Tom Hanks Quotes
If I have no connection with the character, then it's all fake - it's just blah, blah, blah.
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Nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation are not utopian ideals. They are critical to global peace and security.
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I don't think I have a signature.
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Every anti-gay remark from the Church gives the thug a license to be cruel.
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I liked to be around my friends, but my dad was out there, day in and day out.
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Oil is ancient wealth in the ground.
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If we are really serious about preventing another crisis like the 2008 meltdown, we should simply ban complex financial instruments unless they can be unambiguously shown to benefit society in the long run.
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I believe everything falls into place as it's supposed to.
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All the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil show it evidently to be a great evil.
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When I was young, it wasn't about the money, it wasn't about the fame and fortune, it was about playing football.
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In China, I had my body lit on fire. And in Russia, I took a bath in reindeer blood, which apparently had some kind of youth-enhancing elements.
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The Mexicans are not going to build the wall... they're not going to do it.
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Never forget me, because if I thought you would, I'd never leave.
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You lose your individuality a huge amount when you have no money, and I certainly had that experience.
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'Fright Night' I can just about deal with. Because the original is such a 1980s extravaganza. Which is a good thing. Obviously. But something like 'The Others' or anything psychological: I'm no good with that. I don't like it when there's space for me to use my imagination.
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People still say to me, 'What was it like being in such a huge flop?' The amount of hatred and vitriol was surprising.
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Yesterday, we were a weak and small country trampled upon by big powers. Today, our geopolitical location remains the same, but we are transformed into a proud political and military power and an independent people that no one can dare provoke. The days are gone forever when our enemies could blackmail us with nuclear bombs.
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You can't escape from yourself, can you?
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I rejected being a lot of things that I grew up in, and yet I didn't. I got all my tactics from where I grew up... I can talk about all the people in those environments more than I can talk about the teachers at Juilliard or anyone else.
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I have fabulous children.
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I absolutely don't relate to being beaten down my whole life - I had amazing opportunities at a young age - but there is still in many, many people's minds the notion that I'll never be able to escape Harry Potter.
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I like 'Homeland' a lot.
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The slogan 'Never Again!' that emerged after the Holocaust implies that the Holocaust has a universal moral meaning, which, if properly learned, can provide at least a theoretical prophylactic against its repetition against anyone.
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If I were writing an article for the newspaper, it would be thesis statement, information, information, supporting arguments. That would be the setup. When I'm making a documentary, the pacing of the film and the way that you sort of switch from character to character - all of those are more about storytelling than straight journalism.
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If I have no connection with the character, then it's all fake - it's just blah, blah, blah.
