Tom Hanks Quotes
It was a million tiny little things that, when you added them all up, they meant we were supposed to be together ... and I knew it.
Quotes to Explore
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Age has been the perfect fire extinguisher for flaming youth.
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Liking one person is an extra reason for liking another.
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Wong Kar-wai and Ang Lee are two Asian directors I'm really fond of.
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The secrets of slavery are concealed like those of the Inquisition.
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I am a writer because writing is the thing I do best.
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The more you talk about - and live by - your principles, the harder it will be for others to treat you in a morally ambiguous manner.
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GIS is waking up the world to the power of geography, this science of integration, and has the framework for creating a better future.
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It's just a theory really, but I have always thought that your physical surroundings can shape your voice and personality.
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Know your priorities and identify the five powerful action steps that you intend to take to move your initiatives forward each day. If you go to a tree with an ax and take five whacks at the tree every day, it doesn't matter if it's an oak or a redwood; eventually, the tree has to fall down.
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The bravest thing I've ever done is fly to New York. I'm simply terrified of aeroplanes - I am the woman you see weeping at the airport.
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Success is always temporary. When all is said and one, the only thing you'll have left is your character.
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'Posh' is not really political. I didn't want to aim a brickbat at the system. Or to bash Old Etonians. It was always the class and privilege aspect of that world that I was most drawn to. There is something endlessly fascinating about imagining something you could never be involved in.
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Remember above all that mental stability comes by examining the contents of the mind, not by avoidence.
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There will never be a replacement for that ongoing physical contact. But I don't think blogging is meant to replace the face-to-face of friendships and meetings. Blogging is a way to keep in touch with a larger group of people on an ongoing basis, in a more efficient way.
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There is only one difference between a madman and me. The madman thinks he is sane. I know I am mad.
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We've got to decide that we want to live in a world that is sane and happy and healthy, and that everyone deserves that.
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I actually have a decent singing voice, and I've never been able to sing onscreen. I'd love to do a musical.
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In some theoretical way I know that a half-million people hear the show. But in a day-to-day way, there's not much evidence of it.
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As a kid, I sensed history going on all around me, but the basic thrust of it didn't move me.
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If I sit down with an electric guitar, what's going to come out are Sabbath/Zeppelin type riffs, but if I'm sitting behind a piano late at night, I might write something like 'Desperado.' You're not going to write 'Desperado' between a wall of Marshalls and thumping, crushing volume.
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When you guest-star, you're usually at the center of the dramatic arc, so that's fun.
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One of my fondest memories growing up in Rwanda was seeing everyone participating in community-building activities. This happened every Saturday at the end of month. People work together in cleaning streets, planting trees, and take care of each other by facilitating productive conversations and actions that are beneficial for the society.
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When you have more than two people working together, it gets a bit unfocused as an idea.
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It was a million tiny little things that, when you added them all up, they meant we were supposed to be together ... and I knew it.
