John Cusack Quotes
A lot of powerful people in Washington may think it's a crazy-leftist-fringe position to think the intellectual authors of a torture regime should be investigated and prosecuted.
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Nearly all the best things that came to me in life have been unexpected, unplanned by me.
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I greatly enjoy reading the biographies of scientists, and when doing so I always hope to learn the secrets of their success. Alas, those secrets generally remain elusive.
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The mind is but too naturally prone to pleasure, but too easily yielded to dissipation.
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If you ever meet an actor who's the child of actors, they'll never tell you that they wanted to be a star. But what I did realise early on was that I just wanted to be in that tribe.
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I used to think I had ambition... but now I'm not so sure. It may have been only discontent. They're easily confused.
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The publishing industry is an archaic and inefficient industry.
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The definition of a Schwarzenegger Republican is a Bush Republican who says he's a Schwarzenegger Republican.
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Let the path be open to talent.
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The success of Torn was a bit too much for me. I took a year off and was still scared to start the second album.
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I was halfway through a rough draft of 'The Sisters Brothers' when it came time to start the 'Terri' adaptation.
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Dead battles, like dead generals, hold the military mind in their dead grip.
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It was a woman who drove me to drink, and I never had the courtesy to thank her for it.
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I always try not to overload my music with orchestration and to use only those instruments that are absolutely necessary.
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All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with reason. There is nothing higher than reason.
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My best friend is my husband.
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When I was singing, everybody liked me.
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It's not easy to play 162 games and be focused the whole time. It takes a lot out of you.
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I want more women to run countries. There'd be more peace on Earth.
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I can write songs, but I'm not gonna really feel good about the song unless it feels like me, and I'm not gonna release a song or put it on an album or play it in concert unless it really feels like me.
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There has to be a way to live the life you're accustomed to and not sacrifice things. Americans are not very good about sacrificing.
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I have an immense amount of respect for acting. I've always loved movies and was always fascinated by movie-making. But to become an actor, I wanted to commit myself.
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I guess my critics say, 'He must be crazy. Nothing can be that beautiful.' But when you think that there are so many people around the world who have nothing, you realize how lucky you are to be making a living in the big leagues.
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We need to level the playing field so that people who buy insurance individually at the same tax rates as those who buy it than get it through work. We need to be able to let people to shop across state lines for better deals with insurance that works for them and their family, not something the government says they have to have.
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A lot of powerful people in Washington may think it's a crazy-leftist-fringe position to think the intellectual authors of a torture regime should be investigated and prosecuted.
