Michael Learned Quotes
For a long time, I resisted seeing The Sound of Music, but when I finally did, I cried.
Quotes to Explore
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I think it is important to ask ourselves as citizens, not as Democrats attacking the administration, but as citizens, whether a world power can really provide global leadership on the basis of fear and anxiety?
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They got word that the Japanese planes were coming back, so we sunk her ourselves so the Japanese wouldn't get it. We didn't want the Japanese to get it intact.
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As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
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I didn't actually begin professionally acting until I was 30.
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I don't think of myself as a role model. I do try to live in a compassionate, considerate and positive way. The only advice I can offer is to find what you love to do, find the joy in it, and express yourself through your passion.
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I think I will always stay involved in tennis and would like to give back by helping out young players. I have done a little commentary and may one day enjoy doing that again.
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Painting is self-discovery. Every good artist paints what he is.
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When I present or speak, I write the slides myself. And regarding time, I would like to be able to publish more than I do.
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One of the reasons people hate politics is that truth is rarely a politician's objective. Election and power are.
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While 'Friends' was about a 20-something population and what they were going through, they were also dealing with issues with their family.
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When investors, particularly investment bankers, talk about splitting up companies, there's a lot of discussion about multiple expansion, and the reality is multiple expansion is an outcome, not a strategy.
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I became the Dalai Lama not on a volunteer basis.
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But this country is a great country and will always rebound.
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Most Americans have parents or grandparents who immigrated to this country, and we know the hardships they faced, from learning the language to dealing with prejudice.
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I'm not a depressive, but I certainly have mood swings. It's an occupational hazard, I would say, and I'm glad I'm in the occupation I'm in.
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My breasts have had a brilliant career. I've just tagged along for the ride.
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Insurance companies can no longer refuse to cover Americans with pre-existing conditions. That's what change looks like.
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My favorite books are actually very complicated - 'One Hundred Years of Solitude', 'Ulysses'.
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I can't sit down long enough to absorb any kind of learning.
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I know real people, whose names I could tell you, people I know who have said 'I've stopped buying the New York Times.' Why? Because their editorial position has filtered, has leached into the news pages.
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Movies have these transcendent moments where everything is just right, from the dialogue to the music to the lighting to the narrative context; everything is just perfect, and something magical happens - the film breaks through the screen and does something to you.
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When we were kids, my favorite thing was coming to upstate New York where my family is from and hanging out with my grandparents' friends pre-Internet and them asking if we had stores or 'Do you have TV in Alaska?'
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For a long time, I resisted seeing The Sound of Music, but when I finally did, I cried.
