Tom Hanks Quotes
I don't parade my family out for display, which is the way it will stay. Yet I have a reputation for being cooperative with the press. That's because when I do give an interview, I'm willing to tell the truth about what I do for a living and how goofy it is sometimes - and how volatile it can also be.
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I always knew I would make the record that I made in 'Carter Girl.'
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As for the device we now call a TV or a cable box, I want it to be fast with a clean interface and seamlessly upgradeable to the latest software. I want it to be the primary source of all TV, not an ancillary device.
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The difference in the quality of medical care received by people with mental illness is one of the reasons why they live shorter lives than people without mental illness. Even in the best-resourced countries in the world, this life expectancy gap is as much as 20 years. In the developing countries of the world, this gap is even larger.
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It seems that fighting is a game where everybody is the loser.
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I don't believe love goes away just because you're buried in a casket.
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A startup is literally just a series of unfortunate events where you failed, failed, failed, and failed until you succeed.
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I am just one human being.
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Prestige is the shadow of money and power.
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If I splurge on anything, it's cologne. I love smelling good.
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Today, India is a nuclear weapons state.
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You can make a hit song in 15 minutes. I don't know about someone else's song, but songs that people like of mine, I've created in 15 minutes or less.
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When I was signed, that was before the punk thing even happened.
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People have a good time with all the catch phrases.
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I really want to bring the message of love that is Islam to people; bring something new to that familiar face.
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I like routine.
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Real obstacles don't take you in circles. They can be overcome. Invented ones are like a maze.
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So the lover must struggle for words.
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My mother never really thought I could become anything.
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I feel like people either love me or hate me, which is good, because that was the point of what I do. The point of M.I.A. is to be - it's either to be loved or hated. At least you evoke that much of a strong opinion about music.
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I know that people don't listen to music much in the way when they'll put on a CD, sit down, have a drink or go on a car journey. People pick and choose and just listen to tracks. But when I make a record, I try to think about it as a 50 minute musical journey, so the mood is very important, as is the sequence of the songs.
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I think that New York is not the cultural centre of America, but the business and administrative centre of American culture.
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Everything I do is blown out of proportion. It really hurts my feelings.
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Family ownership provides the independence that is sometimes required to withstand governmental pressure and preserve freedom of the press.
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I don't parade my family out for display, which is the way it will stay. Yet I have a reputation for being cooperative with the press. That's because when I do give an interview, I'm willing to tell the truth about what I do for a living and how goofy it is sometimes - and how volatile it can also be.
