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There are people that really live by doing the right thing, but I don't know what that is, I'... 
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You're not going to say anything about me that I'm not going to say about myself. There'... 
Beside every great success are the seeds of enormous failure. In every failure, there's the oppo... 
I think that's a great opportunity, to pick a script where you can build up a good skill. I thin... 
I think, a lot of times, players get in trouble when they're asked questions and they think they... 
I think it's really important that I'm not the only model in the world that goes through per... 
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I think if you're fame-hungry, go out to a nightclub and get drunk... why do that? I don't u... 
Write every day. Don't kill yourself. I think a lot of people think, 'I have to write a chap... 
I really feel that the best actors out there are very centric. They're really connected. They... 
I think a lot of people like hidden-camera shows where they think they're spying on somebody who... 
I get a lot of email, so if you're sending me an email, if you want to rise above the clutter, p... 
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I'm sure other people in the business have considered reasons why they're doing what they... 
You know, you have a lot of people - I've met a lot of people in the past, I've gone to priv... 
The working men, I'll go by and they'll whistle. At first they whistle because they think, &... 
I put a spell on people so they don't know they're working out... An enchanting spell, where... 
So, if you're doing good longform with talented people than you can step out and you can be the ... 
It's important that people are open. Some people say, 'I'm going to be a doctor,' an... 
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To have everything written for you... It's not really creating. That's why I think symphony ... 
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When people think about 'thinking,' they often think 'academia;' they think 'thr... 
Most people don't care if you're telling them the truth or if you're telling them a lie,... 
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I think Dutch people are very sober. I don't know if it's the right word. Like, you have the... 
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There are a group of people who would like to silence everybody and have everybody go along to get a... 
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The covetous man never has money. The prodigal will have none shortly. 
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This figure that thou here seest put,
It was for gentle Shakespeare cut,
Wherein the graver ha... 
A third Cato has dropped from the skies. 
Frugality is the mother of all virtues. 
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Happiness is a journey not a destination. 
Success is a journey, not a destination. 
No one will do it for you. 
There is no sudden leap into the stratosphere. There is only advancing step by step, slowly and tort... 
Force works on servile natures, not the free. 
Opportunities pop up for everybody all of the time. It's the way that we progress. It's whether or n... 
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Bad people excuse their faults; wise people leave them. 
The greatest waste in the world is the difference between what we are and what we could become. 
You've got to make haste while it's still light of day. My godmother used to say, I don't want to ru... 
I play golf with friends sometimes, but there are never friendly games. 
Running for money doesn't make you run fast. It makes you run first. 
No collection of people who are all waiting for the same thing are capable of holding a natural conv... 
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There's a thing that keeps surprising you about stormy old friends after they die; their silence. 
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As you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round. 
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We cannot hold a torch to light another's path without brightening our own. 
Most plans are just inaccurate predictions. 
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