Gene Hackman Quotes
I was trained to be an actor, not a star. I was trained to play roles, not to deal with fame and agents and lawyers and the press.
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I don't think many of us launched ourselves into the world of writing books fully formed.
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I'm not running for state Senate because I wanted to become a politician. I'm running because I wanted to serve.
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Is there any more encouraging sign than to see an Indian, who has never been to a university, like our friend Mr. Asutosh Dey here, for example, carrying out original work and finding it recognized by the foremost societies of the world?
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Muzzle a dog and he will bark out of the other end.
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Infinite striving to be the best is man's duty; it is its own reward. Everything else is in God's hands.
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Men of New England, I hold you to the doctrines of liberty which ye inherit from your Puritan forefathers.
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If you're paralyzing your face in your 20s and 30s, you're not exercising the muscles that give it strength. My feeling is, laugh, cry, move your face.
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As someone who works from home, my top style tip is to make sure you get dressed in the morning.
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Books are no different from goats! They enjoy an afternoon out on the lawn.
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I come from a dysfunctional family, so my views of parents and parenting used to be highly mixed.
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My brother was a big marathoner. He was a great collegiate runner at Beloit College. He won his conference's races, and he did tons of marathons. I would go out and run with him every once in a while just to hang out with him.
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God is much greater than anything we can imagine.
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The world is a global economy. I thought, 'It's a bummer we don't have a unifying currency.' Then I saw Bitcoin had already had a crash and had the resistance to recover. The community was strong enough to push it through again. That's really exciting.
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A lot of things have been thrown at me in life, and I've got through it all without a rule book, taking it one day at a time.
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It's a character-builder to be a fan of the Chicago Cubs.
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My price is five dollars for a miniature on ivory, and I have engaged three or four at that price. My price for profiles is one dollar, and everybody is willing to engage me at that price.
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Our firefighters are our last line of defense, baby.
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I felt that, in some ways, my novels lacked heart because of the distance between me and the subject matter. But no one wants to read a book based on good health, a happy upbringing, a long marriage.
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We, by our arts may be called the grandsons of God.
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Follow your musical instincts. Do what you feel is right. Don't be relegated to a certain category.
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If you stay in that new flow of positive behavior, it's hard to revert back to old patterns. But if you do fall off, just forgive yourself, recover quickly, and get right back on.
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If I had caused any trouble worth mentioning, you would have read about it in 'Star' magazine, which is probably why I didn't cause any trouble worth mentioning.
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I was trained to be an actor, not a star. I was trained to play roles, not to deal with fame and agents and lawyers and the press.
