Tom Hanks Quotes
My wife and I, we met making a movie. This is not just our job, it's our life. It's what we do naturally whether we're working together or not.
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Leaders should always expect the very best of those around them. They know that people can change and grow.
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The great thing about America is I've never felt like an outsider. I'm just a different piece of the puzzle.
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When I'm making a film, I'm obsessive about what I do, and I get totally into it. That's all I'm eating, breathing, living at that moment.
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Developing a relationship with someone you admire, who can encourage you to reach your full potential, is something that everyone can benefit from.
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So black people all across this country are uniting. They must unite, and they must organize themselves.
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I use coconut oil every single day. I apply coconut oil on my whole body for moisturising. The oil can also be used as make-up remover, as it is light-based and is not sticky.
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I cannot even remember a time before being conscious of James Bond.
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Of course I wanted an agent from the time I was like 5, but my mother was like, 'No, you're going to be normal, you're going to go to school, you're going to get good grades, you're going to play soccer, and if you do well, if you keep your grades up, you can do one community-theater show a year.'
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There's nothing funnier than the human animal.
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Would-be adoptive parents have to struggle for years through a bureaucratic obstacle course at an average cost of $30,000.
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Very old fashioned to say that they will be well behaved but I think it's very important.
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Pop knew absolutely nothing about pro football.
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It is tact that is golden, not silence.
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Two records put me over the top with hip-hop. One of them was 'Planet Rock,' and the other had no lyrics – it was called 'Numbers,' from a group called Kraftwerk. Every kid in the 'hood in New York and New Jersey was popping, locking, and breaking to that record. It was the hottest track on the street at the time.
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Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self-sustained.
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As a dancer running around the world, I always questioned whether that's what I wanted to do.
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The Millennium Development Goals were a pledge to uphold the principles of human dignity, equality and equity, and free the world from extreme poverty. The MDGs, with eight goals and a set of measurable time-bound targets, established a blueprint for tackling the most pressing development challenges of our time.
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My life was on the line here and my career and everything I worked for, it was hanging by a thread.
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I'm looking for a living wage and to continue my work. The frustration comes from when I can't do the things that matter most to me. It's when someone comes and says, 'I will finance your movie if you cast so and so.'
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The key role of entrepreneurs, like the most crucial role of scientists, is not to fill in the gaps in an existing market or theory, but to generate entirely new markets or theories. . .They stand before a canvas as empty as any painter's; a page as blank as any poet's.
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Once you accept an idea, it's an idea whose time has come.
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The great thing about life is there's always a second chance so don't despair.
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I am very fortunate to have a career. I always have to act. I don't know if I'll have a career to support it for the rest of my life, but I know I'll always act.
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My wife and I, we met making a movie. This is not just our job, it's our life. It's what we do naturally whether we're working together or not.
