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" I'm an optimistic guy. "
Michael Douglas
Optimistic
Guy
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" Most of the stories I read are about my Hollywood pedigree. "
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" Like a lovely orchid, or anything else that's nurtured, marriage prospers and grows, but if it's ignored, it withers. "
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" My daughter is a horseback rider, so I try to watch her ride; we take holidays together. "
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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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" There is something about seeing rhinos and lions running free that excites you. It's not that you feel afraid; it's more like you're liberated by seeing them. "
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" When I was working on pictures with my father, there were a couple leading ladies to whom I wish I'd expressed how I felt rather than being too cool or too shy. "
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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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" My mother and father met at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. He was a senior and she was a junior, and their marriage didn't last very long. "
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" I do think of myself as a bit of a loner, a bit of an independent. I'm one of those people who, when they're sick, like to curl up and remove myself. I don't like a lot of people around. There is nothing you can do to help. "
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" I enjoy provocative things that are questionable. "
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" Capitalism is part of our system, but it's not for the faint of heart. "
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System
Heart
Capitalism
" 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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Future
Cleaning
Act
" 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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New
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" I don't smile a lot in my pictures. I'm always so... grim. "
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Smile
Always
Grim
" Retiring gives the impression that you're relieved that your job is over. "
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You
Your
" Liberace was a lovely guy. "
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Liberace
Lovely
" I don't think tongue cancer is the best cancer for an actor. "
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Best
Cancer
Tongue
" It took me too long to realise that if you go to a marriage counsellor to resolve problems, it's in his interest to keep the marriage going. "
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Go
You
Problems
" If a deal looks too good to be true, it probably is. "
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Too
Good
Deal
" Women are now very comfortable to have babies into their late 30s. You can be a father in your 50s. I'm not saying it's for everybody, and I think people have to get their own life secure before they take on the responsibility of a partner and children. "
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" For an actor, it's great fun to play one of these hungry white sharks. Audiences love to hate them. "
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White
Hate
Love
" Of course I feel blessed that I have a wife that is 25 years younger. "
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Wife
Blessed
Feel
" Actresses have more fear of being disliked. I, on the other hand, revel in it. "
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Being
Fear
Other
" I tell my kids they are going to live to over 100. "
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Tell
Over
Live
" My father did 90-plus films. He was Spartacus! "
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Films
Did
Father
" I had a great stepfather. "
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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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" If your work isn't exciting, doesn't stir the emotions, where's the challenge? Where's the progress if you always play it safe? "
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" During my first marriage, my career was the most important thing in my life. "
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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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