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" After my parents' divorce when I was 4, I spent weekends with my dad before we finally moved to California. By the time Sunday rolled around, I was incapable of enjoying the day's activities, of being in the moment, because I was already dreading the inevitable goodbye of Sunday evening. "

Rob Lowe

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" Can we understand - just for the record, we do need the government for a lot of big ticket items. "

" I always like stories where the egg ends up on my face. "

" Getting married isn't going to make your relationship better. It's just a ceremony. "

" I've never met a funny person who wasn't smart. I've met a lot of dramatic people who were stupid. But I've never met a funny person who wasn't smart. "

" My deep dark secret is that I was a nerd in school. I liked the theater. I liked to study. I wasn't very good at sports. "

" I look at it like this: that if Shakespeare were alive today, he would have written two or three plays about the Kennedy family, and actors would traditionally play JFK like they Hamlet or King Lear. They just would. I mean, people have played JFK, and they'll play him long after I have. "

" It's a little bit of a 'if you can't beat 'em - join 'em' mentality for me when I think about Twitter. "

" Equality for everybody is great. That would be amazing. "

" My roles in comedies from 'Austin Powers' to 'Tommy Boy' to 'Wayne's World,' were sort of comedic 'straight man' parts. My character on 'Parks & Recreation' is the comic relief in a comedy. To play a character that appears strictly for laughs is sort of new for me and really fun. "

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" We should all be so lucky in our lives to create things that we're still talking about 25 years later. "

" The term 'celebrity memoir' has gotten such a bad name now, but there used to be a little bit of an art form to it. "

" I've said before that the common perception that all good actors should be good liars is exactly the opposite; only bad actors lie when they act. "

" If you treat China like a foe, surely she will become one. "

" I'm perfectly flawed... I've got tons of flaws. "

" My son Matthew's beloved dog is a Jack Russell. His name is Buster. Matthew picked him as a puppy, when he was tiny himself. "

" In spite of being professionally gregarious, in my nonpaid hours I'm a bit of a hermit. After being around a crew of fifty people for twelve hours a day on a film set, I really like my alone time, and as always, I abhor small talk. "

" I never get bored talking about themes dealing with ambition, leadership and what it means to be an American. I love that stuff. I just love it. I've loved it ever since I was on 'The West Wing.' "

" If I had been on 'Ally McBeal,' I would have been seen coming out of the shower on the first show. "

" The minute you start making calculations about what people will think of you as a person based on your work as an actor, you're on the road to becoming a bad one. "

" I loved fun. I spent my whole life in search of fun. I have not given up that part of myself. "

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" My hopes and aspirations haven't changed since I started in this business. They've been to be able to play drama, to be able to play comedy, to be able to play leading men, and to be able to play character roles. I have no other aspirations in this regard. "

" I'm a true centrist: my beliefs put me in the middle... You know what happens to people who drive in the middle of the road? They get run over. "

" I am the guy dressing up in, you know, the caveman outfit for the kids' birthday parties. "

" What's gratifying about West Wing is that everybody told us that it couldn't be done - that the man or woman on the street didn't care about politics. But if you set things up correctly, people don't have a problem with it. "