Tom Cruise Quotes
My childhood was extremely lonely. I was dyslexic and lots of kids make fun of me. That experience made me tough inside, because you learn to quietly accept ridicule.
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In theory, taxes should be like shopping. What I buy is government services. What I pay are my taxes.
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Kosovo today is closer to Europe than other countries in the region of South Eastern Europe.
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Within Internet users, you have a big chunk of people who can convert to online shopping.
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No one wanted to be my friend because of my lunchbox - because I never shared my lunchbox. One day the principal walked in and said, 'No one is friends with Karan Johar; who will be his friend?' My CEO today put his hand up there and said, he will.
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What's the most important thing in the world? It's love, and I look at that as an energy, not a sentiment.
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Many women long for what eludes them, and like not what is offered them.
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If we had this back, and in full measure; if society were infused by it, through and through, and men lived its life, and in its life, philosophy would take care of itself and the nature of our institutions would not matter.
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You should not do an autobiography if you want to tell the truth. There are a lot of things I know about people. If I can't say something good about a person, I don't want to say anything. And since I don't want to say anything bad, I won't write a book.
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We have learned how to do a lot of things. We must try to relearn why.
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The Middle East is obviously an issue that has plagued the region for centuries.
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Like I said, I'm more worried long term about the environmental issues then the use of arms.
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I like to write a lot of satire.
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My dad is often horrified by what I've spent my money on.
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I always said that you can use the same vehicle although the driver will change, or the same vehicle to go for the race. It's a different driver, this is exactly what's happening to the cabinet.
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My professional life has nothing to do with my personal life and vice versa.
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I'm not really into movies on dates because you can't chat it up.
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Writing is boring, very boring, and it takes so much patience.
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I don't do the whole, 'Put my name on it, make me famous' thing.
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Economic disasters or foolish wars are hardly guaranteed to bring about large-scale individual self-examination or renew the appeal of truly participatory democracy.
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I always felt that with an Antoine Doinel film, Truffaut was taking a vacation, that Francois could relax when making a Doinel film. All of the language came to him very easily. 'The 400 Blows,' I felt, was a collage of all his childhood experiences. Every time he felt an Antoine Doinel film was necessary, he'd make one.
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We need a government, not politics. Because there's too much politics. Of course there should be debate. But there seems to be so much pettiness and not enough good faith. It is civilized to agree to disagree, and this idea is slowly disintegrating. The great statesmen of the past knew this, and I think it helps drive civilization.
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I realized how wonderful YA is and how I really wanted to write something that created that level of intrigue.
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My childhood was extremely lonely. I was dyslexic and lots of kids make fun of me. That experience made me tough inside, because you learn to quietly accept ridicule.
