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" For me, the definition of a patriot is someone who is willing to constantly question the government; that's what separates us from other countries. "
George Clooney
Government
Me
Question
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" I believe in all the qualities of being a liberal. I keep going back to all the great social events in our country's history, starting with the Salem witch trials, where the conservative view was that they're witches and should be burned at the stake, and the liberal view was there's no such thing as witches. "
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" I had my Aunt Rosie, who was famous and then not, so I got a lesson in fame early on. And I understood how little it has to do with you. And also how you could use it. "
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" You never really learn much from hearing yourself talk. "
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" I do happen to have a good life... But I also like to work. I feel like I got the brass ring and I got very lucky in this. "
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Feel
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" After doing One Fine Day and playing a pediatrician on ER, I'll never have kids. I'm going to have a vasectomy. "
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" Republicans are good at standing by their candidate. "
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Candidate
Good
Republicans
" I was in a bar and I said to a friend, 'You know, we've become those 40-year-old guys we used to look at and say, 'Isn't it sad?' "
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Know
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" I'm really white trash. "
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Really
" There is a strange pecking order among actors. Theatre actors look down on film actors, who look down on TV actors. Thank God for reality shows, or we wouldn't have anybody to look down on. "
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Theatre
Look
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" I was watching 'Up In The Air' and I thought, 'Jesus, who's the old gray-haired guy?' And it was me. I never wear makeup for movies and now it's starting to show. "
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Air
Thought
Now
" The government itself is running exactly like the Sopranos and they sit back and they make deals. And they say okay, 'I'm going do this: France, you're getting the pipelines.' "
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Government
Say
" I've been working with Pat Robertson on Africa debt-relief, and we disagree on virtually everything except certain very specific, inalienable rights, and the truth is that morality and patriotism come in all shapes and sizes. "
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Morality
Patriotism
Truth
" We're picking on people we can beat. "
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People
Beat
Picking
" You don't want to try to look younger, because you'll look wrong. You dye your hair, you look wrong. You wear a bad toupee, you look wrong. You wear makeup to hide things, you get your eyes done, you look wrong. "
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You
Done
Eyes
" Over the years, over the history of our country, liberals have stood on many of the right sides of the issues. "
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Over
History
Sides
" Anyone would be lying if they said they didn't get lonely at times. "
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Anyone
Would
Said
" Yes, I slouch. My mother tells me that. "
George Clooney
Yes
Tells
Mother
" I bought a piano once because I had the dream of playing As Time Goes By as some girl's leaning on it drinking a martini. Great image. But none of it worked out. I can't even play Chopsticks. But I've got a nice piano at my house! "
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Time
Dream
Play
" I think the reason why a lot of young people are such screw ups... is oftentimes they didn't have the luxury I had of forming important relationships and opinions and life experiences before having success. "
George Clooney
Think
Life
Opinions
" Honestly, as you can imagine, it really isn't all that fun directing yourself, running back and forth to the monitors to see if you're terrible or not. "
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You
Running
Fun
" Without question, I wake every night five times. "
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Night
Without
Wake
" There is something very unsettling about being with someone when they die. People say it's peaceful. It's not peaceful. It's the most personal thing you can do, is die, and you feel almost like you're invading someone's most personal moment by being there. "
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People
Moment
Die
" I had a Tesla. I was one of the first cats with a Tesla. But I'm telling you, I've been on the side of the road a while in that thing. "
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Road
First
" I'm kind of comfortable with getting older because it's better than the other option, which is being dead. So I'll take getting older. "
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Older
Kind
Getting Older
" An acting career usually has about a shelf life of ten years before people get sick of seeing you. It's a good thing to have a job to fall back on and I really do enjoy directing. "
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Enjoy
Good
Job
" I don't like to share my personal life... it wouldn't be personal if I shared it. "
George Clooney
Personal
Share
Shared
" It's not that I lead this oblivious life where I think I've got such a great personality that people want to spend time with me. If someone has a poster of you or asks for your autograph, clearly you can't take them out on a date. It's not that interesting if someone is just interested in you. "
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Time
Great
" When you're young you believe it when people tell you how good you are. And that's the danger, you inhale. Everyone will tell you you're a genius, which you are not, and if you understand that, you win. "
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Genius
Believe
Good
" It's incredibly unfair. You don't see a lot of 60-year-old women with 20-year-old men onscreen. "
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Women
Men
You
" Directing is much more satisfying to me than acting. "
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Much
Directing
Than