Leslie Nielsen Quotes
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Bush already gave obscene tax breaks to people like me and Warren Buffet, and we are saying it's not fair.
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Islam means peace.
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It is my first preference to do films with social significance. Art cinema has given me credibility and status as an actor, but commercial cinema has given me a comfortable living.
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I have a theory that there are still parts of our mental worlds that are still based around the age of between five and eight, and we just kind of pretend to be grown-up.
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I think the government must recognise that the wounds of conflict are even more grievous on the mind than the body, and indeed may even serve to fuel further conflict. Where conflict cannot be avoided, provision of adequate psychosocial services to prevent the adverse mental health consequences should take priority.
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Without doubt, machinery has greatly increased the number of well-to-do idlers.
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I'm a Christian guy, and when it comes to my priorities, it's the utmost. For me, just to calm myself down, to keep my perspective when I'm playing, to not make too big a deal of it... that's where I go to. The peace that comes with that allows me to play free golf.
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Faced with stress, too many people feel they have nowhere to turn to, that they don't have access to the kind of friendships or communities where they can easily and openly share their problems and worries.
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My parents were never condescending to us. They treated us like adults from a very young age.
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Fits did not go over well in my house. There was a lot of discipline and obedience and you had to be very ladylike. Ladies didn't curse and I still don't curse in front of my parents.
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They put all this money into these huge films and then no one goes to see them. That sort of shows they're out of touch. Then everyone in town passes on my little movie and it does really well.
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I've always supported new music from classic bands, especially if it's good.
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When Ted Williams was here, inducted into the Hall of Fame 37 years ago, he said he must have earned it, because he didn't win it because of his friendship with the writers. I guess in that way, I'm proud to be in this company that way.
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I will develop the areas that vote for me, but if you don't vote for me, don't expect anything.
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I think, anyone in the arts, you're self-employed; it's so difficult.
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When you're editor-in-chief of a big magazine, you cannot be a cover girl for MAC; you cannot be the face of Givenchy - of course you can't; it's doesn't go with the job.
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Some people are worried about the difference between right and wrong. I'm worried about the difference between wrong and fun.
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So long as you believe in some truth you do not believe in yourself. You are a servant. A man of faith.
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When I write an original story I write about people I know first-hand and situations I'm familiar with. I don't write stories about the nineteenth century.
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I didn't start to be an artist myself until I was 24.
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The bibliophile is the master of his books, the bibliomaniac their slave.
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There's certain things that we do work with Russia on and then there's certain things when they do something wrong, I have no problem calling them out on it.
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I know that God has had my back, even when I was screwing up.
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Doing nothing is very hard to do... you never know when you're finished.
