Tom Hanks Quotes
I hope my kids understand that they're not operating in a normal world. And yet there are principles they have to adhere to that are normal - like decency, choosing between right and wrong, and honesty. That's important stuff, whether you're flying first-class or not.
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I was deeply uncertain of who I was and who I wanted to be. I really thought I wanted to be a much cooler guy than what I was.
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A lot of guys and people in our society think that chicks just love dudes with money. Chicks love dudes who are successful who happen to have money - do you know what I mean? Chicks are attracted to dudes that are doing their own thing.
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When 'our people' get to the point where they can do us some good, they stop being 'our people.'
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What I don't miss is living in a small town where everybody knows you, your family, and what you ate for breakfast.
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The big things I've had are things I bought myself.
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I'm entirely self-taught, which I think is both a blessing and a curse.
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Oh my God, Betty White is actually everything that you would expect her to be like.
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Society can overlook murder, adultery or swindling; it never forgives preaching of a new gospel.
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I tend to stay away from the comics.
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I'm very curious to witness the historic transformation of Chinese women.
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Stereotypical vegetarian food looks gray and brown.
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Well, I don't think I've ever consciously come up with tricks and tools to, kind of, hide. I do think I'm a bit more vigilant, in terms of safety issues and things. And sometimes it is kind of nice to try to hold onto your anonymity.
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Cipla has already developed a generic version, oseltamivir, which would be much cheaper than Tamiflu, the only available drug effective in treating avian flu.
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You can hype a questionable product for a little while, but you'll never build an enduring business.
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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.
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I'll keep going till my face falls off.
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It is very difficult for us to know we love somebody because it is an insecure position to be in. But in the end, it is important to be honest about your love because life is not that long.
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In a difficult and uncertain environment, Renault remains on track to meet its 2012 objective.
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The thing that's depressing is teaching graduate students today and discovering that they don't know simple elemental facts of grammar. They really do not know how to scan a line; they've never been taught to scan a line. Many of them don't know the difference between 'lie' and 'lay,' let alone 'its' and 'it's.' And they're in graduate school!
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I grew up in a slum neighborhood - rows of tenements, with stoops, and kids all over the street. It was a real neighborhood - we played kick-the-can and ring-a-levio.
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I just think you should get married if you want to have some kids.
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The ultimate of being successful is the luxury of giving yourself the time to do what you want to do.
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If then all things that grow, nay, our own bodies, are thus bound up with the whole, is not this still truer of our souls? And if our souls are bound up and in contact with God, as being very parts and fragments plucked from Himself, shall He not feel every movement of theirs as though it were His own, and belonging to His own nature? (36).
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I hope my kids understand that they're not operating in a normal world. And yet there are principles they have to adhere to that are normal - like decency, choosing between right and wrong, and honesty. That's important stuff, whether you're flying first-class or not.
