Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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Most of the people nowadays send their things by internet. But I cannot work that way. I like to do it myself.
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I am big believer that increase the size of the cake is as at least as important as distribution of the cake. To increase the size of the cake, you need to focus on progress.
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Being jealous of a beautiful woman is not going to make you more beautiful.
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I want to help people; that's it.
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An actor has to embody a role.
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In this new age of GPS, Google Earth and multidimensional digital maps, mapping is suddenly hugely relevant again.
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I've seen the greatest actors in the world, transcendent talents, who can't find a home.
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Maybe entertainment is not supposed to be reality.
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Perhaps anti-depressants should be best reserved for the very extreme cases and, more importantly, for those who do not respond to alternative forms of interventions.
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Our troops do an incredible job every single day, but our policymakers have not lived up to the sacrifices that our troops make every day.
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True as the needle to the pole, Or as the dial to the sun.
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One of the things about the '70s films I love - the films 'Nightcrawler' is being compared to, like, 'Taxi Driver' - is that they never put their flawed characters into any one box.
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I have more to say as a writer than from behind a wok.
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When I watch myself, I see nothing but faults, like, 'This I need to do different, this I need to do different,' and so if there comes a point in time where I'm like, 'Man, this whole thing is just getting really stale,' I am not opposed to being the bad guy again.
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The president of the United States is not a king. You know? Barack Obama was elected by the American people.
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My father was a diplomat for part of his life and I jumped from country to country and culture to culture.
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People win Oscars, and then it seems like they fall off the planet. And that's partly because a huge expectation walks in the room and sits right down on top of your head. The moment I won the Oscar, I felt the teardown the very next day.
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Dude, I turn into a six-year-old when I come to Disneyland. It's amazing. My eyes glass over and my blood pressure goes down. I'm just like everybody else. I turn into a big kid when I come here. It's the happiest place on earth, right?
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Health care confronts us with a difficult test. We have never corrected failure in something so deeply embedded in people's lives and in the economy without the pressure of an outright crisis.
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Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success.
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So if people will pay attention to what I say because of our success as a group, I am going to use that.
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I've learned that I shouldn't shrink from success. Though honestly I thought they'd be knocking on my door years ago.
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I can play, and I know it; I'm not looking for any pats on the back. I don't have to be endorsed by anybody. I make enough to live and eat, and I'm happy with my music-and that's all I need.
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Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.
