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When they tell you that you have cancer, you panic.

The trouble with programmers is that you can never tell what a programmer is doing until it's too late.

I've always been pretty tough in that way, where if you tell me I can't do something, I will prove you wrong.

You know the puritan ethic that started out four centuries ago in this country, needless to say - at least for the moment - a thing of the past - from what I can tell.

I will tell you, I'm a lousy cook, but I think I'm a pretty good judge of a good meal.

I know the only reason that I haven't gotten many good parts is because I am Latin - and they tell it to my face a lot of times.

Russell Crowe is very difficult, but it's worth it. He's the real thing. I can tell you this. Russell Crowe was just as difficult before he was an international star as he was afterwards.

If you will tell me why the fen appears impassable, I then will tell you why I think that I can cross it if I try.

You're not a historian, but most historians will tell you that they make very discrete judgment as to what facts to omit in order to make their book into some shape, some length that can be managed.

I do myself a greater injury in lying than I do him of whom I tell a lie.

There were many times my pants were so thin I could sit on a dime and tell if it was heads or tails.

How can you tell when a political ideology has become the equivalent of a religion?

The first essence of journalism is to know what you want to know, the second, is to find out who will tell you.

You can tell when something's not moving forward anymore. When the doubts you have about it don't go away.

Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible.

I still look good. I'm trippin', but people tell me that all the time. So check it out, I'm 63, and still kicking. I've been putting records out every year.

You don't want to be the first person to tell your 5-year-old, like, 'You're going to have a life filled with disappointments and letdowns - enjoy!'

One of my favorite actors is Paul Newman. He could tell so much with a single look, whereas some actors would need an entire five page monologue to give off the feeling of what he could say with just a single look.

I'll tell you one thing: Don't ever give anybody your best advice, because they're not going to follow it.

If somebody asks for my opinion, I tell them my opinion, whether it's what they want to hear or not.

To be still standing 20 years in this business is a great feeling, I can't even tell you.

I can tell you that when I travel the state, when I talk to people, they are really struggling, in a very real way. They're losing their jobs, they're losing their homes, they're dealing with financial challenges.

Polite strangers often tell soothing lies about our physical appearance that prevent many of us from facing, discussing and solving our real problems.

You can use martial arts to tell a different story. Ang Lee used martial arts in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" to talk about love.

My dad always used to tell me that if they challenge you to an after-school fight, tell them you won't wait-you can kick their ass right now.

You set out to tell a good story. You don't do it because there is a deep message involved because the movie is almost always bad when you do that.

People ask me if I ever see my father and I say yes, because he puts in the effort. He calls all the time to tell us he's proud of us.

I'm really honestly terrified about how much I should tell and how much I should still keep secret.

On the one hand I wonder, Was this really my story to tell? On the other hand, I just wanted the story to be told. But the truth is that I didn't think anybody was going to read it.

People come up to me and tell me how I changed their life and I've inspired them. And they tell me their stories, and that keeps me going.