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" If a deal looks too good to be true, it probably is. "
Michael Douglas
Too
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Deal
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" The message from national security experts and citizens around the world is clear: The only way to eliminate the global nuclear danger is to eliminate all nuclear weapons. "
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" The so-called 'last golden age,' in the 1970s, most of those movies were independent films. "
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" I don't think tongue cancer is the best cancer for an actor. "
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" I've never been one to carefully calculate my career decisions, to sit on the outside looking in. I go with my passion and what moves me. "
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" Our economy is increasingly dependent on the success and integrity of the financial markets. "
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" To me, Bermuda is a real family spot. "
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" 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest,' which my father had tried to get made for six, seven years, and I for four, was turned down by every studio. Every studio in the world had passed on it. "
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" I'm impressed with the people from Chicago. Hollywood is hype, New York is talk, Chicago is work. "
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" When you've accomplished a certain amount in your career, you're not so focused on your ambitions. "
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" Do you know what absolute happiness is? For me, it is to wake up my kids in the morning - these little pieces of innocence - to wake them and find they're so happy to see me! It is unequivocal love, no question about it. "
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" People are goofy about the movie business, so you end up counting on friends you knew before you were successful. It is harder to make new friends because you are a little more cautious. "
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" Serious is when they tell you, 'You've got cancer.' Cancer is serious, but then the rest of it is not. "
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" Everything's so repressive now - it's the No generation. You can't do anything, you can't eat anything, you have to abstain. "
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" I went into rehab to save my marriage, but I wound up saving myself. "
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" I've just kind of been used to carrying movies. I look back and I'm just used to being in every single scene in a lot of pictures. "
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" I was undeclared. I was in my third year of school. They said you have to decide upon a major, and my father was an actor. My mother was an actress. So, I thought theater might be the way to go. "
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" I come from a tough stock. "
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" The studios basically, besides developing some material, their strength is distribution. Distribution in any other business is a cost that you incur. You know, in a trucking business, you eat it. In a film business, distribution is a profit center. "
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" Early on, someone had told me, 'You know, the camera can always tell when you're lying.' And, Jesus, that intimidated me. 'The camera can always tell? How am I going to do this?' Until one day I thought, 'Wait a minute, acting is lying. Acting is all about lying.' "
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" I don't smile a lot in my pictures. I'm always so... grim. "
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" Liberace was one of the biggest stars in America. He was a kind of a phenomenon. "
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" The Cold War's end pushed disarmament down most leaders' agendas. It's a sophisticated issue, which I think is one reason why it is not so hands-on to many people. It's not visceral. It's not like a starving child. "
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" During my first marriage, my career was the most important thing in my life. "
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" Capitalism is part of our system, but it's not for the faint of heart. "
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" I've always worked hard and played hard, and I'm sure I'll be cleaning up my act in the future. "
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" I try not to dwell too much on a bad marriage. "
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