Tom Vilsack Quotes
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If you're not careful as an actor, you can find yourself, at a certain point, a little bit bored.
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I think movies lost a lot when they went to stereo and five-track sound.
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I don't trust that many people. Just my mother and my wife and a couple of friends. When I trust people, it doesn't end well.
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That's what the sari is about. Everything is covered, yet a peep of an ankle can be a turn on for men.
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To me, it's just like, if you have talent, and you're lucky enough to find where you fit, and you work with the right people, it's not exalted at all.
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The truth is I love musical theater and always have.
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It's true that I love to connect with my fans on the social networking sites, but I try not to go overboard, ever. I just give people a peek into my mind space, but never bombard them with my tweets.
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Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives.
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I used to work at a punk venue in Pennsylvania because I wanted to be near music.
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I do not use the language of my people. I can take liberties with certain themes which the Arabic language would not allow me to take.
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My Emmy is in my china closet. People don't really look at it, though.
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If this whole acting thing doesn't work out, I'll just get a talk show.
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A man must love a thing very much if he not only practices it without any hope of fame and money, but even... without any hope of doing it well.
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Anything that we can destroy, but are unable to make is, in a sense, sacred, and all our 'explanations' of it do not explain anything.
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'Democracy is premised, in some measure, on majority rule, and democracy is difficult in a situation of concentrated inequalities in which a large, impoverished majority confronts a small, wealthy oligarchy.'
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When you're married to someone famous, people know you, but they're not really seeing you.
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Even though there's no forum for me on the radio for the kind of music I sing anymore, I am still excited about having a career where I can sing the best music in the world, and people will come and hear me because of the hit records I've had in the past.
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Perhaps America works like this: Presidencies swing, as reactions to each other, like a pendulum. My optimistic belief is it is how we keep our country in balance.
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I am not very good at expressing myself in a simple way so it can create mis-understandings and I hate that.
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As an actor, there is always an opportunity to learn from the other actors you work with.
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I gave someone a perverse argument not so long ago about why advertising is better than movies. You want to hear it? Movies operate from a really disingenuous premise, that people are heroes. I know a lot of people and have had an opportunity over the years to observe them. Are they heroes...? Let's put it this way. Advertising tries something simpler and more believable: Products as heroes. I guess the idea is: When all else fails, put your faith in conditioner.
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I think that food ties us to our community and our traditions, and it's the thing that makes us feel good and connected.
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We must spread our principles, not with words but with deeds, for this is the most popular, the most potent, and the most irresistible form of propaganda.
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Local and regional food systems are about opportunity.
