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The Lord so constituted everybody that no matter what color you are you require the same amount of nourishment.
We have plenty of Confidence in this country, but we are a little short of good men to place our Confidence in.
If you feel the urge, don't be afraid to go on a wild goose chase. What do you think wild geese are for anyway?
He [Calvin Coolidge] is the first president to discover that what the American people want is to be left alone.
Successful colleges will start laying plans for a new stadium; unsuccessful ones will start hunting a new coach
Ancient Rome declined because it had a Senate, now what's going to happen to us with both a House and a Senate?
Now if there is one thing that we do worse than any other nation, it is try and manage somebody else's affairs.
There is some talk of lowering (the income tax), and they will have to. People are not making enough to pay it.
In the Middle West now you got to put a brand on your soil, then in the Spring go on a round-up looking for it.
I'm really proud of the writing on Door to Door, and I think that's the Emmy that meant the most - the writing.
One of the advantages of being a captain is being able to ask for advice without necessarily having to take it.
I don't belive Oprah's sexual abuse stories, I mean who would take a black girl when there are plenty of white?
I don't think restaurants should refuse to serve minority people. They are quite tasty when prepared correctly.
I love queers as much as the next guy, I just don't think I should have to sit beside them on public transport.
I have a hard time with scheduling, and with hunkering down and planning. That's always been a struggle for me.
I never really thought of myself as being an action hero or a leading man or any of that. I'm a character actor.
I try to pick characters that I find interesting and complex and that I feel I can bring something of myself to.
I always found something strangely paternal about the director-actor relationship. Actors want so much approval.
If there's one organization in the United States that could work on its communication skills, it's the military.
I was seeing this girl recently and used to call her up saying I missed her. I can't help it after a few drinks!
Never seen my friends do more push-ups, trying to challenge Cruises' manhood. It was like, I can be strong, too!
Bedtime stories were definitely a big part of my life because I was just so excited my father was talking to me.
It's part of my character not to take myself too seriously. That's one of the reasons I've been able to survive.
Obviously I'm not there to pick up anybody, but I'm not afraid to hang out in a predominantly gay establishment.
I loved working with Meryl Streep twice and I've gotten to work with my friend Liam Neeson on several occasions.
Here's my Golden Rule for a tarnished age: Be fair with others, but keep after them until they're fair with you.
I don't believe in competitions between artists. This is insane. Who has the authority to say someone is better?
I wanted to make it in New York. I thought if I went out to the Midwest, I'd be burying myself. But I was wrong.
It's not that there is a terrible morality in Hollywood. I think there isn't any. There isn't any, by and large.
Leadership is ultimately about creating a way for people to contribute to making something extraordinary happen.
Larry David finds a way to make jokes about the Holocaust. It would never have occurred to me. And it was funny.
When I get up in the morning, I have to decide what I'm going to have for dinner or I can't get through the day.
As you get older, as you become more sensitive, feel more, it becomes harder to make jokes. You censor yourself.
Anytime you have an opportunity as an actor to really grow along with your character, I think thats a real gift.
It's better to be known by six people for something you're proud of than by 60 million for something you're not.
There's a lot of complicated magical reasons why I'm not at the party that are too long and semantic to go into.
I've never felt that I've had some great fashion sense of my own - I tend to wear what my wife tells me to wear.
I studied at Guildhall and did the acting course, but because I could sing a bit, I kept being cast in musicals.
When I left Chicago, people said, 'Careful with that Texas heat'. I'm like, 'I'm from Puerto Rico. I know heat.'
I love the long-form format of television. I love being able to develop a character, over a long period of time.
I thought I did play one villain, Hitler, [who is] like Lecter in some ways, but he's a mythical figure, anyway.
I like the good life too much, I'm not good at going on stage night after night and on wet Wednesday afternoons.
Even in my stand-up, there's a lot more positivity and enthusiasm rather than negative, I-hate-everything vibes.
With a sketch show, it's "a bunch of people and they're being funny." In a way that you can't really explain it.
Maybe Oliver Stone doesn't lend himself well to remakes or sequels, because he does them so well the first time.
Series Two of 'The Paradise' is meaty and thoroughly entertaining... and yeah, you're in for a good thrill ride!
The trick is to try and justify every word on the page and make sure my character is the man who would say that.
It is better for me to serve a charity as an actor or a voice, rather than at a luncheon being just a celebrity.
I feel as if I'm in on a pass and am damn lucky to have whatever I have. It could all be taken away in a second.
The whole thing about acting, the draw for me, is the opportunity to do things you don't get to do in real life.