Larry Wilcox Quotes
Dentistry was an ego trip, and acting is a personal need. Usually it's the reverse, and I honestly don't think I had the talent in my hands to be a good dentist.
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Let's judge a man on what he's done.
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I would happily have done any of the 'Bourne Identity' sequels. There are good sequels, but I'm not good at making them.
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I have never Twittered or Tweeted or even Chirped.
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I am not some goddess that dropped down from the sky to sing pop music; I am not some extra-incredible human person that needs to be told how wonderful they are all day and kissed.
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I really loved living in the White House, but I don't miss it at all.
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I don't mind going back to daylight saving time. With inflation, the hour will be the only thing I've saved all year.
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But I think we need to remember that democracy everywhere is by its nature incomplete, a work in progress.
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Do not learn more than you absolutely need to get through life.
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You walk on a set, and you have no idea - that's why I don't storyboard. It's all possible.
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There is no bigger aphrodisiac than power.
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If I'm trying to please every craze fan, then I can't. Of course, we all want to please the fans.
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I'm good friends with Lee Westwood. Bubba, Rickie Fowler. A few of the top hitters.
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My hand is the extension of the thinking process - the creative process.
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If you want to know the taste of a pear, you must change the pear by eating it yourself. If you want to know the theory and methods of revolution, you must take part in revolution. All genuine knowledge originates in direct experience.
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I was the first woman to win a Tony for directing, but the second woman came along five minutes later.
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There are many ways to be hungry. One can hunger for love, or fame or social justice, but hunger for food seems to curb all other cravings.
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We, the artists, make the stuff they sell and they're like ticks on our backs, sucking the life out of us.
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I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.
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In order to develop the willpower it takes to sacrifice, you must first realize that spending all your time and energy pursuing material comforts means you will eventually suffer. It's all about positive and negative consequences. It's very important to be aware that there are long-term consequences [for every action].
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If we're building high quality companies, if the customers like the products, if the technology innovation is real, then the substance is going to win out in the end.
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Doing new stuff live is tough just simply because I pay my money, I stand in my seats, and I see the guys I love. And if I paid that ticket, there's a good chance that I'm there to hear the stuff that made me fall in love with 'em - we call it the 'old stuff.'
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There's no big splashy renaissance in Italian films. We have good young actors and directors. What we lack are screenwriters. It's hard to write about Italy.
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I think women bring a different perspective and that we tend to be more collaborative in our approach. I served in the Iowa Senate back in the '90s, when there weren't a lot of us. At the time, I think there were five or six women, and two or three of them were Republicans and two or three were Democrats.
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Dentistry was an ego trip, and acting is a personal need. Usually it's the reverse, and I honestly don't think I had the talent in my hands to be a good dentist.
