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.
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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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The original 'Hobbit' was never intended to have a sequel - Bilbo 'remained very happy to the end of his days and those were extraordinarily long': a sentence I find an almost insuperable obstacle to a satisfactory link.
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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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When it becomes economically possible, building will become montage.
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If your opponent is playing several shots in vain attempts to extricate himself from a bunker, do not stand near him and audibly count his strokes. It would be justifiable homicide if he wound up his pitiable exhibition by applying his niblick to your head.
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Sometimes in this country, we don't focus a lot on people's experience and their resume. Mitt Romney would be the most experienced executive to be nominated since 1952. The fundamental task for the next president is going to be fixing things, cleaning things up, being a turnaround artist, if you will.
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People have said it's hypocritical for me to call myself a feminist and make the kind of music we are making, because we signed to a major in the U.K., and that system objectifies women. Or people have complained that I don't dance. But I like the idea that I can stomp around the stage if I want.
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I don't think Donald Trump represents the Republican Party... I think more and more people are going to realize that they really don't trust him.
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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.
