Tom Hanks Quotes
I try not to lie to people - the only way to control the way you're perceived is to tell the truth.
Quotes to Explore
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Men do not value a good deed unless it brings a reward.
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The 'Room 93' EP was just kind of picking apart the sense of voyeurism and the sense of isolation and turning it into, essentially, a little black book and reflecting on - at that time - 19 years of me forming relationships with people.
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I know that I am an excellent live performer. I know that I have spent my life paying attention to my art form, developing my art form, worrying about my show and what it is I'm bringing to people, making sure that I give them a fine trade. They get a two-hour show, sometimes a three-hour show, for a decent price.
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Bruckner's Eighth is a colossus.
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Making music is fantastic.
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Newark might be one of few the places where the politics is tougher than even Brooklyn.
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My view is that while you do occasionally have differences you ought to have a process where you can sit down and talk about things. How else do you solve problems?
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I have reached the conclusion that those who have physical courage also have moral courage. Physical courage is a great test.
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May it be long before the people of the United States shall cease to take a deep and pervading interest in the Fourth of July, as the birthday of our national life, or the event which then occurred shall be subordinated to any other of our national history.
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I've fallen in love in my life a few times. It's the most exciting part of being alive - that I've experienced, anyway.
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They hate whom they fear.
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Writing, more than any other art, is indexed to the worthiness of the self because it is identified in people's minds with emotion.
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Women and girls, men and boys all share the right to live free of violence, which is, unfortunately, experienced by both men and women. Women and girls, however, disproportionately experience violence due to a deeply rooted global culture of gender discrimination.
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My main focus when I do my makeup is my eyes - I accentuate my eyes, and they look bigger. More 'va va voom,' I guess you can say.
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Where 'Dragon Quest Monsters' originated from was 'Dragon Quest V,' where you had a monster befriending system as a main part: you could actually befriend monsters and have them fight on behalf of your party, as part of your party.
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I believe it's important that we use names of endearment that reflect a special feeling for the individual involved.
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Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by mental capacities.
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There is no such thing as a free lunch.
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An egocentric pessimist is a person who thinks he hasn't changed, but that other people are behaving worse than before.
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As for his secret to staying married: "My wife tells me that if I ever decide to leave, she is coming with me."
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The Duke of Dunstable had one-way pockets. He would walk ten miles in the snow to chisel an orphan out of tuppence.
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I've spent my entire career on horseback or on a motorcycle. It boxes you in, the way people perceive you. I read a lot of scripts. Most of 'em go to other actors.
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People try to do all sorts of clever and difficult things to improve life instead of doing the simplest, easiest thing-refusing to participate in activities that make life bad.
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I try not to lie to people - the only way to control the way you're perceived is to tell the truth.
