Henry Kissinger Quotes
It is not a matter of what is true that counts, but a matter of what is perceived to be true.
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The long irons are the nemesis of the average golfer. I'm convinced that the underlying reason for this is that he keeps hearing how hard they are to handle. They're not that difficult, truly.
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Most of the offers I get from Hollywood are for teen comedies. My manager thinks I'm crazy for turning down all that money, but I'm very picky.
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I understand that the nature of politics sometimes involves fending off frivolous, anonymous allegations.
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I've always considered myself to be fiercely patriotic. I love Britain - its history and the down-to-earth attitude people have.
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I mean Afghanistan is a very rugged, complicated country.
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My favorite movies growing up were things like 'The Wizard of Oz,' but as I got older, I really began to admire people like Steven Soderbergh.
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The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat oneself.
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No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris.
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I love comedy because I'm naturally a very silly person.
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If you have a startup that's keeping it up at night because you think it's so great, then you should do that.
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Actually, my dog I think is the only person who consistently loves me all the time.
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As much as we would like to deny it, reading is not vital to human survival.
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When you are covering a life-or-death struggle, as British reporters were in 1940, it is legitimate and right to go along with military censorship, and in fact in situations like that there wouldn't be any press without the censorship.
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I don't wanna be Courtney Love - I wanna be Kurt Cobain.
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I was one of those annoying kids that loves singing and entertaining.
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No one was interested in picking up a midlist series, even though I have a decent fanbase and respectable numbers.
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Beethoven and Beatles, Mozart and Michael Jackson, Paganini and Prince - I like them all.
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In Japan, you get on the bullet train or the airplane, and I loved the little speeches the stewardesses would do. They even do little speeches before you play gigs.
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I am just a common man who is true to his beliefs.
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The beauty is that through disappointment you can gain clarity, and with clarity comes conviction and true originality.
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Every role is a potential lover. I ask: Are they someone I want to wake up to in the morning and go to bed with at night? Do they question my assumptions about life? Consume me to distraction? Make my cry, then clown to make me laugh again? If I say yes, then it's all I need.
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I've a great group of people, a great family behind me all the way, all the time. You cannot underestimate that.
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It is not a matter of what is true that counts, but a matter of what is perceived to be true.
