Confucius Quotes
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I would happily have done any of the 'Bourne Identity' sequels. There are good sequels, but I'm not good at making them.
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Claiming to 'fight for small business' is often used as a political tool in Washington D.C., but it is actually the policies behind that battle cry that small firms care about.
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I don't think healthcare's a right. The only right you have is the ability to go out on an even playing field and work, and then purchase health insurance, or whatever it is.
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New York is such a versatile city, and there's always something new to discover.
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I'm a musician at heart, I know I'm not really a singer. I couldn't compete with real singers. But I sing because the public buys it.
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People want to see a movie that casts a mature woman across from a mature man.
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The main thing for me is to make sure our home is peaceful, that it's healthy, that the kids are good.
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We confuse activity with progress, and that's always dangerous, especially in war.
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I don't know if foreigners will take to my novels or not. It may be that my books appeal only to a particular gender or age group rather than convey a more universal appeal.
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You just try to play tough and focus point for point. Sounds so boring, but it's the right thing to do out there.
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Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.
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There is no finer sonic-producing weapon for a guitar slayer than a hand crafter Gibson masterpiece.
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Actors play different characters in every project they do. Though it has nothing to do with my craft, the red carpet gives me the opportunity to show who I really am and be myself.
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All I wanted to do was be a working actor.
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SAP is a great company, but they have their work cut out for them if they want to compete in databases.
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Reverence is fatal to literature.
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Writing is not like acting, where you can pull these little stunts that create a particular effect. Words are all it is about, and the way you use words has to be individual and particular to you.
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I'm very physical. I love to work out; I'm very athletic. It's a great therapy, not only for my body, but for my mind.
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For a writer, life is always too short to write. I will just try my best during what remains of my life.
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We're a nation of celebrity and hero worshipers, so much so that we make heroes out of those who aren't, such as John Wayne: a patriotic, red-blooded, two-fisted American who spent the Second World War in the trenches on the movie lots of Hollywood.
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You have to persuade yourself that you absolutely don't care what happens. If you don't care, you've won. I absolutely promise you, in every serious negotiation, the man or woman who doesn't care is going to win.
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When you write for yourself, it's 100 percent all your essence.
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If you calculate 15 minutes a day to shave, that is 5,000 minutes a year spent shaving.
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The more you know yourself, the more you forgive yourself.
