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The vast amount of waste and sheer stupidity in government - from the Pentagon to the Food and Drug Administration - could fill committee agendas for years.


Tom Coburn

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TOM CRUISE I love kids. I was a kid myself, once.
TOM CRUISE I look at the Samurai because they were the artists of their time. What I think struck me when I rea...
TOM CRUISE Awards are wonderful. I've been nominated many times and I've won many awards. But my journe...
TOM CRUISE Here's how I've lived my life: I've never been late to a set. I make films I believe in....
TOM CRUISE I want a world without war, a world without insanity. I want to see people do well. I don't even...
TOM CRUISE I always look for a challenge and something that's different.
TOM CRUISE I disagree with people who think you learn more from getting beat up than you do from winning.
TOM CRUISE I'm passionate about learning. I'm passionate about life.
TOM CRUISE I'm a romantic.
TOM CRUISE When you become successful in any type of life, there are people who are not contributing to the mot...
TOM CRUISE Every single time I start to do a picture, without fail, I feel as if I don't know what I'm ...
TOM CRUISE I would live with all of my sisters if I could. We've always been very close, my sisters and me.
TOM CRUISE I don't care who you are, life has challenges.
TOM CRUISE I've been... chased by paparazzi, and they run lights, and they chase you and harass you the who...
TOM CRUISE Individuals have to decide what is true and real for them.
TOM CRUISE It's well known I'm a Scientologist, and that has helped me to find that inner peace in my l...
TOM CRUISE 'Larry Crowne' is about as bummed out a human being as one can be when he loses his job. Wha...
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