Evan Thomas Quotes
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That crossover of whether it's entertainment or news is the biggest crock of b.s. in television today, because it's all entertainment.
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I eat lots of vegetables and green juices.
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A boy doesn't have to go to war to be a hero; he can say he doesn't like pie when he sees there isn't enough to go around.
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Those are serious questions of war and peace, of freedom or tyranny, whether or not there is ever going to be a hope of us instilling some democratic systems in a part of the world that frankly is breeding hate and destruction directed right at us.
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I knew that it was my only shot to be taken seriously in the recording industry, because it's fast and broad.
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To change what you get, you must change who you are.
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The bravest thing I've ever done is fly to New York. I'm simply terrified of aeroplanes - I am the woman you see weeping at the airport.
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I'm a lot girlier than the roles that I play. I joke with Tricia Helfer all the time that she's my muscle.
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But I won't work with the exact same crew film after film because I feel the work would get a little complacent.
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Men have the influence and power in business and politics. It is the mother who can make the child's bedtime earlier, take away desserts or ground the child.
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Prayer must never be answered: if it is, it ceases to be prayer and becomes correspondence.
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I'm not someone who usually sends out threats. I warn only once. The day they touch one of my men, the rule of law is over.
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I never wanted to be rich or successful or famous. I just wanted to be happy and have fun.
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History has shown that Big Government expands quickest in the immediate aftermath of a crisis - real or manufactured.
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I loved Stephen Wright, and I loved Mitch Hedberg, but they seemed like geniuses you could never emulate. You'd just be ripping them off.
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I look back on my life and have to face the fact that I have been narcissistic and selfish.
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All my ego wants is to be sitting by a lake in Italy. It doesn't want to be backstage, warming up.
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I try to have a lot of influences, which is to say not to have one specific influence too strongly; that can end up badly.
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I firmly believe that in every situation, no matter how difficult, God extends grace greater than the hardship, and strength and peace of mind that can lead us to a place higher than where we were before.
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What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
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At one with the power of the American landscape, and renowned for the patient skill and timeless beauty of his work, photographer Ansel Adams has been visionary in his efforts to preserve this country's wild and scenic areas, both in film and on Earth. Drawn to the beauty of nature's monuments, he is regarded by environmentalists as a monument himself, and by photographers as a national institution. It is through his foresight and fortitude that so much of America has been saved for future Americans.
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Her trust makes me faithful, her belief makes me good.
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I knew it couldn't get any worse. You've just got to trust your stuff.
