Leslie Nielsen Quotes
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I believe in the power of intention to change the landscape of our society - and it is my intention to live an authentic life of compassion and integrity and action. Jamey Rodemeyer's life changed mine.
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Scientists at MIT and engineering schools all across America say that they could improve the fuel economy standards for the existing set of vehicles by 10 miles per gallon using existing technology, without compromising safety or comfort at all.
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Actors are just soldiers who follow commands.
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The vegetable life does not content itself with casting from the flower or the tree a single seed, but it fills the air and earth with a prodigality of seeds, that, if thousands perish, thousands may plant themselves, that hundreds may come up, that tens may live to maturity; that, at least one may replace the parent.
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I am proud of what I have got and I need an audience.
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And I started as a journalism major at Ohio State, ended up in theater and I love to read.
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I never miss a vote; I think that's the power of the people. A lot of people fought and died for us to have votes, for women to have votes in particular - your vote is your one weapon.
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Class structures are a luxury that we cannot afford.
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I never had little brothers, so I was totally not used to hearing a lot of cussing at a young age! I learned what 'pull my finger' meant the hard way.
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According to the new ethics, virtue is not restrictive but expansive, a sentiment and even an intoxication.
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I'm the descendant of enslaved black people in this country. You could've been born in 1820 if you were black and looked back to your ancestors and saw nothing but slaves all the way back to 1619. Look forward another 50 or 60 years and saw nothing but slaves.
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I like doing things where I can get dirty, work with my hands, and use power tools. Last weekend, I did some grouting.
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I don't know why, but I'm an easy target. And I don't do anything to dispel it.
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I've done classical theaters. I played Hamlet myself and Romeo.
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Those who love to be feared fear to be loved.
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Eating vegetarian in the past would have been a really bad choice as an athlete. Impossible. Just being able to get the amount of protein in was a mission. You couldn't be picky. I feel quite liberated by the fact that I can now quite recklessly choose vegetarian food.
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Online media is increasingly influential in fashion.
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What an electric thrill it sends up and down the spine, how it sets the heart racing: A Royal Romance! A Royal Wedding! The pomp and the pageantry!
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On red carpets, as people throw questions at you, you try and answer as quickly as possible.
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When I was younger, I always did movies that teenagers would watch, not adults. I did 'Crazy/Beautiful' or comedies like 'Bring It On.'
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The hits I had in the '80s - I made those deals directly with American companies.
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'What is my identity?' 'Nothing,' said the Master. 'You mean that I am an emptiness and a void?' said the incredulous disciple. 'Nothing that can be labeled.' said the Master.
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Because of 'Terminator 2,' you get not pigeonholed but circled as one of those guys who can understand their way through a movie like that and hold it down.
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I played a lot of leaders, autocratic sorts; perhaps it was my Canadian accent.
