John Oates Quotes
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Hizbullah is not a militia.
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Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.
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Since we can't count on the meat, egg, and dairy industries to protect animals from the most egregious forms of cruelty, what can we, as consumers, do? Opting out of paying someone to allow animals to die in a barn fire or at the slaughterhouse seems pretty reasonable.
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'The Omen,' 'The Exorcist,' those movies for me are the quintessential horror movies that still scare me as an adult.
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I'm still coming to terms with what it's like to have people follow your personal life as well as your public life. It gets amusing.
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The older I get, the more I understand that the only way to say valuable things is to lose your fear of being correct.
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I have three boys, so I live in a household full of testosterone.
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Luckily, I was raised by people who'd already seen all the yuck stuff, which is why they originally didn't want me to act. I understood the difference between getting a part at a Hollywood party and getting a job.
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I think R. Kelly's range is so vast and broad that in order to stimulate himself creatively as an artist, he has to step so, so far outside the box, or else he feels like he's not challenging himself.
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I do two months of strict dieting, so after fight night, I go for whatever my body is craving. It's usually sushi. But after that, I go home to Guadalajara and indulge in a lot of tacos before I have to start getting in shape for another fight.
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The one thing I am now sure of is that if there is such a thing as destiny, it is a result of our passion, be that for money, power, or love. Passion, for better or worse.
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The mere holding of slaves, therefore, is a condition having per se nothing of moral character in it, any more than the being a parent, or employer, or ruler.
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The flesh is the surface of the unknown.
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It was just really odd to be in a room with Ian McKellen sharing cucumber sandwiches.
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Well, we all have murderous thoughts throughout the day, if not the week.
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Man's task is to become conscious of the contents that press upward from the unconscious.
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I guess the reality is, everybody today has so many gadgets.
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I'm a full-time mom right now and a part-time actress.
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Men create the gods in their own image.
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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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I've watched directors since my very first day of acting because I knew I wanted to direct.
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I've always said that an art critic can put aside politics around art.
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Don’t make it sound like I laughed because I was troubled or inconvenienced or put out. I don’t want them to read anything into it. But if you want to say that I laughed, I think that would be a good answer.
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Sometimes, it's just great to bring new people into the mix.
