Michael Douglas Quotes
Money itself isn’t lost or made. It’s simply transferred from one perception to another.
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President Obama vowed in his State of the Union address to make assisting domestic manufacturers a top priority for his second term.
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The action carries a sense of incompleteness and frustration, but not of guilt. Victorious living does not mean perfect living in the sense of living without flaw, but it does mean adequate living, and that can be consistent with many mistakes.
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My career is a black comedy of sorts. I spent a lot of time explaining myself to various different groups. But more and more, I'm finding that the desire to communicate, which all these audiences share, is a powerful thing.
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What clients are really interested in is honesty, plus a baseline of competence.
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I never really wanted to write and wanted to focus on acting.
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While it is clear that we need to make some adjustments to protect Social Security for the long term, it is disingenuous to say that the trust fund is facing a crisis.
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I think a lot of people are with the one they're meant to be with. I see it watching my parents because they've been together for so long and are still very much in love. I'm just sort of in awe of that.
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The first complaint we hear from everyone is: 'Why would I want to join this stupid useless thing and know what my brother's eating for lunch?' But that really misses the point because Twitter is fundamentally recipient-controlled - you choose to listen and you choose to leave. But you also choose what to put down and what to share.
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I don't think I'm a follower, frankly.
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Most men are fragile.
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'Girl, Interrupted' is one of my favorite movies.
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And one cannot discharge the duty of loyalty without the patient and an open minded study of the institution that marked the country and defined its character.
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Drama happens in big cricket matches. But also in small cricket matches.
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And I've been walking 'round with memories way too long.
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Religion may be defined thus: a belief in, and homage rendered to, existences unseen and causes unknown.
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The most valuable thing you can make is a mistake - you can't learn anything from being perfect.
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I think Hollywood wants to be safe. The things you do first become your calling card, and I think people just sort of go, 'Well, we know he can do that.' They kind of put you in that hole.
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I think vestigially there's a synesthete in me, but not like a real one who immediately knows what colour Wednesday is.
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I like not having to worry about paying the bills, but I have to watch myself because I don't come from money.
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What you do for money you do badly.
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I won't be able to do a film just for bad reasons, for money or for - I just can't. If I have one more where I feel I can bring you something, I will do it.
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When I was diagnosed I didn't know how epidemic cancer was. You find out that everybody you know is touched by this disease.
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I just love matching sets. Tops and bottoms that are the same color are awesome to me, because you can get them in so many different colors - neon colors.
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Money itself isn’t lost or made. It’s simply transferred from one perception to another.
