.
