Michael Finley Quotes
I don't regret not coming out early. A lot of people felt that I could have been a lottery pick, but we'll never know.
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I'm not an anti-capitalist, or anarchist. I want capitalism to work.
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I am going to change the world, and I'm talking to everybody in the possible world that I can get to that can help me to do that.
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There's no greater feeling in the world than when you can put a smile on somebody's face just by walking into a room. It's unbelievable. And if I have that power, who am I to waste it, you know?
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Teasing and a sense of humor, if you can develop that in your kids, and if you can exercise it with the kids, just makes for a pleasanter atmosphere.
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Whenever I read a script, I start recasting the role that I might play. I'm like, 'God, this should be played by Domhnall Gleeson, not me.'
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I love to see a wood full of bluebells. Growing up in the Kent countryside, I have special memories of this brief annual spectacle.
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From the moment I walked into the White House, it was as if I had no privacy at all.
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What's so brave about being bald? I've not fought for my country or found the cure for cancer - I've just gone out without my hat on!
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When I was 11, I decided to start rapping, playing guitar, and writing songs. Everything really blossomed from there.
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There have always been arguments showing that free will is an illusion: some based on hard physics, others based on pure logic.
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The NSA has different reporting requirements for each branch of government and each of its legal authorities.
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When I'm on the road with concerts, people ask me to autograph my CDs, but more and more they come up with the cookbooks.
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He who created us without our help will not save us without our consent.
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The goal was always to do something that felt human but was 100 percent electronic.
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The man who is always worrying about whether or not his soul would be damned generally has a soul that isn't worth a damn.
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I had a moment in the Library of Congress among the presidential papers. I opened a folder, and there was an envelope in it. The front of the envelope was facing the table, so I didn't know what was in it. I opened it and out spilled all this hair. I turned the envelop over and it says, 'Clipped from President Garfield's head on his deathbed.'
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It's funny how being an actor forces you to do things or go places that you wouldn't ordinarily.
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Sequels are desperate.
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This life is like a swimming pool. You dive into the water, but you can't see how deep it is.
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People come out of prison and aren't treated like I've been treated. I didn't kill anybody. I didn't violate anybody's rights. My rights were violated. Nobody likes to be hated, but the whole world hated Mary Beth Whitehead.
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I offer something very different from the lifelong career politicians who have worked their way up to run for higher office or those who can parachute in with checks for $5 million or $10 million, and that seems to be the definition of credible or legitimate. I'm rejecting that premise.
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I really like the look of the 1950s, lots of suburban Americana influences. I'm 5'4', so I like kitten heels occasionally because I can move around a bit easier, but pointy-toed pumps are very elongating.
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I don't regret not coming out early. A lot of people felt that I could have been a lottery pick, but we'll never know.
