Michael J. Fox Quotes
Acceptance doesn't mean resignation; it means understanding that something is what it is and that there's got to be a way through it.
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In a way my reputation has become that of the curmudgeon.
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Happiness statistics may be most valuable in smaller, local discussions. Understanding how different sorts of programs affect the well-being of citizens would be enormously helpful to a mayor choosing between building a new bridge or offering a tax cut.
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I hate the way chorus boxes sound.
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Happiness is understanding that friendship is more precious than mere things, more precious than getting your own way, more precious than being in situations where true principles are not at stake.
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Government can do best by simply getting out of the way.
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My director is usually aware of what works for me and what doesn't. For 'Srimanthudu,' I have to give full credit to director Koratala Sivagaru for handling my character the way he did.
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I'm putting myself out there in a way I don't know if I ever have before.
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My movies continue to be found and be sold because there's something going on in them.
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I've now been in over 100 adverts for Walkers, and we've had a lot of laughs along the way.
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We are drawn to our television sets each April the way we are drawn to the scene of an accident.
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I've always felt that I'm affected by the world, by the way we treat each other, by the way different countries treat each other.
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I'll never stop dreaming that one day we can be a real family, together, all of us laughing and talking, loving and understanding, not looking at the past but only to the future.
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If I have to degrade myself or do something that I'm not willing to do as a Christian to get something, I'm just not willing to do it.
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We gain our ends only with the laws of nature; we control her only by understanding her laws.
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The period from 2001 to 2005 was really tough. My films were not working even though there was an acceptance of a model. I was depressed but did not cry. I cry when I am happy.
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I have a lot of trouble understanding how people see me as a celebrity. I work 14 hours a day, and then I just want to talk to my family, see the people I love, pet my dog, and go to bed. I'm not looking to be best friends with or emulate a celebrity.
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We've been very bad at understanding why the right-wing does things.
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Human material seems to have one major defect: it does not like to be considered merely as human material. It finds it hard to endure the feeling that it must resign itself to passive acceptance of changes introduced from above.
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It's like you asked me about the depression thing: you grope towards an understanding of whatever it is your going through, and it's not personal, there are forces in play around you, and you seek to understand them and that way you can go on.
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I wanted to play Dracula because I wanted to say: 'I've crossed oceans of time to find you.' It was worth playing the role just to say that line.
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I think you write the film that you want to see, and you try and do it honestly, and you can't control people's responses, really.
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It's embarrassing to tell you how much my friends make fun of me. Seriously, when you have a doll made of your face, it's ridiculous how creative your friends can get... pictures, videos, little animated cartoons that they've made.
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Knowledge increases in proportion to its use; that is, the more we teach the more we learn.
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Acceptance doesn't mean resignation; it means understanding that something is what it is and that there's got to be a way through it.
