Michael J. Fox Quotes
I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence I can reach for; perfection is God's business.
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I don't normally cook, but if I did it probably would be beans, sausage, bacon and eggs. I never really get to eat that to be honest.
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I'm interested not just in projects that I'll be starring in, but producing film and TV that's really quality and great for adults; and when I say 'great for adults,' it doesn't mean without humor, because I'm also interested in doing comedy.
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Relationships ending are painful, and you can choose to carry that, or you can choose to reframe it.
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I've always overworked in the weight room. I love working with weights. I knew they'd give me the strength I needed.
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Take pride in your work at all times. Remember, respect for an umpire is created off the field as well as on.
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Mass demand has been created almost entirely through the development of advertising.
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The past speaks to us in a thousand voices, warning and comforting, animating and stirring to action.
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I used to be more self-conscious about style because when you're younger, you want to exist, you want to show everything you do.
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The Welsh have everywhere adopted the Cymric tongue; they hug themselves in the belief that they are pure descendants of the ancient Britons, but in fact, they are rather Silurians than Celts.
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I quite like it when I'm on the Tube and people offer me their seat. Sometimes I take it. The other day I was offered a seat by a pregnant lady. I thought, 'That's going a bit far.'
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The male corporate model is built on a man's greater willingness to be a slave of sorts - especially once he has to provide for children.
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There is never jealousy where there is not strong regard.
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My father was a gambler. My father could not resist a casino or a card game. He loved gambling.
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My physical transformations - like changing my hair - are usually a reflection of what's inspiring me at the moment.
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Highlight reels are about that one person. After a barrage of highlight reels, you get the sense that you can do it without a team. But music thrived the most when groups were involved. People lose sight of that - that community makes the world run.
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English writing tends to fall into two categories - the big, baggy epic novel or the fairly controlled, tidy novel. For a long time, I was a fan of the big, baggy novel, but there's definitely an advantage to having a little bit more control.
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I have always had huge respect for comedians/comediennes. It's because comedy is very hard to portray.
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Self-judgment is how conditioned mind keeps control over your life.
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My dad was a Marine. He was one of the Montford Point Marines. Those are the equivalent of the Tuskegee Airmen for Marines. He's a tough, tough guy. When I was 15 we had a fight, and I didn't speak to him for 10 years.
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[Adolf] Hitler succeeded once upon a time to conquer all the big powers within two or three years and occupied all Europe, North Africa, and arrived at the gates of Moscow. This is not the real power. Real power is something completely different.
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I've got people handling the media. I employ at the moment two people. No-one is paying income tax on the money they use to employ people.
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Negative things, and they were all deliberate and I'm not going to say who they were but I know who they were and it was in the business, and that's not a good sign.
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I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence I can reach for; perfection is God's business.
