Harrison Ford Quotes
My goal was just to work regularly. I didn't ever expect to be rich or famous. I wanted to be a working character actor.
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I'm just a black hole for stuff. No one should ever hand me anything, because I get so easily distracted. I'll be like, 'Oh, look, something shiny!' I'm glad I never learned how to drive. I would be really dangerous.
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If you think Wall Street has a short memory, you're dead wrong. No, the folks who work on Wall Street, regulate Wall Street - and, above all, invest in its wares, notably its hedge funds - don't have a bad memory. They don't have any memory at all.
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Natural selection, as it has operated in human history, favors not only the clever but the murderous.
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I don't write listening to music, and in a way it seems silly that any writer should have to explain why not, as it's possibly no different from saying you don't eat gourmet dinners or play tennis while you're at the keyboard.
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We have a relationship with Syria, an old relationship. We also have good relations with the people of Syria, with all segments of the population. This is the situation as well in Iraq and other countries.
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It's nature-nurture, right? I've been nurtured by Californians.
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I am more afraid of those who are terrified of the devil than I am of the devil himself.
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I would definitely like to start a family because it's the most important thing in the world and what you should take care of, along with your friends and the people you love.
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And I'm not an actress. I don't think I am an actress. I think I've created a brand and a business.
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The pace of innovation may slow down or speed up depending on the appetite in the public markets, but the constant progress of technology doesn't really ever stop. There's always opportunities for new ideas and creative people to go build great things. I'm always interested in learning about those kinds of opportunities.
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I did every job under the sun from bartending to ushering to temping.
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I want to eliminate the basis of problems and basis of crime, and basis of terrorism.
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I'd been touring for so long, seven years. For a year and a half I'd just been curious about what it was like not to tour. It's like if you were to lift a 100-pound barbell with your right arm for seven years, eventually you'd get really curious about what your left arm was capable of.
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The majority of meetings should be discussions that lead to decisions.
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Accept it or not, every star, actor, and director wants to work on larger-than-life films.
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I had a flip phone until I was 25, and I didn't use social media until that age, either.
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People sometimes wear shirts that are really boxy, and you can see them over the top of their trousers, which doesn't look right to me.
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There are so many stories from the Midwest that should be told. L.A. tells one story, and it's often about itself.
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It isn't glamorous until after the film is finished, and you are at the premiere and getting your picture on the cover of magazines.
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All is flux; nothing stays still.
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The Victorian woman became her ovaries, as today's woman has become her 'beauty.' Her reproductive value, as the 'aesthetic' value of her face and body today, 'came to be seen as a sacred trust, one that she must constantly guard in the interest of her race.'
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The roots of anti-Semitism is a complex question - if I think about why I was open to these thoughts, it was because I had never met any Jews before and therefore I could believe all the stereotypes of these people.
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I think the way a person dresses is an expression of their personality, and I appreciate a well-tailored suit and the work that goes into it. But when it comes to fashion, on a scale of one to ten, I'm a two.
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My goal was just to work regularly. I didn't ever expect to be rich or famous. I wanted to be a working character actor.
