Michael Douglas Quotes
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To be honest, proper recognition has only come from the fans. I don't want to be hard, and I don't want to be negative, but I want to be honest.
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When you are doing a show, it can get really dull. You are sitting so long while they set up the lights, then you say a couple of lines, then they tear down the lights again. At least stunts are something that uses your physical energy a great deal.
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I do small things. I try to do good things every day.
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Security for agriculture merits serious concern by not only the agricultural community but our nation as a whole. The risk to the U.S. food supply and overall economy is real.
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Google is working on self-driving cars, and they seem to work. People are so bad at driving cars that computers don't have to be that good to be much better.
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Multinationals are more sensitive to public pressure because they have bigger brand names, and they have made commitments to be environmentally sensitive. Chinese firms are not used to this kind of pressure yet.
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Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice.
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It's not until the very last phase that you know how good the works are going to be.
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I took a political stance early on, but I don't think my work is overtly political. I respond to events.
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We midwives and physicians have a lot to teach each other.
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Ziggy Marley is the third generation of Marleys I know. I knew his grandmother and his dad - I did a children's album with his grandmother. They're like family.
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Americans don't want cowboys to be gay.
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Where there is politics or economics, there is no morality.
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As an actor, the ambition is to play interesting characters. And in the indie genre world, the budgets are low. That allows me, as an actor, not to have a financial value behind my name, to justify me being in these bigger parts for these types of movies.
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Loopt wouldn't have happened without Y Combinator.
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Eating a lot is an occupational hazard but it's a pretty great problem to have. I spend a lot of time eating sweets on TV - cake, cupcakes, donuts, and pudding. It's a dream job, but at the same time there will be days where I wake up knowing I will eat 15 desserts!
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I just serve others through entertaining. That's when I am happy.
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The idea of losing your best friend, basically, is the worst thing in world.
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Nobody, I suppose, could devote many years to the study of chemical kinetics without being deeply conscious of the fascination of time and change: this is something that goes outside science into poetry; but science, subject to the rigid necessity of always seeking closer approximations to the truth, itself contains many poetical elements.
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As it is, relationships are difficult, aren't they?
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When it comes to relationships, I think I'm pretty experienced - you'd be surprised.
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I have very high standards for every part of life - my work, my relationships, food, love. I can't just pretend.
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Relationships are like bubbles – they’re fragile.
