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I was an anomaly because my father was a Harvard man, and he came from a family of poor people.


Tom Sizemore

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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...
TOM HANKS When people don't like themselves very much, they have to make up for it. The classic bully was ...
TOM HIDDLESTON I don't have the insight with the Longhorns that I do with the two teams that I own, but as a fa...
TOM HICKS There was times when I was bullied about dancing and stuff. But you couldn't hit me hard enough ...
TOM HOLLAND Imagine if these computer geeks who are running baseball now were allowed to run a war? They'd b...
TOM SEAVER We found that the most exciting environments, that treated people very well, are also tough as nails...
TOM PETERS The calendar and the clock are all set by football season and the offseason.
TOM COUGHLIN You are right that I don't have a lot of spare time because I love to stay busy and keep my cale...
KIANA TOM Who doesn't love digging into a plate of crab cakes or going after a chilled cracked crab with c...
TOM DOUGLAS Since my education, I've done quite untraditional things. There are very few Etonians who went t...
TOM HIDDLESTON We need real campaign finance reform to loosen the grip of special interests on politics.
TOM DASCHLE Oh, I got a beautiful 1959 Cadillac Coupe DeVille four-door. No one will ride in it with me.
TOM WAITS There is so much to sailing a ship. There's about a thousand different lines on a brig ship, and...
TOM HOLLAND