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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I love 'House' - I love 'House' so much.
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I have three children, and they have never spent a minute unsupervised in their lives. My generation overcompensated like mad. I'm not even joking, every kid on my street growing up was molested. My kids would not have had an opportunity to molested, because they've never been alone, which is going to create a whole set of problems.
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Canada is a really big melting pot of cultures, so we ended up with a giant mosaic of different music.
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Older audiences are hard to win over. They're very specific in their tastes and critical of new music.
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The singer-songwriter has always played music that was stylistically rooted in the '30s and the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl. But the fact of the matter is that none of us remember the Depression firsthand.
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For a long time, I resisted seeing The Sound of Music, but when I finally did, I cried.
