Tom Hanks Quotes
When you try to bring a story to life, it starts in your head and you see possibilities for it, but it's just one damn thing after another.

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Nothing scares me more than people with some doll collection.
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The love of liberty and the sense of human dignity are the basic elements of the Anarchist creed.
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Orchestra had a little brass ensemble on two tracks as well, but the rest was me. I knew I couldn't continue in this direction, even if people liked it, because I can only duplicate myself.
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Given that external reality is a fiction, the writer's role is almost superfluous. He does not need to invent the fiction because it is already there.
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As a legal matter, my mother is an American citizen by birth.
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To light a candle is to cast a shadow.
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I spent a lot of time between bars like this.
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If we want to create a viable, peaceful world, we've got to integrate compassion into the gritty realities of 21st century life.
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I went to church when I was younger, but it was never something pushed down my throat or anything, which is a good thing. I found out for myself where I belonged.
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Human writing reflects that of the universe; it is its translation, but also its metaphor: it says something totally different, and it says the same thing.
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The joy of winning is not as dramatic as the losses were, because I expected us to win.
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I prefer to leave the paintings to speak for themselves.
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I stayed in the ghetto. Then I stayed in condos, then I stayed in penthouses, and then I stayed in mansions.
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The atmosphere of Catholicism in Korea is quite different to the way it is practised and perceived in Europe or the U.S.
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I have a lot of LGBT friends and family members and I've always supported the community, not only as a child but as an adult, and I think it's important to voice that.
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I didn't know that I could do a talk show. I didn't know that we could bring variety to daytime. I didn't know that people wanted to see singing, and dancing and comedy in the morning.
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I was a jazz drummer, and it was my life for a while: what I lived and breathed every day.
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I would love to write a screenplay for 'Badlands' one day. I don't think I could ever have the patience to do it; I don't even have the patience to write songs. I write some of the shortest songs ever because I don't have the patience.
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We saw Hulu as an opportunity to broaden our audience for ABC content.
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When one man, for whatever reason, has the opportunity to lead an extraordinary life, he has no right to keep it to himself.
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These Millennials are volunteering more; they're smarter than ever.
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I have no credentials. I have no money. I literally come from a poor place. I was a servant. I dropped out of college. The next thing you know I'm writing for the 'New Yorker,' I have this sort of life, and it must seem annoying to people.
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Went off to school, and learned to serve the state. Followed the rules, and drank his vodka straight. The only way to live was 'drown the hate'. The Russian life was very sad, and such was life in Leningrad.
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When you try to bring a story to life, it starts in your head and you see possibilities for it, but it's just one damn thing after another.