Cary Grant Quotes
I have no plans to write an autobiography, I will leave that to others. I'm sure they will turn me into a homosexual or a Nazi spy or something else.
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My father really told me, seriously, if you want something, you can have it, but you may have to work harder than anyone else around you.
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Social revolutions are never simple.
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I just think people should be able to express themselves.
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When people say 'marriage' to me... It's always a means to an end. Everyone's so in a rush to define the relationship.
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If you read all your history books, there are no women in them.
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Genius consists not in making great discoveries, but in seeing the connection between small discoveries.
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Why would we have different races if God meant us to be alike and associate with each other?
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I listen to music a lot, if I need to get into a particular space. I do stretching and breathing, and take time to mostly be quiet and find the stillness. I think that's important.
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Fishing, Danny boy, is purely a state of mind. Some men, when they are fishing, are after fish. Me, I'm after things you could never set a barbed hook in.
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We may be born equal but we're not equally talented.
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When kindness has left people, even for a few moments, we become afraid of them, as if their reason had left them.
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I was accused of every monstrous vice by public rumour and private rancour; my name, which had been a knightly or noble one, was tainted. I felt that, if what was whispered, and muttered, and murmured, was true, I was unfit for England; if false, England was unfit for me.
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If the kids don't believe, make them believe.
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We've gone through the operating system and looked at everything and asked how can we simplify this and make it more powerful at the same time.
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Let this sad tale of death never be told without a tear: let every parent tell the shameful story to his listening children, till tears of pity glisten in their eyes, or boiling passion shakes their tender frames.
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No, I am not a homosexual. If I were a homosexual, I would hope I would have the courage to say so. What's cruel is that you are forcing me to say I am not a homosexual. This means you are putting homosexuals down. I don't want to do that.
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I'm often asked how I define "success." It's an overused term, but I fundamentally view this elusive beast as a combination of two things - achievement and appreciation. One isn't enough: Achievement without appreciation makes you ambitious but miserable. Appreciation without achievement makes you unambitious but happy.
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I believe Money is too important to leave in the hands of government officials.
