George Clooney Quotes
I don't believe in heaven and hell. I don't know if I believe in God. All I know is that as an individual, I won't allow this life - the only thing I know to exist - to be wasted.
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I always ask, why can't I be just like Cary Grant or something.
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If you date one woman a year, times 10 years, and that's 10 women.
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I was hired because I am Zsa Zsa Gabor, but when I go to work, directors try to force their methods on me. John Huston's intense, precise directions tortured me.
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All of world's eyes are trained on the Games. So winning at that stage is heroic. It is a different feeling altogether and cannot be explained in words.
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Many people would be more truthful were it not for their uncontrollable desire to talk.
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I have short-term memory loss. I know that some of the memories of the Super Bowl championships are fading.
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More than anyone else, Hank Aaron made me wish I wasn't a manager.
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I've learnt that it is important not to go over the top with aggression, because then either you are going to miss a lot of games, or you are not going to be concentrating on the game you are playing.
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I have a very broad demographic, from the 8-year-old who knows every word to 'Ice Ice Baby' and the college kid who grew up on 'Ninja Rap' to the soccer mom and grandparent.
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The most important days, more than any Grammy award thing or anything, is the day that you're responsible for snacks after the game.
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Without understanding yourself, what is the use of trying to understand the world?
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Women had a rights movement where they fought for changes. Men... don't band together in quite that way. It happens not in such a public-cascade way as in a house-to-house way.
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Fallible characters are more interesting than superheroes in the end.
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I think growing up in New York, you see so much at such a young age, there's no bubble to escape into.
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My mother giving birth to me was just like Lady Sybil giving birth, except that there wasn't such a tragic ending.
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My notion of a wife at 40 is that a man should be able to change her, like a bank note, for two 20s.
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I'm portable. I carry a laptop and a little recording studio on my back.
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You aren't wealthy until you have something money can't buy.
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My parents had two rules: You had to go to college, and you had to pay for it yourself. So we all did.
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Books, like people, can't be reduced to the cost of the materials with which they were made. Books, like people, become unique and precious once you get to know them.
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I was born in Jamaica but was educated by, and now serve, prestigious First World institutions, so I believe that I have a unique, dual perspective. To sidestep any biases I might have, I use the objective lens of the stock market to discover which policies actually delivered prosperity to emerging markets.
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Nor is heaven always at peace.
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I don't believe in heaven and hell. I don't know if I believe in God. All I know is that as an individual, I won't allow this life - the only thing I know to exist - to be wasted.
