Winston Groom Quotes
So whatever else has happened, I am figgerin this: I can always look back an say, at least I ain't led no hum-drum life.
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There is more credit and satisfaction in being a first-rate truck driver than a tenth-rate executive.
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Black-and-white always looks modern, whatever that word means.
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What happened to the America we grew up in, the America of Truman, Ike, JFK and Reagan?
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My face looks like a wedding-cake left out in the rain.
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What looks like enjoyment is the sneer of contempt. That's not a smile.
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With the acting, it's somebody else's brainchild, and I'm just sort of helping flesh it out. There's a special satisfaction to being the brains behind the operation.
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History is not usually what has happened. History is what some people have thought to be significant.
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I want to look good when people see me.
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I definitely did look up to John. We all looked up to John. He was older and he was very much the leader; he was the quickest wit and the smartest.
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If a film has a social message, it is very important for me to know what the message is and how it's going to be delivered, but it's not something I look for all the time.
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Had I found the back of the net it would have been a double satisfaction but I've scored many goals and the important thing was for me to play well.
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If you look around the room, and you're the smartest person in the room, you're in the wrong room.
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If I'm not in the mood to deal with you, then I just don't deal with you. I look at it like, me not dealing with you could save me a lot of trouble - me forcing myself to deal with you could bring me a lot of trouble. So I just play it by ear.
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Do not be fooled by one who recites the Qurân. His recitation is but speech – but look to those who act according to it.
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Elijah looks angelic but his beauty of spirit is what makes his Frodo leap out of the screen. Unalloyed goodness is one of the most difficult attributes to act.
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I try to paint what I have found and not what I look for. In art, intentions are of little importance.
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To look at long term trends in our economy, in our society, in the international sphere and using my best judgment, shape policies that will serve the American people, keep them safe, keep our economy growing, put people back to work.
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Your life, your soul, your world. They cannot kill it. Look at me, I’ve died but I opened my eyes again.
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Do they think that they have given us great pleasure by telling us that they hold our soul to be no more than wind or smoke, and saying it moreover in tones of pride and satisfaction? Is this then something to be said gaily? Is it not on the contrary something to be said sadly, as being the saddest thing in the world?
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Another simple and powerful way to dissolve problems is not to dwell upon the outcome of your actions. Instead, learn to value each action (no matter how small or large), to do it with complete attention. Your joy and satisfaction comes from doing each action with a whole heart and mind. Results and consequences then take care of themselves. When you are not absorbed by concern for outcomes, how much anxiety can you ever have?
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Spread the word about good music. Don't just listen to what's on the radio. If you put in a little effort, you can find some truly wonderful stuff.
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The chilling truth is that his story could have been mine. The tragedy is that my story could have been his.
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So whatever else has happened, I am figgerin this: I can always look back an say, at least I ain't led no hum-drum life.
