Linda Blair Quotes
There was a golden retriever who saved countless lives on September 11 by going back in to find people. His companion was in a wheelchair. He got him out and kept going back in to save others.
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Because I'm a big guy, I was always playing the bad guy or whatever, but after I did 'The Blind Side,' where I played a father who's a really loving, likeable sort of person, a lot of those barriers were broken down. People saw me as something softer, not so much as a heavy anymore.
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I love what I do. And why not be nice? I mean, I've seen people who work and they're apparently not enjoying it, and they're making sure everybody knows it.
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I'm not saving lives.
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People believe what they want to believe.
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Many people resented my impatience and honesty, but I never cared about acceptance as much as I cared about respect.
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A doctor can only treat patients. A doctor can only help the people who are shot or who are injured. But a politician can stop people from injuries. A politician can take a step so that no person is scared tomorrow.
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As far as people whose style interests me, I'd say Grace Kelly, Gwen, Spice Girls, Victoria Beckham, and that nanny called Fran.
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I think Delhiites know how to party, but Kolkata has people who know how to celebrate. I think that's the main difference.
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Some people think that religion is not essential to society. I do not hold this view. I consider the foundation of religion to be essential to the life and practices of a society.
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When you're warm and approachable, you don't have to go up and talk non-stop to someone in a social situation. You just have to be open to the conversations you're already having - and warm and receptive to the people you're meeting.
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If people like you, they'll listen to you, but if they trust you, they'll do business with you.
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The people you surround yourself with influence your behaviors, so choose friends who have healthy habits.
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Here's my whole marketing idea: treat people the way you want to be treated.
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When I came to Congress, like our first panel, small business people, 64 percent of the people had health insurance. We'd buy it. Now, we're down to about 34 percent. That's why we have to do something on health care in this country because the cost is killing us.
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Homer's work hits again and again on the topos of the inexpressible. People will always do that.
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Art is a mind-game that we do to make our lives easier. If it isn't for that, it becomes superfluous.
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What we prefer to do is operate our investment bank in a way that is like what investment banks used to be, which is a middle man - someone who is here to match people who need capital with people who have capital - and not position ourselves at the center of that by taking big positions on a trading stance.
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When you're in a high-stress situation, dynamics between people can change.
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When I won the Oscar, I fell into that mind-set that this is a precious role. People everywhere were shouting, 'Show me the money!' I just didn't want anything that could parody the fact that I was like a tagline in a movie. So when Steven Spielberg offered me 'Amistad,' I said no; when 'Hotel Rwanda' came along, I said no.
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People have a hard time believing that, but not having a father around, being shy, I just never participated in sports much.
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Why would anyone expect Tyson to come out smarter? He went to prison for four years, not Princeton.
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There is something wonderful in seeing a wrong-headed majority assailed by truth.
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If someone has already done a role I'm about to do, I won't watch the original until after I'm finished playing the role.
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There was a golden retriever who saved countless lives on September 11 by going back in to find people. His companion was in a wheelchair. He got him out and kept going back in to save others.
