Harrison Ford Quotes
I knew that there was an aspect to this story that was beyond the typical and that it was something very important about America, about our culture, and about bringing a story to a new generation that perhaps didn't know the details of it, and hadn't had the visceral experience that this film is 42.
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My mom really inspired me. She has always taught me it's not about us, it's about what we can give back.
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I said yes, which turned out to be the right answer.
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All lives have triumphs and tragedies, laughter and tears, and mine has been no different. What really matters is whether, after all of that, you remain strong and a comfort to your loved ones. I have tried to meet that test.
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I need to be doing different things all the time; it's just part of who I am.
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I have lived all my life as part of an ethnic conflict.
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People sort of went crazy when 'BTWAM' came out. I'm happy a bunch of people read it. I'm happy it touched so many people. I'm less happy that it became an object for certain folks or was discussed that way. I'm less happy that journalists started scrolling through my kid's Instagram account.
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I went to the Technion and studied with Avram Hershko. I found it more exciting than practicing medicine.
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They thought in terms of: whatever you had that started you at the box office, this was it.
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Writers have to be very careful and discerning because so much of the machine is out of their control.
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An Editor becomes kind of your mother. You expect love and encouragement from an Editor.
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Our intent of how we're going to play doesn't change.
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Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.
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Persuade thyself that imperfection and inconvenience are the natural lot of mortals, and there will be no room for discontent, neither for despair.
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Woman begins by resisting a man's advances and ends by blocking his retreat.
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As humans, we're going to make mistakes. It's what makes us human, and most of the time, the most effective way of learning is from a mistake.
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Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle.
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If you do an autopsy on an 85-year-old who died of a stroke, you will find five other things that person was about to die from.
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There have been moments in my career when I've had to be tough and I've had to step up to the plate - but usually that's because a man has underestimated me. But other than that, I wouldn't say I'm a tough person.
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As an actor, I felt I couldn't compete. I wasn't as cute as the leading man; I wasn't as brilliant as Robin Williams.
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I think our lives are connected by threads. We're weaving our own quilts as we go along and it has been my experience that there are so many threads that connect people. Invisible threads, strong threads, sparkling threads, but I think there is so much interconnectivity between people and I acknowledge that and I see it all the time. I think some of that is divine.
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Variety, multiplicity are the two most powerful vehicles of lust.
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Sitcoms are what got me excited about show business.
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This is America, not a banana republic.
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I knew that there was an aspect to this story that was beyond the typical and that it was something very important about America, about our culture, and about bringing a story to a new generation that perhaps didn't know the details of it, and hadn't had the visceral experience that this film is 42.
