Michael Gregory Mizanin (The Miz) Quotes
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I believe that it is my responsibility as the prime minister of Israel to do whatever can be done to exploit the unique opportunities that lie ahead of us to move towards peace. Not everything can be done by one act.
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When I was in the running for the role of Elphaba, I knew it was important to research and study as much background information as I could, so I got my head stuck into 'Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West' by Gregory Maguire, and I believe I lost many days, weeks, and months reading it - I was captivated!
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Journalists write because they have nothing to say, and have something to say because they write.
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I've been called Mr. Patient Money because I have the patience to work through challenging circumstances.
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I feel like I flunked at adolescence really badly. I found it really difficult.
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I'm associated with gospel music in the minds of millions of people.
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Playing evil is just not interesting. I don't think anyone who does evil stuff thinks they're doing evil stuff. That's the scary part.
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I once tried thinking for an entire day, but I found it less valuable than one moment of study.
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The majority of meetings should be discussions that lead to decisions.
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If wanted to play a sport, I played a sport. If I wanted to do things that many girls born in 1950 didn't do, I did it.
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I think everybody should focus on inner beauty.
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I will only say that many freedom fighters of India found their calling in the institutions of Britain. And many makers of modern India, including several of my distinguished predecessors, from Jawaharlal Nehru to Dr. Manmohan Singh, passed through their doors.
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I can't say that winning the Pen/Faulkner was a dream come true because I would never have dared to dream it.
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I don't put people down. I build people up. That's how I always wanna be looked at.
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In the future, I want a movie career, kids and a happy marriage.
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If you don't have a refinery operating, it's hard to use oil that's available.
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I have no fancy living at all. Well, I have a house in Sun Valley. Five acres in the woods. I guess that's fancy.
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When I found somebody who I fell in love with, it made me feel different than I felt the rest of the day. It was electrifying. That's what inspired the 'Off to the Races' melodies. That's one of the times when you're feeling electrified by someone else and they make you happy to be alive.
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I like to take writing retreats within a day's drive of home. Less travel time means more time for writing, which is the name of the game here.
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I'm home about two days a month, and on those I have to pack.
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I remember seeing 'A Moon for the Misbegotten' with Colleen Dewhurst, and that made a really big impression on me, and I remember wanting to be like her and I still want to be like Colleen Dewhurst! My mom took me to a lot of theatre growing up, and I also remember seeing Pippin and being like, 'Wow!
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The TED talk I gave, that gave me another character I didn't know about. I'm not saying the mind of a hero, but a kind of responsibility. Every word I'm speaking, it's not from myself. I'm speaking for and representing the people of communist North Korea.
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Pearl Jam is a band I have a lot of respect for. Nirvana and Sonic Youth I feel the same way about. Mumford & Sons, My Morning Jacket, Wilco, Givers, and Foo Fighters are just some of my favorites. I respect bands that give me something of themselves that I can feel. ("Posing" bands turn me off generally speaking.) It all has to do with a feeling I have about them. That is what music is to me, a feeling. It's similar with people too.
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Some people said I was annoying, but now look how far we've come.
