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Related I was born in that family. So I don't know the difference between born as an actor's son and... RAM CHARAN I probably made a few pictures I shouldn't have done, but I have four sons and I have to pay the... MICHAEL MADSEN I did a year of 'Guiding Light', and I was going to be a movie actor or a stage actor, but n... KEVIN BACON There's a presumption that somehow you calculate beforehand whether something is going to be goo... BOB BROWN I didn't think I was a famous singer. I didn't think I was a star or that I could make the w... LINDA RONSTADT I don't think you can discriminate against budgets, you know? I'm an actor, I guess, so I... RYAN GOSLING A big part of my decision is not made about whether I'm able to coach in the NHL or if I'm r... PATRICK ROY For me retiring wasn't hard once I knew that that was the decision I was going to make. GABRIELA SABATINI Whether it's t-shirt and jeans or full monster suit, I'm still an actor underneath it all, a... DOUG JONES I never went to drama school, I don't have any certificates saying: 'He's a qualified ac... HUGH LAURIE For better or worse, I don't necessarily categorize myself as a method actor; I'm not going ... REBECCA HALL If I didn't already sense that I was different, I certainly was reminded, whether by my parents ... JOHN GALLIANO I felt, selfishly, that if there was going to be a TV show about 'Hannibal Lecter' whether I... BRYAN FULLER As an actor, whether you look good or you don't, it's still about what you look like: Whethe... CHERRY JONES As far as I'm concerned, an audience is an audience. Whether it's an audience in Hull or the... SYLVESTER MCCOY Anytime I audition for something, it's always a question of whether or not the people I'm au... ADAM PALLY I have worked hard and learnt that I have to make a decision - whether I am going to conform and pro... M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN I think there is a failure in foreign policy. And you have to acknowledge that under Barack Obama, H... MIKE MCCAUL Since I was shot, everything is such a dream to me. Like I don't know whether I'm alive or w... ANDY WARHOL I always have confidence, whether I miss four in a row or make four in a row, that the next one'... STEPHEN CURRY I don't plan or schedule my career thinking first I will play a common man, then a police office... NIVIN PAULY What was I qualified to do to make a living? Nothing. You don't need qualifications as an actor ... JAMES GARNER The decision that has to be made was whether it was material, whether he knew he was lying under oat... BARBARA OLSON That's what I was trying to say when we were talking about sound. I think that every person, whe... ORNETTE COLEMAN I often say now I don't have any choice whether or not I have Parkinson's, but surrounding t... MICHAEL J. FOX I didn't know whether it was going in or not, so I decided to poke out my stick and redirect it. It ... MARIS ZIEDINS If I'm being forced to do something I don't want to do, my real self comes out. But whether ... BENJAMIN CLEMENTINE I know I was an alcoholic because I was preoccupied whether alcohol was going to be served or not. BETTY FORD I wanted to leave home, and I didn't know where I was going or what I was going to do or what wo... JAMES AVERY Still to this day, I don't know when I write something whether it's good or not. WATT KEY I used to write when I was in the mood or felt inspired. Anymore, I write whether I feel inspired or... DONALD MILLER I'm going to do anything I can do - whether that's being part of FIFA or creating some sort ... ABBY WAMBACH I suppose it's whether you want to be a famous person, or whether you want to be an actor. You h... ANNE-MARIE DUFF I think that's going to be an issue: Whether or not voters are going to get more of the same in ... BARBARA OLSON I am an ardent recycler. I would like to think that it works. I don't know whether it does or no... DAVID ATTENBOROUGH 'Star Wars' was something that I was definitely interested in. Whether or not I was really i... JACK REYNOR I'm not saying that Sam J. Jones was Flash Gordon - there's no such thing. No actor can be t... SAM J. JONES People say I look like a vampire. I don't know whether to take that as a compliment or not. NATHANIEL BUZOLIC I think the main thing we can do, whether you agree or not, I don't think that's the real is... VICKY HARTZLER I never said that I wanted to be an actor when I was a kid. I didn't know. I thought I was going... ADAN CANTO Whether it's destiny or fate or whatever, I don't think I could do a French Laundry anywhere... THOMAS KELLER One of the things I learned in the military is sometimes you don't know what mistakes you make f... WESLEY CLARK All I can say is you don't know what's going to be on the front page of tomorrow's newsp... DAVID STERN I don't really approach a character as to whether or not it's good or bad. I just approach a... ZACHARY QUINTO I feel like regardless of whether or not I win this award or I win that award or I don't win thi... SAM BRADFORD Whether that's an action film or a comedy or a drama or anything in between, I'm willing to ... SASHA GREY Anything that's not positive, I don't have the energy to focus on it. Anything that's no... DMX I'm like a mechanic. If you break down and phone the AA, they'll come to you whether it'... EDDIE MARSAN I don't really have guilty pleasures. I like what I like, and I don't worry too much about w... ANN LECKIE I always thought that family was the most important thing in life, and no matter what I do, whether ... DAVID BURTKA I am a method actor, but I'm also a film actor as well as a method actor. Characters that don... VINCENT D'ONOFRIO I'm consistently recording and releasing stuff online or YouTube videos or whatever it is. I jus... DREW SEELEY I'll leave it to others to try to determine whether or not that was unfair or not. I'm not t... ALBERTO GONZALES I just like to do work that inspires me, and I don't pay any attention to whether it's a hig... JOSEPH GORDON-LEVITT I made the decision that I was going to make rap music in, like, fourth grade, so it's been some... CHANCE THE RAPPER I don't care tuppence whether I'm forced into a leadership position or not. I'd much soo... E. P. THOMPSON I always feel like out of every session that I do, whether it's a record session or even a conce... BUDDY DEFRANCO I don't like the idea of spirituality done the way it's done. The only way I could understan... M.I.A. Some people can be choosy because they're ultratalented or lucky or whatever, but yeah, there ar... ZACH GALIFIANAKIS People are going to have their opinions. Whether it's good or bad, I don't really think abou... SIDNEY CROSBY I would have loved to have been a footballer like my great uncle Matt Busby, but I knew quite early ... BRENDAN COYLE I don't aspire to just play things that are like me. Whether the accent is Taiwanese or British ... CONSTANCE WU I've talked to law enforcement officials at the state and local level who say that violence agai... PATRICIA IRELAND I don't think anybody, actor or marine, is ever going to enjoy boot camp. It certainly wasn'... ASHTON HOLMES I like 'Citizen Kane,' I like 'The Godfather,' all the ones that everyone should see... MATT BOMER My neighborhood was rough, but I live a great life now. I don't fight that much now. I don't... SHIA LABEOUF I'm growing up and continuing to learn from my mistakes and trying not to make the same ones ove... JOHNNY MANZIEL I realized early on I was not an actor. And it was a great thing to have that realization. To see ac... DARREN STAR Whether or not we can save Lake Michigan, whether or not we can avoid a breakdown in our criminal ju... BILL SCOTT I take this art very seriously and passionately. I love what I do. You can't help but grow. That... CHRISTOPHER MELONI It's a tribal state, and it always will be. Whether we like it or not, whenever we withdraw from... JON HUNTSMAN, JR. When I was younger, my whole sense of self-worth was based on whether or not I was working, which wa... KIEFER SUTHERLAND I have a hard time watching films and not thinking how I would play any part, whether it's a man... B. D. WONG I've always been creating my whole life, you know. I've just had a need to create, whether i... DAN FOGLER I was glad to get that double play. Whether I settled down or not, that's a different question. JUSTIN VERLANDER I love men's company, but I don't feel I have to be married. Men are a wonderful part of lif... JERRY HALL Whether I'm running on the beach without my shirt or whether I'm going out with my kids or g... MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY I never analyzed whether I had a style or whether I didn't. I wouldn't be able to describe m... MARION COTILLARD Someone told me I had funny facial expressions. I don't know whether I take that as a compliment... LUCY PUNCH As a writer, I try to do different things, but I'm not going to become a darker artist or turn i... ELIZA DOOLITTLE One day, when I was 33, I shifted. I suddenly saw acting as a higher calling. I understood that my g... LAILA ROBINS I was signed to a record label when I was younger. I was in a group, and I just wasn't - persona... TIKA SUMPTER I don't know whether it is fortunate or unfortunate, but I have no such thing as national pride.... ABBAS KIAROSTAMI I'm not going to throw chairs; I'm not going to cuss. I'm not going to do that kind of s... ANDRE WARD Whether football's here or not, I will be fine. I go out, I play to win. COLIN KAEPERNICK Rob Schilling was the primary advocate for an elected school board for years. That's a feather in hi... WALDO JAQUITH I wasn't born into a religious home, but I was just not a materialist. I didn't believe the ... SCOTT DERRICKSON I don't make records that way, where I'm trying to please the marketplace or anything. Not b... FRANK BLACK I don't like hawking 'round other people's memories. That wasn't part of the deal wh... HUGO PRATT It wasn't my intention in going after this part but I suppose now I do. The adult roles are a lo... EMMY ROSSUM Acting is so exciting to me. It's a thrill; otherwise I wouldn't do it. Not to be hokey, but... ELIZABETH MITCHELL I am a professional actor, and I don't go about moralizing about what the character does. Otherw... MALCOLM MCDOWELL I'm in a hallowed league of artists. Whether it's Billie Holiday or Rakim or Jimmy Hendrix o... Q-TIP But I don't think of myself as a foreigner or a Frenchman! I just think of myself as a director.... MICHEL HAZANAVICIUS I didn't have a business degree. I didn't have experience to work in somebody else's off... HAMDI ULUKAYA I don't want to play everyone's best friend. I don't want to play the role of a girl str... ZOE KRAVITZ I'd forgotten what it was like to play music and have it be fun so I decided to stop. I wasn'... EVAN DANDO I've always been drawn to stories and telling them; whether it was through being a part of theat... ELLEN PAGE I don't know whether I want to improve religion or not. I prefer to get rid of it. B. F. SKINNER I don't think that I could ever be a strict dad. I never grew up with anybody strict in my life.... RANDY HOUSER
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DON DELILLO The future belongs to crowds. DON DELILLO True terror is a language and a vision. There is a deep narrative structure to terrorist acts, and t... DON DELILLO Silence, exile, cunning and so on... it's my nature to keep quiet about most things. Even the id... DON DELILLO People who are powerless make an open theater of violence. DON DELILLO It occured to me that eating is the only form of professionalism most people ever attain. DON DELILLO America was and is the immigrant's dream. DON DELILLO I think more than writers, the major influences on me have been European movies, jazz, and Abstract ... DON DELILLO There's always a period of curious fear between the first sweet-smelling breeze and the time whe... DON DELILLO Never underestimate the power of the State to act out its own massive fantasies. DON DELILLO Sometimes you get the best light from a burning bridge. DON HENLEY Who picks your clothes - Stevie Wonder? DON RICKLES When writing, I split my time between my chambers and my satellite office: my neighborhood Chick-fil... DON WILLETT When I take a black-and-white portrait, it's not particularly meant to please you. It's mean... DON MCCULLIN Our Constitution exists to secure individual freedom, the essential condition of human flourishing. ... DON WILLETT I think the work that they do and the style of 3D graphics is absolutely fabulous and I think it'... DON BLUTH A man with a briefcase can steal millions more than any man with a gun. DON HENLEY I didn't just hear music. It seemed as if I were part of the music. DON PIPER what man calls civilizationalways results in desertsman is never on the squarehe uses up the fat and... DON MARQUIS ihave often noticed thatancestors never boastof the descendants who boastof ancestors i wouldrather ... DON MARQUIS If a bullfrog had wings it wouldn't bump his behind every time he hopped. DON KING The body responds to a calorie deficit by slowing down the metabolism and burning muscle tissue. Tha... DON KARDONG In the old days, before there was such a thing as film schools, directors learned the camera by watc... DON AMECHE I could have played more complex stuff. I could have been a busier player. But that's not what I... DON HENLEY My career is one of people involvement. I'm a promoter of the people, by the people, for the peo... DON KING If you work for and eventually lead a company, understand that companies have multiple stakeholders ... DON TAPSCOTT One thing I never want to be accused of is not working. DON SHULA The person who has no enemies has no followers. DON PIATT Las Vegas is the boiling pot of entertainment. DON RICKLES There is nothing so habit-forming as money. DON MARQUIS Many a man spanks his children for the things his own father should have spanked out of him. DON MARQUIS So unlucky that he runs into accidents which started out to happen to somebody else. DON MARQUIS A sequel is an admission that you've been reduced to imitating yourself. DON MARQUIS It takes all sorts of people to make the underworld. DON MARQUIS Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long e... DON MARQUIS When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him whose? DON MARQUIS Bob Hope was totally regimented. I go in and say a line like, 'Hi Bob' and I'd have to d... DON RICKLES Did you ever notice that when a politician does get an idea he usually gets it all wrong. DON MARQUIS The 2 Major US Political parties have divided and conquered the US Voters by making elections about ... DON MASHAK Speaking to how elections are framed in the USA: It is not Republican vs Democrat, nor Conservative ... DON MASHAK OZOCRACY - Watch the spectacle (or divisive, polarizing issue) we, the politicians, have created or ... 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DON MARQUIS This is what comes from the wrong kind of attentiveness. People get brain fade. This is because they... DON DELILLO A naked woman was amazing. He'd never seen it this way, in full light, without half-off c... DON DELILLO Throughout History, Empires have persecuted the great agitators; Noah, Socrates, Jesus, Columbus, Vo... DON MASHAK Doesn't seem quite real. It's not meaningful. I can't quite imagine myself being 73. That's the age ... DON DELILLO The more connections that can be made in the brain, the more integrated the experience is within mem... DON CAMPBELL In order to influence a child, one must be careful not to be that child's parent or grandparent. DON MARQUIS An optimist is a man who has never had much experience. DON MARQUIS To be great one must be positive and gain strength from your opponents. DON PIATT Where one door closes, another opens. DON QUIJOTE Don't ever slam a door, you might want to go back. DON HEROLD Poverty must have many satisfactions, else there would not be so many poor people. DON HEROLD A pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimists. DON MARQUIS I get up in the morning with an idea for a three-volume novel and by nightfall it's a paragraph in m... DON MARQUIS There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have. DON HEROLD We pay for the mistakes of our ancestors, and it seems only fair that they should leave us the money... DON MARQUIS The brighter you are, the more you have to learn. DON HEROLD There's one thing about baldness, it's neat. DON HEROLD America is the world's living myth. There's no sense of wrong when you kill an American or blame Ame... DON DELILLO I think it's only in a crisis that Americans see other people. It has to be an American crisis, of c... DON DELILLO If I were a writer, how I would enjoy being told the novel is dead. How liberating to work in the ma... DON DELILLO Calling Atheism a religion is like calling bald a hair color. DON HIRSCHBERG Persian pussy from over the sea demure and lazy and smug and fat none of your ribbons and bells for ... DON MARQUIS Bores bore each other too; but it never seems to teach them anything. DON MARQUIS It's easy to point when you can't heal it. DON WALK There is more sophistication and less sense in New York than anywhere else on the globe. DON HEROLD Christian means coming from Christ. Just as a Californian comes from California and a Bostonian is s... DON WALK Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the... DON MARQUIS Poetry is what Milton saw when he went blind. DON MARQUIS Sure, luck means a lot in football. Not having a good quarterback is bad luck. DON SHULA An idea is not responsible for the people who believe in it. DON MARQUIS An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all. DON MARQUIS Every cloud has its silver lining but it is sometimes a little difficult to get it to the mint DON MARQUIS Hardship makes the world obscure. DON DELILLO A humorist is a person who feels bad, but who feels good about it. DON HEROLD Let hope inspire you, but let not idealism blind you. Proverb Don't look back, you can never look ba... DON HENLEY Some persons are likable in spite of their unswerving integrity. DON MARQUIS Honesty is a good thing, but it is not profitable to its possessor unless it is kept under control. DON MARQUIS I don't know any other way to lead but by example. DON SHULA I would rather start a family than finish one. DON MARQUIS now and then there is a person born who is so unlucky that he runs into accidents which started out ... DON MARQUIS The American Judicial System is the best appearance of justice that money can buy! DON MASHAK Men with secrets tend to be drawn to each other, not because they want to share what they know but b... DON DELILLO For every pass I caught in a game, I caught a thousand in practice. DON HUTSON Why resist temptation? There will always be more. DON HEROLD There's always a period of curious fear between the first sweet-smelling breeze and the time when th... DON DELILLO Cause a man with a briefcase can steal more money than any man with a gun DON HENLEY The distinction between children and adults, while probably useful for some purposes, is at bottom a... DON BARTHELME In this century the writer has carried on a conversation with madness. We might almost say of the tw... DON DELILLO Integrity is what we do, what we say, and what we say we do. DON GALER Ideas pull the trigger, but instinct loads the gun. DON MARQUIS a man thinks he amounts to a great deal but to a flea or a mosquito a human being is merely somethin... DON MARQUIS prohibition makes you want to cry into your beer and denies you the beer to cry into DON MARQUIS Emotions are your worst enemy in the stock market. 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