Abe Lemons Quotes
Finish last in your league and they call you idiot. Finish last in medical school and they call you doctor.
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I've always liked stories. I'm always reading, ever since I was a kid. I've always been reading and wanting to be in some other world. This is the perfect job for me.
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I'm optimistic about people and about the planet and about nature. I think it's resilient, like people are.
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I think my numbers speak for themselves.
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During the 2008 election, I made clear to the Obama campaign that I don't think it's wise for me to force my personal political agenda on anyone.
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Ah, sweet Content, where doth thine harbour hold.
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I really enjoy comedy. It's a real challenge.
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I worry that my daughters are too taken care of.
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I think punditry serves no purpose.
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The trade magazine and all was banned in my house. The first time I read a film magazine was when I was 18.
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A certain number of people seek power over other people in a desperate attempt to find themselves. They fail, for self-discovery is spiritual in nature, not social or political. Authoritatively telling other people what to do is their distraction from an inner emptiness they can never fill.
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I'm a character actor, and I made a choice when I was young, after 'Mystic Pizza', not to go for the mainstream stuff, and to do a more eclectic kind of route.
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To win the cause we all believe in, the spread of true democracy all over the world, we need to win by example, not just with speeches but by example; not just with military might but by gaining the respect of the world.
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The nation is faced with one of the most corporate-orientated anti-consumer Congresses in our history.
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It's very difficult when you have $1.50 per day to spend on food and drink, but for people who live this reality, that money also has to cover medical expenses and education, fuel and shelter - sometimes for an entire family.
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Climate change is obviously happening and there is obviously a man-made contribution.
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No person is just one particular emotion.
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I love fashion, and that's how I express myself.
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Be modest, humble, simple. Control your anger.
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I love doing every role I do!
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I'm 53. I don't care about high school students. I find them irritating and uninformed.
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I'm creative. I can't relax unless I've got some project on the go. I'm somebody from art school, and art school during the punk era, when you just had a go at whatever came along.
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We've got some real greedy hogs who own no interest in the company they're running, whose sole interest is in whatever it takes to be able to get to the point to fly out on their golden parachute and milk the shareholder and take risks that they shouldn't take.
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I've always found it necessity to strip away everything but the most fundamental ways to work - the rest is style.
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Finish last in your league and they call you idiot. Finish last in medical school and they call you doctor.
