Mikhail Prokhorov Quotes
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As a registered Democrat, I am praying for a credible presidential candidate to emerge from the younger tier of politicians in their late 40s. A governor with executive experience would be ideal.
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I like writing about places, about people and environments. When I create a world, it lets me go in and define the details of that world.
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There's nothing I would love more than to host an awards show where I'm nominated for an award - that is so funny to me.
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I was a huge fan of comedy and movies and TV growing up, and I was able to memorize and mimic a lot of things, not realizing that that meant I probably wanted to be an actor. I just really, really amused myself and my friends with memorizing entire George Carlin or Steve Martin albums.
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I was at a ballpark as much as I was in school. I was on a basketball court or football field as much as I was in school, so I definitely was receiving mentorship when it came to coaches, my father, my grandfather, and my uncles.
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Most quarrels are inevitable at the time; incredible afterwards.
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I just wish that people will be kinder to me when I pass away.
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There are other ways of finding satisfaction, recipes for human happiness, enjoyment, dignified and meaningful, gratifying life, than increased consumption that increases production.
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The joy of winning is not as dramatic as the losses were, because I expected us to win.
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I love working with the right actor, and if the right actor happens to be unknown, that should be allowed, too, I think.
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My preference is that, that day when someone sticks a tripod in front of you with a camera on the top, it is not day one.
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I've always been involved in the visual arts and music.
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If your dream is to tell stories, interesting stories, play interesting people, that's the bottom line. The people that I play have to be extraordinary.
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I remember in high school thinking that I wanted to be a lawyer, and now I realize I saw that movie 'And Justice for All' when I was a kid and thought, 'That's what lawyers do, and I want to get up and yell and scream in the middle of a courtroom.'
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When I go to the interviews and sit before a prospective employer, I'm going to try and look as employable as I can.
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I have started my own foundation. It's called Follow Your Art. It's at its infancy but my goal is to mentor teenage girls through one of the most difficult times in their lives.
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If a close ally of Iran like Syria went to Iran and said, 'This peace is in our interest,' what do you think would they do? I can tell you they have never opposed any of our peace moves since 1991.
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Education and democracy have the same goal: the fullest possible development of human capabilities.
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Tom Jones is like igloo-cool.
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Making movies was more a reaction to not being chosen for sports. Other kids were out there playing at whatever; I was off making something blow up and filming it, or making a mould of my sister's head using alginating plaster.
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Every time we meet it feels like I’m going away on a trip somewhere
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Why should I stop working? If I do, I'll die and it'll all be finished.
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I am nice to everybody. But people really take advantage of it.
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I am addicted to sport. Without sport, I feel bad.
