Barry Eisler Quotes
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Oh wow, you know what's wrong with all these families on TV? All these kids say stuff no kid would say. Stuff grown-ups want them to say. Man, I'd make a really realistic family. Where kids get spankings. On TV parents say, 'Oh, you shouldn't do that ever again. Now you can have ice cream.' Forget it.
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The collusion of big business, big labor, and big government threaten the spirit of small business that makes America great.
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The real debate is, when does life begin? When life begins, it deserves protection.
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The fun thing about doing origin stories is you are introducing the audience to characters.
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The power of a sports team in a community it's almost indescribable.
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I went from buying my own condominium and a car for myself when I was 17 on 'The Facts of Life' to not being able to pay my rent. I was at the unemployment office all the time. I had to sell my record collection just to make ends meet. And then I started getting these voice-over jobs.
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Acting is my number one, but dancing will always be a part of who I am and in my heart. I love doing stunts when they are a part of my acting.
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If you want to grow a beard like mine, the only thing I can tell you is that you have to have patience. You just have to let it grow.
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Whenever I am losing, it's like, 'It's his fault'. And whenever I'm winning it's like, 'That's us'. That's the team, the people.
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A lot of the time, when I watch actors now, I think, 'I don't believe you.'
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The Irish do not want anyone to wish them well; they want everyone to wish their enemies ill.
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I think 'Rockstar' is more dear to me than any of my other films.
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No money is better spent than what is laid out for domestic satisfaction.
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I'm the kind of person that, if someone says, 'Oh yeah, you can't do that,' I want to then go do it.
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Charity never lacks what is her own, all that she needs for her own security. Not alone does she have it, she abounds with it. She wants this abundance for herself that she may share it with all; and she reserves enough for herself so that she disappoints nobody. For charity is perfect only when full.
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Chaotic people often have chaotic lives, and I think they create that. But if you try and have an inner peace and a positive attitude, I think you attract that.
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As of 2002, two million Latino adults had been diagnosed with diabetes.
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Theatre gives you wings as an actor.
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Child, child, do you not see? For each of us comes a time when we must be more than what we are.
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The first movie I really clicked with was 'Die Hard' when I was 6 years old, which is crazy that I was watching it that young. That was the one that made me want to become an actor.
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To tell her that I joined the parachute club was too hard for me. I didn't want to trouble her; besides, I was not completely sure about the success of my new adventure.
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If the only ideas you had were your own, you'd be very limited.
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Publishing for me is a business, not an ideology.
