Tom Hanks Quotes

What we're doing with Band of Brothers is trying to put it into human terms, so it is not just a flickering, black and white myth on a screen, it is a resonant story. I want the audience to recognize themselves in these men. They're not just mythic heroes.

Tom Hanks

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Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 9, 1956

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Yes, I have 'failed' at marriage - a lot.

Tracy McMillan

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I didn't like to be restricted, because when you're in a choir, you have a part to sing and you sing it. I always liked singing on my own.

Tom Jones

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In August 1994, I was invited to have dinner with House Minority Whip Newt Gingrich. At that time, I was a senior engineer working for Martin Marietta Astronautics in Denver, where I had been responsible for inventing a new plan called 'Mars Direct.'

Robert Zubrin

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Without Social Security benefits, more than 40 percent of Americans 65 years and older would live below the federal poverty line. Even more striking is that Social Security is the only source of retirement income for almost a quarter of elderly beneficiaries.

Mike Quigley

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I think we are fascinated and scared by evil at the same time. I think it's important not to suppress our fascination but to walk into it with open eyes.

Joshua Oppenheimer

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I watch a lot of drama because I do associate comedy with work.

Janet Varney

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I've been getting into different gospel artists; Aretha Franklin is someone I've been listening to a lot of.

Jonny Lang

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In my opinion, some of the hip-hop records that come out, people are willing to compromise. I'm not.

Dr. Dre

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Being on stage is what I enjoy.

Debbie Gibson

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Even though I don't agree with either Sarah Palin or Michele Bachmann on virtually anything, I do think the unique scrutiny - because of their gender and highlighting the potential conflict between them is a product of the media's desire for juicy storylines. I think it's inappropriate.

Debbie Wasserman Schultz

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If you think about Protestant and Catholic or Shiite and Sunni, they are basically the same thing... one eats with their left hand, the other eats with their right hand.

Conor Oberst

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If a public figure tells a whopping lie once in his life, it'll haunt him into his grave. If he lies morning, noon and night, it will become almost impossible to remember any one particular lie.

Bret Stephens

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