Edward Furlong Quotes
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Milos said, You're my first choice. From my point of view, that doesn't pay the rent. I said, Tell me what I have to do next because I'm busy painting my kitchen.
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I am not an American; I am the American.
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Letters are like wine; if they are sound they ripen with keeping. A man should lay down letters as he does a cellar of wine.
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It's no secret that I'm my dad's biggest fan.
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The lives of African-Americans in this country are characterized by violence for most of our history. Much of that violence, at least to some extent, you know, done by the very state that's supposed to protect them.
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When you're a teenager, you want to meet a lot of girls - you want to get the most girls. You don't know anything about respect; you don't know anything about being faithful and loyal to your girlfriend.
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Capitalism is about adventurers who get harmed by their mistakes, not people who harm others with their mistakes.
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World music is about taking things from different places and bringing them together - which is great.
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Pain is real when you get other people to believe in it. If no one believes in it but you, your pain is madness or hysteria.
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Having grown up on a family farm, I am all too familiar with the effects a drought can have on a crop.
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One of the main lessons I have learned the last five years as Secretary-General is that the United Nations cannot function properly without the support of the business community and civil society. We need to have tripartite support - the governments, the business communities and the civil society.
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My family and relatives alone could fill Shanmukhananda Hall in Bombay.
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When I was a kid, I wanted desperately to be a jazz musician. I would practice the trumpet for hours, but when I got braces, that messed up my ability to play, so all of a sudden I had all this free time.
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The interesting thing about movies, it's not always - y'know, you have to have structure etc and all those things, but an audience responds, in many ways, we walk away and certain things stay in our heads that are memorable.
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Quarterback is not a position that you come in having not played it your whole life.
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Success is always temporary. When all is said and one, the only thing you'll have left is your character.
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I try to avoid describing one interpretation of my books. Of course I have an opinion. I have things I want to say, but I don't ever want to limit anybody, to have them say, 'Oh, he said this, so that's what it's about.' I'm happy people bring their own stuff to it.
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Words are potent weapons for all causes, good or bad.
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I'm painfully a realist but ruthlessly an optimist. I think maybe it's because of my faith - I've always got the hope that there is something out there to make it all worthwhile.
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It's like why people read scary books or go see scary movies. Because it creates a distance. They're scared, but they're not going to get hurt.
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I knew Vincent Price from films - he was a big movie star - but the first time I met him was when we filmed 'The Oblong Box.'
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I can assure you that my wife and I - every penny of income we've ever had, our taxes were paid in West Virginia.
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Once my ears were open to hearing mentions of 'Shark Tank', I was surprised by how many people in our world, even in our industry, tech and finance, loved the show.
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We're not gonna make it, are we? People, I mean.
