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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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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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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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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The way I usually put it is that as an SF writer, I'm never required to be right.
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For any book, it's distilling all of the moments in the book that are either fan favorites or pivotal that you have to have in there, and how you tie that all up into a two hour movie is not the easiest job.
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'Taken' is a really difficult project because it was a big surprise for everybody.
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Digitas is a company that's very rapidly changing - the digital world changes every day. It's important we hire people who are curious about what's going on and who are willing to learn and want to learn. I look for core leadership traits.
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The artist may be well advised to keep his work to himself till it is completed, because no one can readily help him or advise him with it...but the scientist is wiser not to withhold a single finding or a single conjecture from publicity.
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You really have to love the work. You can't look for stardom. That's a by-product.
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Sometimes you resent the people you love and need the most. Love is so fascinating in all its forms, and I think everyone who has ever been a mother will relate to this.
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I thought 'The Hot Zone' was fascinating, mesmerizing. It's one of the things that got me interested in Ebola.
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Employee engagement is an investment we make for the privilege of staying in business.
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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.
