Johnny Weissmuller Quotes
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I was probably never going to get to do the kind of things dramatically that I really wanted to do, so I returned to theater from time to time, and to write, and produce. It's by no means sour grapes.
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For quite a while, I didn't receive a higher academic status. I didn't feel any discrimination against me as a woman scientist, but I hadn't produced a lot of science journal articles.
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Movies are usually difficult, often insane, constantly challenging and always strangely amusing to make.
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I'm not a writer; I'm an actor. My job is to take whatever character I'm given and - especially because I have the responsibility of being a black actress, and I know young black girls are looking up, and everyone's looking to what's on television - to just try to give whatever character I'm playing as three-dimensional a portrayal as I can.
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I'm the guy that has written at great length about exactly how we should profoundly reform Social Security. If I were afraid of going after entitlements, I wouldn't have done that, I wouldn't have put Medicaid reform in this budget, I wouldn't have called for the reductions in spending, which people will scream about, but I think are necessary.
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You can't take yourself too seriously; it's important to poke fun at yourself. Once in a while, it is great to show your inadequacies, too.
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Whether people be of high or low birth, rich or poor, old or young, enlightened or confused, they are all alike in that they will one day die.
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Everyone should learn to tango in Argentina before they die.
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In 2009, I served as AARP's Ambassador of Caregiving. With a producer and cameraman, I traveled the country for months, interviewing hundreds of caregivers.
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Everywhere your eye travels in your home, it should land on something that resonates with you.
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I think it's fun to get in a room and sweat with people. I'm happy to share my workouts with everyone.
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I love Adele; she's a timeless, classic beauty. I think she's beautiful. She's just a real woman.
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Many schools desperately need caring professionals like guidance counselors and social workers to ensure students' emotional, social and educational needs are met. But proposals to arm teachers are irresponsible and dangerous. The role of educators is to teach and nurture our children, not to be armed guards.
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I felt that a number of people might have questioned my loyalty, but I continue to be a patriotic American.
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Playing in Wembley Stadium in front of 83-some-thousand fans to win a gold medal was unreal.
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I'm not that ambitious any more. I just like my privacy. I wish I really wasn't talked about at all.
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In comics, you have to imagine what happens. I really loved it; I loved collecting. I loved following the adventures and figuring out what was going to happen next. I was a huge X-Men fan; I was a huge Spider-Man fan, and, to large degree, I remain one. It's literature for me; it's art.
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I'm not only passionate about dressing women and helping them feel and look their best, but also about helping to give a stronger voice to women and children in need around the world.
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To be better than 31 other teams, you better be a really good team. It's just not about one person.
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Because I was a diminutive, arty kid, I felt like a misfit in high school - but who doesn't?
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Just because you've faced your own mortality, it doesn't make it any less frightening.
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One of the points about distractions is that everything that they do is destabilizing.
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You cannot imagine how wearisome existence grows, alone and immortal.
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All the guys called the Olympic Village a high-class Boy Scout camp.
