Tom Hanks Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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If you have a block of ballistics gelatin and a high-speed camera, pretty soon somebody gets a gun!
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It is important to be well read, at least a little bit.
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Illustrious acts high raptures do infuse, And every conqueror creates a muse.
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It's interesting to have two totally unlikable characters as the love interests on a show.
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I was involved with drama departments since the 5th grade. I played at it. It was an escape.
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Isolation is a self-defeating dream.
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No, but it's not because I'm getting older that I'm trying to accelerate. But something very curious is happening: The older I get, the more ideas I'm getting.
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By channeling my inner heiress, I created a new opportunity for young heiresses.
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Breaking the world record in '92 was a very special personal moment, but I'd say my favorite moment as a decathlete was winning the Olympic gold medal. It was a lot of years of work, and when I won it, it was more a sense of relief than jubilation or exaltation.
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If you look at 'West Side Story,' a lot of those numbers are actually pretty cutty, but the cuts are always musically motivated.
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We served on the editorial board of a literary monthly called Face in 1968 and 1969. He was a young writer, and I was also interested in broad cultural issues. We agreed on all major issues and became friends.
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Islam is fixed, stable, ordered and disciplined, and so are Muslims.
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Being asked to support humane meat means being asked to support the suffering of animals in transport, to approve of treatment that causes them palpable fear, their bodies shaking and their eyes wide as saucers, as they are slung by their legs into crates that are slammed onto the back of a truck.
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The IRS targeting certain groups for harassment because of their politics would be unfair. If we found out the NSA was keeping special tabs on everyone who worshiped at a mosque or took a Bible trip through the Middle East, you'd have an uprising.
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I very, very rarely get the opportunity to go shopping and actually feel the clothes and try things on. I love shopping, but I do it mostly through Net-a-Porter.
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Make-up is an extension of your clothes.
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Germany can make a major difference in the lives of so many Holocaust survivors who are struggling in their later years.
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The Russians are not as addicted to coffee as the Americans. We should work on that!
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Basically, my mother couldn't hold a tune and when I was a baby, a rather tactless baby, I would ask her not to sing... you can't get to sleep if someone is singing off key nearby.
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If you're able to arrange a trial period with a new hire, do it. It will give both of you a chance to make sure the position is a good fit - and can help you avoid being in the awkward situation of wanting to fire someone three or four weeks in.
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I believe that dreams - day dreams, you know, with your eyes wide open and your brain machinery whizzing - are likely to lead to the betterment of the world.
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Every action is either strong or weak, and when every action is strong we are successful.
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I thought it was quite vain to say, I want to be a model.
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Even the simplest choice can make a jaw-dropping difference in our world.
