John Hughes Quotes
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Let's not just look at it as taking votes away from Gore. Our support comes from a lot of people.
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In many parts of the world, more people have access to a mobile device than to a toilet or running water.
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I'm pretty much friendly and compassionate to everybody. But not to people in the ring.
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From the consumer perspective, what happened in the U.S. 10 years ago and Europe five years ago is now happening in Russia. People are beginning to understand that e-commerce is easy and safe.
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I never said I don't like gay people.
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Like anything else, acting can become boring - a chore, really - if there isn't any challenge. And I like taking challenges. Just when people think they have me figured out, I like to surprise them.
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What offends me the most when I hear criticisms about this so-called Africa bias is how quick we are to focus on the words and propaganda of a few powerful, influential individuals, and to forget about the millions of anonymous people who suffer from their crimes.
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People realised this is real pollution; it is not fog. Now everyone has to face the data and come out of their comfort zone.
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An author ought to write for the youth of his own generation, the critics of the next, and the schoolmaster of ever afterwards.
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Are you a Democrat because you're a union member? Then why, after eight years of Bill Clinton, does some Chinese guy in Guangdong province have your job?
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I've met Michael Keaton, John Favreau, Marisa Tomei - they're all really amazing people and really, really professional. I've learned so much from just watching them operate on set.
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I have met hundreds of young people doing just what George Romney did: using a hand up in tough times to become part of the American Dream.
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Wherever I go, people are so kind and so lovely and so warm and show their best self. So I feel very lucky.
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I usually find myself hiking in a place that not a lot of people go hiking, just trying to find some solitude. I like being out in the middle of nowhere. Not always, but it's a good place to go to just reflect and think, and it's something I really enjoy.
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I admire many people, but I am not sure that I have any 'heroes.'
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One thing I've had to realize in my career is that I can't do it all. Sometimes we put a lot of pressure on ourselves to make sure we're writing the next hit. There are other people out there, and that's what they do every day, and they have strengths that I don't have.
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The heptathlon is made up of seven events, and people have strengths and weaknesses.
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I made a point when I made the Ugly Casanova record to not write a song and then say, 'This is a Modest Mouse song' or 'This is an Ugly Casanova song.' The people who were open to it not being a Modest Mouse record liked it.
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People think that the people in Hollywood have some master plan. They just make the movies that people go to see. I think it's that simple. I promise you if people were lining up around the block to see a Bible movie, they'd make Bible movies from now to the end of time.
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Men should keep their eyes wide open before marriage, and half-shut afterwards.
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“It certainly was a most beautiful insect. It was pale blue underneath; but its back was glossy black with huge red spots on it.”
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I'm not one of these actors who feels a pressing need to direct, and I have no plans to do it.
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Why watch someone kissing when people really close their eyes when they kiss?
