Tom Hanks Quotes

Yeah! I got type-two diabetes! I'm sure there's going to be some media scandal now, saying I got it because I gained and lost weight for movie parts or something - but I doubt that.

Tom Hanks

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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When I started, black people were either victims or they were the perpetrators; they were the boogie men who jumped out of the bushes and did terrible things to you.

Joe Morton

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New highways, ports, and runways appear economically foolish if we don't understand the economic growth that flows from such investments.

John Delaney

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The people that elected Donald Trump are Americans. They are every bit as entitled to weigh in on who should lead as any of us. The fact that they disagree with the values some of us hold dear is the point - America has always been about a battle of ideas that plays out over time.

Andy Dunn

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I have an iPhone. I like it for the camera and the fact that you can have your email and Twitter and all that stuff in one place. However, unlike most men I know, I hate buying new technology.

John Niven

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I did not stay at the 'Today' show because of money. I think there are other ways to make money.

Matt Lauer

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To apply spin with security, you must learn to make a snug bridge with your forefinger looped over the cue. When you hit the cueball, follow straight through; don't let your cue rise in the air after impact.

Robert Byrne

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Given Ivan's size and power, we must remain vigilant.

Mike Rogers

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I'm not mad when people talk bad about me; that's the way it is.

Miguel Cabrera

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Ragtime has about the same amount of respect as comics. And in a way they're similar art forms. Ragtime is highly compositional, and the emotion in the music is built in, whereas in jazz a lot of that emotion comes from the way it's performed.

Chris Ware

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I still think it's weird that people are interested in what I like and what I represent.

Antoni Porowski

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The payment for certain sins can be delayed. But they can't be avoided.

Shawn Ryan

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Growing inequality is exacerbated by the companies who simply treat workers as commodities, and our governments are cowered by their demands to perpetuate this model of greed.

Sharan Burrow

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