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As an actor, it's amazing to get to create different characters * As for me, all I know is (that) I know nothing * As for discipline and rules, I (must) confess, I've never been good with either * As to the media, they are protected by the First Amendment, as they should be * There was a big question as to whether or not different generations have grown up differently * I don't really approach a character as to whether or not it's good or bad. I just approach a character as to where it lives in me * I don't think it's a question of age as much as it's a question of what kind of shape you're in * I have principles in my professional and personal life as to how things are done * When I was young, I had no choice as to what I was eating * The decision as to why a show makes it has to do with politics and money * By and large, I've been healthy all my life * Deep down (inside), I happen to be very shallow / I'm pretty superficial * Everyone knows that for you to lose weight, you need to start a healthy lifestyle * Everyone knows that for a plant to survive it needs light * (In order) for you to survive in business today, you need to be a sharp (smart, skillful) guy / technically competent. That requires you to understand what is new on the market * It goes without saying that children should not be given knives to play with * It goes without saying that you will improve your (English speaking) skills with practice * Given that you'll never be able to prevent copying, the question is, what can you do to minimize it? * The surest way to be alone is to get married * The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him * The surest way to prevent war is not to fear it * Although death is terrifying, knowing that you are living to eternity without ever being able to die is even more terrifying * To tell you the truth / To be frank / honest I have to admit / admittedly / surely / to be sure / clearly ... * To tell (you) the truth, I don't know what I was going to say * The truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth (Used to emphasize the absolute veracity of a statement) * Truth is I really do care * To tell (you) the truth, I've never liked Fitzgerald as much as you do * To tell you the truth, I only pretended to understand  Ulysses so you would think I was smart * To tell you the truth, I'm glad you figured it out, because I have been dying to tell you * Rarely / never / seldom do I get straight A’s (get good grades) * I'm slightly unsure as to what my goal is. I just keep doing Jobs * If you like my music, great, and if you don't, whatever (I don't care). I'm going to keep making it either way * If you're going to do something wrong, do it big, because the punishment is the same either way * Strive for continuous improvement, instead of perfection * I hate to say it, but there seems to have been some sort of dumbing down as far as movies go * The only way to be sure of catching a train is to miss the one before it * The only failure is not to try *  There appears to be no limit as to how far the women's revolution will take us * When it comes to giving advice, I can tell you a lot; when it comes to my problems, I don't know what to do * When you come down to it, we all depend on others (to deal with a subject directly) * (Whether you) Like it or not, the world evolves, priorities change and so do you (evolution/ism/ist) The only failure is not to try.
 
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1. Contrary to what you might think, China's economy is relatively less efficient, and more polluting, than those of rich countries.

2. Contrary to what you might assume, I didn't start with any advantages and neither did most of the successful people I know. 
2. As far as I'm concerned, Twitter has wiped out Facebook. I'm done with Facebook. *
3. Deep down (inside), I happen to be very shallow / I'm pretty superficial.

4. The surest way to hit a woman's heart is to take aim kneeling.

5. First off, I have to mention what is undoubtedly the greatest phenomenon of the modern era: All You Can Eat Buffets.

6. I gotta be honest with you... I hate numbers. I hate chapter numbers. I hate them. I hate all that stuff.

7. I find it very difficult to relax. I find it increasingly difficult to find outlets for my frustration, and I find it very easy to fall in love. * I find it odd that people take me seriously.

8. I hate to say it, but there seems to have been some sort of dumbing down as far as movies go. 

9. I gotta be honest with you... I hate numbers. I hate chapter numbers. I hate them. I hate all that stuff.
10. It goes without saying that you will improve your skills with practice. (boys will be boys)
11. I tell you the truth, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven.

12.  I tell you what, one time I ate 5 gallons of ice cream in one sitting. * I tell you what, that beagle is a power dog! (Something one says to either begin or end a conversation).

12. By an ldarge, language is a tool for concealing the truth.

13.  I tell you what: when you are getting married to Miranda Lambert, you're going to make time for whatever she wants.

14. I like it best when the movies do well and the reviewers like them.

15. I must say, I don't feel very qualified to be a pop star. I feel very awkward at times in the role. * I must say the idea of a United Africa was nonsense. Writing, producing and directing, I must say, is incredibly satisfying and gratifying. I've never been happier. * The hardest portion of English, I must say it: Idioms.

16. It's fair to say that I have a side that is prudent and a side that is not. 

17. My motto is: feel the fear and do it anyway. Never quit. Never say die (never give up)

18. Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them.

19. I truly believe that what goes around comes around. I don't believe in coincidences. I believe in positive thought * I truly believe what you put out there will come back to you. Positive or negative. Maybe not now but…

20. I truly believe (that) what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. 

By and large, language is a tool for concealing the truth.
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21. To tell you the truth, when it comes to art, money is an unimportant detail.

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As / Like I always say,

I have always respected everyone's religion. As I say, there is only one God and a lot of confused people. * Sometimes you have to, as I say, build bridges where you can - but draw lines where you must. * Prison life, fortunately, I spent a lot of years, about 18 years with other prisoners, and, as I say (often), they enriched your soul. *

As far as I'm concerned, Twitter has wiped out Facebook. I'm done with Facebook (eradicate, eliminate) * As far as I'm concerned, being any gender is a drag ([sth] boring, tedious, a bore / bother / downer) * Acting is probably the number one team sport in America as far as I'm concerned * As far as I'm concerned, I prefer silent vice to ostentatious virtue.

By and large, the people I'm talking about are Internet users.

Certainly, if you look at human behavior around the world, you have to admit that we can be very aggressive.

Deep down (inside): In reality, esp. as opposed to appearance. 

Don't quote me on this, this is off the record.

I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation. * The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him. * Quote me as saying I was mis-quoted. * You are who you surround yourself with. I know that's such a cliche quote, but it's true. 

I find it odd that people take me seriously. I find it difficult to watch myself... I find it boring. * I find it very difficult to relax. I find it increasingly difficult to find outlets for my frustration * I have a husband, and babysitters; I find it hard. I find it amazing how single moms do it. * I find it very easy to fall in love.

I gotta be honest with you... I hate numbers. I hate chapter numbers. I hate them. I hate all that stuff.
I hate bullies. I hate them. I'm not good enough with words to describe how much I hate them.

I have to say I regretted giving up animated movies. * I am pretty controlled I have to say. * I have to say that I got off very easy. There were incidents.

I hate to say it, but there seems to have been some sort of dumbing down as far as movies go. 

I like it when stories are left open * I like it when hard work pays off (To result in profit or advantage; succeed)

I like it best when the movies do well and the reviewers like them. * I must say, I don't feel very qualified to be a pop star. I feel very awkward at times in the role. * I must say the idea of a United Africa was nonsense. Writing, producing and directing, I must say, is incredibly satisfying and gratifying. I've never been happier. * The hardest portion of English, I must say it: Idioms.

I tell you the truth, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. 

I tell you what: when you are getting married to Miranda Lambert, you're going to make time for whatever she wants.

I think, and I've thought this for a long time, that we live, roughly speaking, in the last generation of human beings.

I think the hardest thing to overcome is judging yourself and being your own worst critic so to speak.

I think the key is for women not to set any limits.

I think the key is not to try to feel like you have to do something special.

I truly believe that what goes around comes around. I don't believe in coincidences. I believe in positive thought. I truly believe (that) what doesn't kill you makes you stronger.

I truly believe what doesn't kill you makes you stronger.

I truly believe what you put out there will come back to you. Positive or negative. Maybe not now but… 

I am lucky enough to be married to a guy who tells me I look beautiful every day. * A lot of people don't enjoy their job, they may even hate it, but I am lucky enough to be able to make a living through my passion.

I'm not trying to achieve perfection. I don't like this forced control people have over work.
I'm very lucky to have a husband who cooks, for a start.

I'll tell you one thing... no doubt about it, my favorite kind of comedy is talking head comedy. I mean, if it were up to me, I'd do a whole entire movie that was just around a dinner table.
I've got a theory that if you give 100% all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end. Larry Bird

In my experience, it's not essential to understand the words necessarily. It helps but it's not essential.

In theory, there should be no difference between theory and practice, but in practice, there is.

In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.

It goes without saying that you will improve your skills with practice

It's fair to say that I have a side that is prudent and a side that is not.

(As) Likely as not (very probably, in all likelihood, most likely), the child you can do the least with will do the most to make you proud. 

My motto is: Contented with little, yet wishing for more. 
My motto is, 'Never quit.' * My motto is: feel the fear and do it anyway. * My motto is: Live every day to the fullest - in moderation. * I think my motto is to always remain focused on what it is that you're trying to accomplish.

My theory is that if you look confident you can pull off anything - even if you have no clue what you're doing.

My truth is that what doesn't kill you makes you weaker rather than stronger, although it makes you wiser.

No doubt exists that all women are crazy; it's only a question of degree.

Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them.

One thing about being a celebrity that I learned a long time ago was that I pretty much gave up the right to fair treatment.

People say you can't go out and eat with your players. I say why not. * People always say that you can't please everybody. I think that's a cop-out. (alibi, dodge, fraud, pretence, pretext). Why not attempt it? 'Cause think of all the people you will please if you try. * People always say (to me), 'You look like Iggy Pop.' * People always say you never know love until you have your own child and all of that is true. * People always say to me, 'You're really attractive - in an unusual way.' No one ever just says, 'You're attractive.' * People always say things like, Oh, well, he was suffering so much that he was better off dying. But that's not true. You're always better off living. * People always say golfers don't smile. But there is so much psychology in golf so we have to be a bit robotic * People always say that Californian women are obsessed with their appearance but I think you've got to take good care of yourself, for yourself. * People always say I'm a legend, but I'm not. Not until I've defended my Olympic titles. That's when I've decided I'll be a legend. * People always say life is short. I've never been convinced of that - mine seems to have a tendency to go on and on. * People always say, 'Who is your audience?' and I could never put a finger on it - and I wouldn't want to put a finger on it.(1. to know the reason for something, esp. something that is a problem. 2. to identify and state the essence of something ) * People always say, 'Write what you know', but I've always found that to be terrible advice. It's quite limiting, what you know. * People always say, 'How is it to be so successful?' I'm not successful yet. Richard Branson is successful. That's successful. Michael Jackson was successful. U2 was successful. I'm just a guy, doing okay. But I'm a happy guy doing okay.

Sadly / Unfortunately it's much easier to create a desert than a forest.

Sometimes you have to, as I say, build bridges where you can - but draw lines where you must.

That's one of the remarkable things about life. It's never so bad that it can't get worse.

The remarkable thing about TV is that it permits several million people to laugh at the same joke * The remarkable thing about management is that a manager can go on for years making mistakes that nobody is aware of which means that management can be a kind of a con job (timo)

The best way of learning a language is using it. The best way of learning English is talking in English as much as posible.

The bottom line is to be in control of your own destiny * To me the bottom line is: good music is good music * The bottom line of Hollywood is money * The bottom line is that everyone thinks differently

The chief danger in life is that you may take too many precautions.

The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.

The only normal way to begin speaking in a new language is to begin speaking badly!!

The problem with having a sense of humor is often that people you use it on aren't always in the mood.

The sad truth is that / Sadly / Unfortunately, most of my husbands turned out to be convincing liars.

The surest way to escape from yourself: read * The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man * The surest way to be alone is to get married. * The surest way to get a thing in this life is to be prepared for doing without it * The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man. * The surest way to prevent war is not to fear it. The surest way to fail is not to determine to succeed * The surest way to be deceived is to consider oneself cleverer than others   The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him.

The truth is, everyone is going to hurt you. You just got to find the ones worth suffering for.

The best part about being alone is that you really don't have to answer to anybody. You do what you want.

The depressing thing about tennis is that no matter how good I get, I will never be as good as a wall.

The fact is that we wouldn't be in Iraq if it weren't for Democrats like Senator Kerry.

The good news is there's no devil. The bad news is there's no heaven. There's nothing.

The grand irony, however, is that Southern segregation was not brought to an end, nor redneck violence dramatically reduced, by violence.

The reasons for learning a second language can be endless but the secret to success is motivation.

The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him.
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The thing with bookshelves, no matter how many you have, you always fill them. * The thing with me, I can't talk about my work. I find it very difficult * The thing with being on a series that runs that long is that the writers run out of things to do * To me the thing with 'Grease' was that it was the first movie that as a kid I wanted to get up and do what they were doing * That's the thing with animated films - I often feel that puppets get the better parts compared to us normal actresses * The thing with children is they're a bit like baking a fruitcake: you throw all the ingredients in but you never know how they're going to turn out * The thing with stand-up is, I really enjoyed it, but I kind of loathed it as well. It makes me feel physically sick.

The funny thing about television is that once you start to do it you never get time to watch it * The funny thing is, I'm not really a big reader, not a big fan of books in the first place.

The important thing is not to stop questioning.

The most difficult thing in life is to know yourself.

The remarkable thing about God is that when you fear God, you fear nothing else, whereas if you do not fear God, you fear everything else * The remarkable  thing is, we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace  (adopt / take on) for that day.

The trouble with being punctual is that nobody's there to appreciate it * The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it * The trouble with retirement is that you never get a day off * The trouble with law is lawyers * The trouble with children is that they're not returnable * The trouble with being poor is that it takes up all your time * The trouble with wedlock is that there's not enough wed and too much lock.

The truth is, everyone is going to hurt you. You just got to find the ones worth suffering for * The truth of the matter is that I used to be much more - as it were - shy. Now I don't care!

The truth is my idea has been to always stay at Barcelona and see out the rest of my career here. As / Like I always say, one doesn't know what can happen in the future, but if it were up to me to decide, I would stay at Barcelona for the rest of my career.

There are a few things that I don't like about my job, but by and large it's just fine.

There is / can be no doubt that I would have won more honours had I signed for Manchester United as a youngster.

This is off the record. It's really a way of saying, "I'm probably wrong, and if it turns out that I AM wrong, don't say, 'Ah, but you SAID.... *

Truth is I’m not hard to please at all, I’m just not easily impressed.

What I've learned is you don't have to strive for perfection, but you do have to strive to be a very hard worker.

When a woman isn't beautiful, people always say, 'You have lovely eyes, you have lovely hair.

When it comes to giving advice, I can tell you a lot; when it comes to my problems, I don't know what to do * When it comes to starting your own business, it can pay to think big. (It usually pays to be nice to people, be beneficial, compensar)

When we talk about protecting our right to have guns, we are talking about protecting our right to shoot bullets. So what is it that's so important to shoot at?

You know, if it weren't for these fans, I wouldn't have gotten as far as I did.