Lester B. Pearson Quotes
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I shouldn't say this, but I always love the sidekicks. I want to do a leading-lady role in a film - absolutely. But I find that a lot of times I get attracted to the sidekick role. They stand out a little more because they're quirkier, they're funnier, they're crazier.
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I still drink vodka; I'm not an advocate of drinking, but I'm no angel. I don't like grass, because it just makes me hungry.
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I do remember the tour of 'Cats' in Philadelphia. I was 12 and had a stomach bug.
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In my career, there have been roles I haven't taken because someone involved with the project gave me a bad vibe. I don't care how much money is on the table: No job is worth feeling uneasy every day.
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Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall.
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Privacy is big for me. To do interviews even, I have a very love/hate with it.
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If Bret went in there and stunk the place out, then they probably wouldn't have brought the little brother in. So just by being successful himself, it opened the door for me.
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There are at least two retrospectives of my work each year in some country.
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When we shoot 'Scrubs' I spend every waking hour of my life in an abandoned and haunted hospital. All I can date there are ghosts and they tend to be horrible snugglers.
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There are periods in history when change is necessary, and other periods when it is better to keep everything for the time as it is. The art of life is to be in the rhythm of your age.
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I had just turned 10-years-old when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and plunged America into World War II.
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I have no interest in non-fiction. I don't read it and don't watch it and don't write it, other than a little journalistic column.
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As Governor, I will demand that Colorado's government serves the taxpayers of Colorado, not special interest groups and government bureaucrats.
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I think 'Rockstar' is more dear to me than any of my other films.
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I've never been able to relate to apathy. I've always been doing stuff, been in action, making music or working just to get by.
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Travel is impossible, but daydreaming about travel is easy.
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Governments take too long to get things done and there are far too many varied interests at stake. If you were starting a business today and needed a partner, you would never choose a large bureaucratic institution like the government.
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I got into rhythmic gymnastics when I was four years old.
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I used to try to pick locks because I grew up on my grandparents' farm and I started my own little spy club. I would go around the farm and try to break into the shed and try spying on my grandpa. It was ridiculous.
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I've worked in construction, in a factory sewing clothes. I also sold flowers and doughnuts - just odd jobs to try to make 10 pesos, which is equivalent to 20 cents.
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One of the failures of technology companies is that they build technologies thinking everything else will work out.
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Always have something beautiful in sight, even if it's just a daisy in a jelly glass.
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We know of no behavior in ants or any other social insects that can be construed as play.
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The only failures are those who fail to try.
