Tom Cruise Quotes
I didn't become an actor to have power, but it just happens that I have it and so I have a lot of opportunities.
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The idea that corporations have the same First Amendment protections of free speech as people is troubling. Corporations are not people. They don't attend our schools, get married and have children. They don't vote in our elections.
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I love the 'Lost' ending. I stand by it, but there are a lot of people out there who hate it.
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I was thrilled one year when I was younger when not only did my brothers get hockey sticks for Christmas - but I did too!
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At the end of the day, every decision I make about my music is about creating a collective.
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Actors make less than you think.
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Since the end of the Cold War, Soviet aggression had been replaced by a number of particularly venomous threats, from Timothy McVeigh to Osama bin Laden.
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I'm one of the lucky actors in television. I don't make a lot of big waves, but there's constant activity, and that's the way I prefer to live my life.
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Saddam Hussein has been engaged in the development of weapons of mass destruction technology which is a threat to countries in the region and he has made a mockery of the weapons inspection process.
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Don't be afraid to take time to learn. It's good to work for other people. I worked for others for 20 years. They paid me to learn.
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I was lucky to have my allergist who diagnosed me with CIU.
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Compromise has a negative connotation.
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You can't plan everything - if I did a performance exactly how I rehearsed it, it would be so boring.
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Kosovo is too close to Europe. It is not only close to Albania, it is close to Greece, Italy, Germany and Switzerland, where there are still many Kosovo refugees. Spontaneous reactions could multiply.
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I think the play actually became bigger than me. No pun intended.
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If you need a door kicked in, just call, and we'll kick it. Now, it may not always be the answer you want, but you will get an answer.
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We owe it to all our veterans to make sure they have a chance to achieve the American Dream, just like the rest of us.
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It has something to do with the facts and the law and who the judges are. So I think lawyers sometimes exaggerate their role in winning and losing. Lawyers do have a role, and a major role, but they're not the only players in this game.
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When you get into your car, shut the door and be there for just half a minute. Breathe, feel the energy inside your body, look around at the sky, the trees. The mind might tell you, 'I don't have time.' But that's the mind talking to you. Even the busiest person has time for 30 seconds of space.
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People work so hard, and I want to keep that energy up, and you can spread that if you're the actor. But I'm also not able to turn it on and off like a faucet. A lot of what I'm called upon to play is violent or angry. When I'm messing around with the crew and making jokes, I remember, 'Oh, this is the guy I normally am.'
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If you would understand your own age, read the works of fiction produced in it. People in disguise speak freely.
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I am successful if I manage to make a film that I want and if it works emotionally for the audience and if it stays with them after the screening and means something for them. Awards or money have symbolic power.
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Career had a lot to do with 80 percent of my breakups. It's very tough to date a struggling musician. The idea of it is enticing and fun and mysterious. But the reality is long hours and hard work. I have a lot of respect for the women I've dated.
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Abandoning open society for fear of terrorism is the only way to be defeated by it.
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I didn't become an actor to have power, but it just happens that I have it and so I have a lot of opportunities.
