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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Online, you have things like Slate Magazine, which has a lot of commentary and analysis of stories, so it gives you a fuller picture. I would compare that to a news magazine or the New Republic.
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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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Heartache is very fertile ground for song-making but so is happiness, so is absolute bliss.
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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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Unless our conception of patriotism is progressive, it cannot hope to embody the real affection and the real interest of the nation.
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The proposed Bush regulations put politics above the health care needs of Americans.
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Working with the children on 'Matilda' has been a joy. They don't do this professionally - their sense of discovery is instinctive, and the challenge for us adults is to keep that going in ourselves when we're doing it for the fiftieth or the hundredth time. To my delight and amazement, it hasn't gone stale - we discover it freshly every time.
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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.
