Tom Hanks Quotes
I understand the concept of optimism. But I think with me what you get is a lack of cynicism.Tom Hanks
Quotes to Explore
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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.
Ed Miliband -
Just as appetite comes by eating, so work brings inspiration, if inspiration is not discernible at the beginning.
Igor Stravinsky -
What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men. That is what love looks like.
Saint Augustine -
Blessedness consists in the accomplishment of our desires, and in our having only regular desires.
Saint Augustine -
I think we all attract troublemakers; I don't think it's particularly about anyone. I had it actually as an album title, and I thought it would be really cool to write a song about a girl that's a bit of troublemaker.
Olly Murs -
Getting toxic lead out of gasoline, the oil industry shouted, would cost a dollar a gallon. It turned out to cost just a penny a gallon to protect hundreds of thousands of kids from lead-induced brain damage.
Frances Beinecke
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But a funny thing happened four years later. I was invited to play for an alumni team against the Red Wings.
Ted Lindsay -
We don't need a lot of initiatives for women in film; what we need is money.
Frances McDormand -
I'm glad I've never been so successful that I couldn't stop doing one thing. I've kind of been able to just kick it along and switch around.
Kate Beckinsale -
When my first husband died, what I tried to do is to sort of, you know, try to bring some rationale to the circumstance and think about worse circumstances, and also open the door to what other women experienced when all of a sudden they were left alone. And particularly if they had children.
Olympia Snowe -
Most of the time nothing much is required of directors, which is a pity.
Asia Argento -
Refuse to criticize, condemn, or complain. Instead, think and talk only about the things you really want.
Brian Tracy
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If condoms and potentially microbicides can prevent millions of deaths [from AIDS], they should be made more widely available. I know that there are those who, out of sincere religious conviction, oppose such measures. And with these folks, I must respectfully but unequivocally disagree.
Barack Obama -
There is no doubt that Bronstein's shrewd understanding of chess psychology was crucial to his success. Without it, his impetuous style and technical flaws might have relegated him to a minor career.
Pal Benko -
Mere color, unspoiled by meaning, and unallied with definite form, can speak to the soul in a thousand different ways.
Oscar Wilde -
The best way to secure future happiness is to be as happy as is rightfully possible to-day.
Charles William Eliot -
Every child deserves a chance at a life filled with love, laughter, friends and family.
Marlo Thomas -
I really just want to do the best at everything I do. I just want to have all the great people around me that I feel is family, as well as my friends, and I have an amazing girlfriend. I think having love in your life is most important.
Evan Ross
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My family is from Russia and Poland. We never had that thing with the German Jews.
Rhea Perlman -
The stinkiest hair products have got to be any sort of perm, and Nair. In fact, they smell remarkably similar. Do you think that Nair is just a souped-up version of a perm that makes your leg hair super-curl until it falls off? And can anything that smells that bad be good for you?
Anita Renfroe -
I understand the concept of optimism. But I think with me what you get is a lack of cynicism.
Tom Hanks