John Jacob Astor Quotes
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I do this acting thing mostly for myself. I like to make a connection and communicate with the audience to make myself feel less lonely. I also do it to develop my own character, so sometimes I do it to just be away in a certain area that I've never been to. But mostly, the story has to do something for me.
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AIPAC has consistently opposed a two-state solution, and a lot of members of Congress have been intimidated, and I don't think that's healthy.
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People often believe that character causes action, but when it comes to producing moral children, we need to remember that action also shapes character.
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Acting is not a mystery. There's nothing that I know that other actors don't know. We all act, we're all actors, we all know the same thing. The only thing that separates us is experience.
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As the facts change, change your thesis. Don't be a stubborn mule, or you'll get killed.
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Medicine heals doubts as well as diseases.
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As J.R. I could get away with anything - bribery, blackmail and adultery. But I got caught by cancer. I do want everyone to know that it is a very common and treatable form of cancer. I will be receiving treatment while working on the new 'Dallas' series.
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I love the French horn.
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It's not a real adventure when you have to pay for it.
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I really believe that all CEO pay should be voted on by shareholders ahead of time. Mine was.
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I didn't really want to be the coach who wins but the coach who educates.
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I'm probably more comfortable inside a Marine Corps rifle company than I am anywhere in my life.
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I Don’t Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing (Open Up the Door, I'll Get It Myself)
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I love being on the road, I love playing.
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Let me break it down for you again, You know I only say it because I'm truly genuine: Don't be a hard rock when you really are a gem.
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We have to keep letting go, and slowly and surely the great full life of God will invade us in every part, and men will take knowledge of us that we have been with Jesus.
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In an inconspicuous way, Gretchen Parlato knows how to play the same instrument that Frank Sinatra played. There's no one out there like Gretchen.
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When I was a fairly precocious young man I became thoroughly impressed with the futility of the hopes and strivings that chase most men restlessly through life. Moreover, I soon discovered the cruelty of that chase, which in those years was much more carefully covered up by hypocrisy and glittering words than is the case today. By the mere existence of his stomach everyone was condemned to participate in that chase. The stomach might well be satisfied by such participation, but not man insofar as he is a thinking and feeling being.
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Music is an emotional experience, and that is what imprints itself on the soul.
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The Velvet Underground is probably the best band that's ever existed, assuredly the best American one.
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What I'm trying to do is be righteous. And when I say “righteous,” I don't mean God. You know? God- Righteous. I mean just when I wake up, I know I was honest to myself.
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People can see it when you're honest and sincere.
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To be honest, to be industrious, and not to gamble.
