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"1355 Personality Quotes

I'm a biographer; I can live with a little hyperbole.

Hyperbole ICan Little Live
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I was quite bowled over by Isabel Wilkerson's masterly saga, 'The Warmth of Other Suns.'

Other Over Quite Saga
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No greater nor more affectionate honor can be conferred on an American than to have a public school named after him.

No greater Affectionate honor Public school
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Hamilton was extremely combative. Not only was he combative, but he also overreacted to anything he perceived as a threat or a criticism.

Also Anything Criticism Extremely
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The thing with all the Founding Fathers, one of the most common words they used was 'posterity.' They were constantly referring to posterity.

Common Constantly Fathers Founding
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I hate every human being on earth. I feel that everyone is beneath me, and I feel they should all worship me. That's what I told my kids.

Being Beneath Earth Every
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There's a lot more to being a woman than being a mother, but there's a hell of a lot more to being a mother than most people suspect.

Being Hell Lot More
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I am an African. I live there and my children live there, and as far as I understand, they intend to go on living there.

African Am AsFarAs Children
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I was never a skilled artist or anything like that - never a rebel.
Anything Artist Like Never
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If you're playing for five hours you don't want to score goals all the time and I loved dribbling. I could score a goal, but I preferred to dribble.

Could Dribble Five Goal
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I am ugly, but what I do have is charm.

Am Charm I Am Ugly
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When I got to the senior national team, there was another Ronaldo, so they started calling me Ronaldinho because I was younger.

Another Because Calling Got
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Let us look at Jim Crow for the criminal he is and what he has done to one life multiplied millions of times over these United States and the world. He walks us on a tightrope from birth.

Birth Criminal Crow Done
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I've tried not to get sucked into the Hollywood hierarchy system. Personally, I don't like it when people are deferential to me because I'm an established filmmaker. It's a blue-collar sensibility.

Because Blue-Collar Established Filmmaker
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People call me a perfectionist, but I'm not. I'm a rightist. I do something until it's right, and then I move on to the next thing.

Call Me Move Move On
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I'm a 'just the facts, ma'am' kind of guy.

Facts Guy Just Kind
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I consider myself to be a pretty good judge of people... that's why I don't like any of them.

Any Consider Good Judge
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It's okay to be fat. So you're fat. Just be fat and shut up about it.

About Fat Just Okay
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It is nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice.

Nice Be important More
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Yeah, I was in the phase for the last ten years or so where every record I made I said OK, that's the last one, I don't want to record anymore, I don't want to do this any more, I don't want to have a public life.

Any Anymore Every Last
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It's a little dangerous for me to get outside myself and think about how I want people to see me.

About Dangerous Get How
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I become kind of obsessive about research.
About Become Kind Obsessive
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I choose not to give energy to the emotions of revenge, hatred or the desire to subjugate.

Choose Desire Emotions Energy
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The important thing to me is that I'm not driven by people's praise and I'm not slowed down by people's criticism. I'm just trying to work at the highest level I can.

Criticism Down Driven Highest
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People accuse me of being arrogant all the time. I'm not arrogant, I'm focused.

Accuse Arrogant Being Focused
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I'm sick to death of famous people standing up and using their celebrity to promote a cause. If I see a particular need, I do try to help. But there's a lot that can be achieved by putting a check in the right place and shutting up about it.

About Achieved Cause Celebrity
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I believe in singing for my supper. I'll never accept a grant because what I do should be able to be founded purely on free enterprise.

Able Accept Because Believe
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I'm a virtuoso in my job in that there's not an actor I can't go into a scene with and be absolutely confident that, whatever is required of my character, I can do it.

Absolutely Actor Character Confident
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From a young kid, I was quite interested in religion.

Interested Kid Quite Religion
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I've been voted one of Australia's 50 national treasures. I've even had my face on an Australian stamp - the only non-Australian to do so, apart from the Queen, of course.

Apart Australia Australian Been
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I don't really take vacations because when I'm working, it's usually in a far-flung, exotic place somewhere. But I have a farm in Australia I like to go back to when I'm at home and not working.

Australia Back Because Exotic
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An actor needs something to stabilize his personality, something to nail down what he really is, not what he is currently pretending to be.

Actor Need Stabilize Personality
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Everything that's written about me has such a negative taint. It just has a life of its own, like an avalanche, and I don't think there's anything I can do to stop it.

About Anything Avalanche Everything
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I used to want to be a movie star so I wouldn't have to live in trailers anymore. And now that I make movies, I spend a lot of my life living in trailers.
Anymore Life Live Living
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I am a woman, therefore I am a problem solver.

Am Problem Therefore Woman
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I think that all comics or humorists, or whatever we are, ask questions. That's what we're supposed to do. But I not only ask the questions, I offer solutions.

Ask Comics Offer Only
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Anyone who thinks they're indispensable is fooling themselves.

Anyone Indispensable Fooling
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I'm a farmer now, and it's fantastic. My goal is to be totally self-sufficient and grow everything that I eat. There's something about earning your dinner that's cool.

About Cool Dinner Earning
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I meditate so I know how to find a peaceful place within to be calm and peaceful.

Calm Find How Know
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I put headlights in Ford vans. I still drive a Ford.

Drive Ford Headlights Put
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I don't live for my work. My life is my life. That's more important, and I think that helps my work.

Helps I Think Important Life
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Everyone in showbiz is driven by ego, so how do you go from having loads of fame to working at 7-11? You can't do it!

Driven Ego Everyone Fame
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I could lie and pretend that I hunt and camp, but that wouldn't be me. Clothes? Shopping? That's stuff I like!
Camp Clothes Could Hunt
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I always just wanted to be a cheesy guy on television.
Always Cheesy Guy Just
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In Hollywood it seems that you're considered gay until proven otherwise.

Considered Gay Hollywood Otherwise
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People bring up my hair quite a bit. It's strategically tousled. The flatiron is the key.

Bit Bring Hair Key
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I don't mind being the butt of the joke... It doesn't really bother me. I quite enjoy it.

Being Bother Butt Enjoy
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I'm not used to a script.

Script Used
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I hope I can help guys come out and say, 'All right, dude, I got a manicure... and I liked it.'
Come Dude Got Guys
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I'm obsessed with fresh breath.
Breath Fresh Obsessed
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