Sam Elliott Quotes
I'm picky, very picky. I wanted to be an actor since I was nine years old, and I figured that was only one way to ever have any longevity, and that's to be careful about what kind of work you do.
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I think that we are trying to put data communications, telecommunications and media communications together and be the No. 1 player there.
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Mikhail Gorbachev was the Jimmy Carter of the Communist bloc. The Russians hate him.
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So much of writing isn't the fun parts like we get to discuss. It is sitting there putting the words down.
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Despite the obvious benefits, many Americans do not like Texas. Some even say they despise Texas, and make no secret of their feelings.
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I think that as you grow up, as you get older, we can't get bitter, we can't get jaded.
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One thing about playing the real jazz is that you can't count it.
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My personal view is that I am opposed to the death penalty.
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I tend to think that cricket is the greatest thing that God ever created on earth - certainly greater than sex, although sex isn't too bad either.
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Two hundred years ago, our precursors in Haiti struck a blow for freedom, which was heard around the world, and across centuries.
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All women's issues are to some degree men's issues and all men's issues are to some degree women's issues because when either sex wins unilaterally both sexes lose.
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I had rather be called a journalist than an artist.
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There is but one man to whom I am willing to entrust their future and that man's name is George Bush.
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We've got a dictatorial president and a Justice Department that does not want Congress involved. Your guy's acting like he's king. His dad was at a 90 percent approval rating and he lost! And the same thing can happen to him!
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Since the dawn of recorded music, every generation has felt shocked by the musical tastes of the next.
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I have this data bank garbage can in the back of my head that is an emotional collection of events that have occurred in my life.
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I've never been in a relationship before. I've only been in unrequited relationships where people haven't loved me back. I guess I'm a little bit attracted to that in a bad way.
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To prosper and advance, the American business sector is going to need a financial system oriented toward business, not 'home ownership.'
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I pick up the details that drive the organization insane. But sweating the details is more important than anything else.
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If enough people think of a thing and work hard enough at it, I guess it's pretty nearly bound to happen, wind and weather permitting.
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In the middle of my third Hollywood picture The Magician, the earthquake hit Hollywood. Not the real earthquake. Just the talkies.
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I'm a great planner, so before I ever write chapter 1, I work out what happens in every chapter and who the characters are. I usually spend a year on the outline.
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In the end, people are persuaded not by what we say, but by what they understand.
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In many ways, being honest about 'Huckleberry Finn' goes right to the heart of whether we can be honest about our heritage and our identity as Americans.
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I'm picky, very picky. I wanted to be an actor since I was nine years old, and I figured that was only one way to ever have any longevity, and that's to be careful about what kind of work you do.
