Tom Hanks Quotes
We are still in the position of waking up and having a choice. Do I make the world better today somehow, or do I not bother?
Quotes to Explore
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Tell me what you'd like to hear me sing. I'll sing whatever you like, after which I'll take up a collection, if you don't mind.
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My idols are Janis Joplin and Annie Lennox, who are neither of them from the typical pop culture.
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It's tough to be 68 and dating. I've given it up now.
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Every director bites the hand that lays the golden egg.
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I'm encouraged because you pick up any food magazine and there's two or three recipes involving Indian spices.
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Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.
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I come from a generation that suffered school lessons in portacabins and crumbling hospitals. I tell you one thing, for the eighteen years they were in power the Tories did nothing to fix the roof when the sun was shining.
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You've got a great chance in college to do all sorts of terrible irresponsible things, and you should totally do them. I mean, make huge mistakes. This is the time in your life if you screw up, it's okay because you can bounce back from it.
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Brandon Boyd of Incubus is hot, but he's too pretty.
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Blues is a tonic for whatever ails you. I could play the blues and then not be blue anymore.
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We ended up realizing that's not an economical way to create creatures, putting people in green leotards and figuring it out later. You can maybe do that if you're making 'Avatar,' but we need to know what the creatures look like before we turn on the camera.
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If you get something like 'Avatar,' it opens up a lot of big blockbuster doors.
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When George W. Bush entered office, the national debt was $5 trillion. When he left, it was $10 trillion. I think the administration spent too much money.
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Whether you're keeping a journal or writing as a meditation, it's the same thing. What's important is you're having a relationship with your mind.
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I think the tone of the show has certainly changed over the years, because it's really, really hard to do something different when you have a show going on as long as this has.
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Our environment, the world in which we live and work, is a mirror of our attitudes and expectations.
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I will count to 10 before tweeting.
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It's not all silliness, as interactive SXSW is filled with aggressive learning, discussing, and a whole lot of futurizing.
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I have four of the most incredible children. And I have five grandchildren.
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I look about my house and see there are lots of lovely things in it, but I constantly buy more.
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I'm like the luckiest girl in the world. I've gotten to be a princess, I've gotten to work with the Muppets. A lot of my childhood dreams about who I wanted to be when I was a grown-up, I at least get to play them in movies.
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I know I'm a strong performer. I'm not an evolved musician.
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We are still in the position of waking up and having a choice. Do I make the world better today somehow, or do I not bother?
