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I want a world without war, a world without insanity. I want to see people do well. I don't even think it's as much as what I want for myself. It's more what I want for the people around me. That's what I want. ↗

— Tom Cruise

#even #for the people #i #insanity #me

I've never done work for money ever. If your choices are based on grosses and the film doesn't do well, what does that mean? It leaves you with nothing. ↗

— Tom Cruise

#choices #does #done #ever #film

I've gotten very good at scheduling my life, scheduling the scene and preparing myself for knowing, saving the energy, consuming the energy, knowing when to go for it and having the available reserves to be able to do that. You have to think about that, because it's endurance. ↗

— Tom Cruise

#about #available #because #consuming #endurance

I've never made a film that I didn't believe in, you know? However the picture turns out, I've always given everything to it. That's kind of how I approach life. I can't help it. There's no part-way with me on anything in any area of my life. ↗

— Tom Cruise

#any #anything #approach #area #believe

When I first started out all the attention could be a bit unnerving, especially when people stared. Now I find the best thing is to just relax. Being recognized is just something you have to get used to. ↗

— Tom Cruise

#being #best #bit #could #especially

My work as an artist is completely separate from my work as a philanthropist. ↗

— Lady Gaga

#completely #philanthropist #separate #work

It is easy to write unthinking music. ↗

— George Crumb

#music #unthinking #write

One very important aspect of our contemporary musical culture - some might say the supremely important aspect - is its extension in the historical and geographical senses to a degree unknown in the past. ↗

— George Crumb

#contemporary #culture #degree #extension #geographical

I think there is something a little too self conscious about enjoying being an outsider. ↗

— Jhonen Vasquez

#being #conscious #enjoying #i #i think

If our American way of life fails the child, it fails us all. ↗

— Pearl S. Buck

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