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"There's a difference between solitude and loneliness. I can understand the concept of being a monk for a while."
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"To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved."
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"The vanity of being known to be trusted with a secret is generally one of the chief motives to disclose it."
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"Do not free a camel of the burden of his hump; you may be freeing him from being a camel."
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"It is futile to judge a kind deed by its motives. Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind."
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"The surest method of being incomprehensible or, moreover, to be misunderstood is to use words in their original sense; especially words from the ancient languages."
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"The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection."
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"Alexander Hamilton started the U.S. Treasury with nothing, and that was the closest our country has ever been to being even."
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"Being a hero is about the shortest-lived profession on earth."
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"It I talked about Watergate, I was described as struggling to free myself from the morass. If I did not talk about Watergate, I was accused of being out of touch with reality."
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"Life is a dancing mind, loving heart, caring soul, and wandering thoughts."
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"Movie-making is telling a story with the best technology at your disposal."
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"Growing up in northern California has had a big influence on my love and respect for the outdoors. When I lived in Oakland, we would think nothing of driving to Half Moon Bay and Santa Cruz one day and then driving to the foothills of the Sierras the next day."
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"From now on we live in a world where man has walked on the Moon. It's not a miracle; we just decided to go."
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"There's a difference between solitude and loneliness. I can understand the concept of being a monk for a while."
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"I would not want to live in a country that would have me as a leader in any sort of political bent."
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"My favorite traditional Christmas movie that I like to watch is All Quiet on the Western Front. It's just not December without that movie in my house."
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"I love what I do for a living, it's the greatest job in the world, but you have to survive an awful lot of attention that you don't truly deserve and you have to live up to your professional responsibilities and I'm always trying to balance that with what is really important."
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"There is something basic about protecting land by taking it off the market. People should be able to enjoy where they live while at the same time protect the plants and animals around them."
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"I must say that I do wrestle with the amount of money I make, but at the end of the day what am I gonna say? I took less money so Rupert Murdoch could have more?"
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"Prior to Saving Private Ryan I never worked with men. I was always working with some babe, and it was always about falling in love, and it just got turned around. I'm not looking for any particular kind of story. I wait until it comes across my desk."
Love
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