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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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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When I left Chicago, people said, 'Careful with that Texas heat'. I'm like, 'I'm from Puerto Rico. I know heat.'
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It doesn't matter what people think of me. I've lived my life.
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You can't hold back. You can't think of the subtleties of playing. You just have to get out and really bare it all, and hopefully you don't fall off the plank. And if you do, hey, pick yourself up, dust yourself down, and start all over again.
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I was just the perfect person to play the Mini-Me character.
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My father is a man of impeccable character who has worked tirelessly for the United Nations for many years. His integrity is beyond reproach.
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If I have no connection with the character, then it's all fake - it's just blah, blah, blah.
