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" I tried being reasonable, I didn't like it. "

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" I became a Republican in 1951, the first year I could vote. "

" Let's put it this way: there wouldn't be much point in me attending a high-school reunion now because there wouldn't be anybody there. We'd struggle to raise a quorum. "

" There was a stool there, and some fella kept asking me if I wanted to sit down. When I saw the stool sitting there, it gave me the idea. I'll just put the stool out there and I'll talk to Mr. Obama and ask him why he didn't keep all of the promises he made to everybody. "

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" The stronger the participation of the female characters, the better the movie. They knew that in the old days, when women stars were equally as important as men. "

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" A war is a horrible thing, but it's also a unifier of countries. "

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" In 'Gran Torino,' I play a guy who's racially offensive. But he learned. It shows that you're never too old to learn and embrace people that you don't understand to begin with. It seems like nobody else got that message, I guess. "

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" If you ever go to a music session, you'll notice that the musicians can sit down and start playing right away, and everyone knows what to do. Of course they're reading it, but the conductor can tweak little things, and you can take that back to directing motion pictures. "

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