George C. Marshall Quotes
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I've got Asperger's syndrome and I'm not a very good people person, so I've always been more comfortable around machinery. Not in a weird way - I don't want to marry my car or anything stupid like that!
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One who neglects or disregards the existence of earth, air, fire, water and vegetation disregards his own existence which is entwined with them.
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I'm too self-serious for a comedy.
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I'm absolutely a Ron Paul fan.
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Ballots are the rightful and peaceful successors to bullets.
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The first time I thought I should be an actor was in school. I thought, 'At least this is something for which I won't have to study.' But I've realised that an actor needs to be constantly unsure about what he's doing and about what's going on around him. The moment you think you've nailed it, you're dead.
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It's so hard for me to wrap my head around the concept of truth, I don't even know what people mean by it.
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Experiencing sadness and anger can make you feel more creative, and by being creative, you can get beyond your pain or negativity.
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I have a free voice. I have a free mind. I have freedom of expression.
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Since I played a warrior in 'Magadheera,' my character sported shoulder-length hair and a thick beard.
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You will encounter many distractions and many temptations to put your goal aside: The security of a job, a wife who wants kids, whatever. But if you hang in there, always following your vision, I have no doubt you will succeed.
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Informed by our sad experience of history, we require nothing short of a foundation for lasting democracy.
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I can never let the guy across from me be in better shape. I have to be the best-conditioned guy.
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Comedy is not funny. Comedy is hard work and timing and lots and lots of rehearsals.
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If you're a casting director, you're going to be curious to see what Timothy Spall's son is like. But when you get in the door, you have to have something to offer.
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Whether it's pool or Ping Pong, I can't stand to have my kids beat me. Especially Ping Pong! And when they beat me, they just needle the devil out of me. That's fine. I'd rather have that than let them win a shallow victory.
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The 'Hercules' role just kind of came to me, but I had a lot of fun trying something new.
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TV is starting to become such a collective experience again. People are watching it on their own time, rather than being on a schedule. Netflix offers the easy opportunity to watch as much as you can.
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If anybody's getting a shot, somebody's getting a shot against me because I'm the guy to beat.
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I'm teetotal and a vegetarian, which is sometimes a surprise to people who meet me expecting me to resemble one of the characters in my books.
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Wealth and riches, that is, an estate above what sufficeth our real occasions and necessities, is in no other sense a 'blessing' than as it is an opportunity put into our hands, by the providence of God, of doing more good.
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There never was a good war or a bad peace.
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The assassination at Sarajevo was certainly the crucial precedent of the European war that its conspirators had sought, but was not the historical cause ... The assassination acted as a lever, prying the various powers into predictable paths.
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The only way human beings can win a war is to prevent it.
