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Quotes of Tom Cruise
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I disagree with people who think you learn more from getting beat up than you do from winning. (success & failure)
Talk is over-rated as a means of settling disputes. (relations)
Talk is over-rated as a means of settling disputes. (speech)
Have you ever gotten the feeling that you aren't completely embarassed yet, but you glimpse tomorrow's embarrassment? (feeling)
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I always look for a challenge and something that's different. (challenges)
I didn't become an actor to have power, but it just happens that I have it and so I have a lot of opportunities. (acting and actors)
I disagree with people who think you learn more from getting beat up than you do from winning. (people)
I look at the Samurai because they were the artists of their time. What I think struck me when I read Bushido is compassion. 'If there's no one there to help, go out and find someone to help.' That hit me, because I try to lead my life like that. (movies)
I love kids. I was a kid myself, once. (children)
I love what I do. I take great pride in what I do. And I can't do something halfway, three-quarters, nine-tenths. If I'm going to do something, I go all the way. (pride)
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. (war)
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. (life)
I've learned to relax more. Everybody feels pressure in what they do, maybe mine is just a little different because there doesn't seem to be enough hours in the day to accomplish what I want to. (unknown)
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. (work)
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. (movies)
It's well known I'm a Scientologist, and that has helped me to find that inner peace in my life and it's something that has given me great stability and tools that I use. (movies)
Nothing ends nicely, that's why it ends. (unknown)
Saddam has committed many crimes against humanity and against his own people. (politicians)
Talk is over-rated as a means of settling disputes. (conversation)
The exciting part of acting, I don't know how else to explain it, are those moments when you surprise yourself. (acting and actors)
The thing about film-making is I give it everything, that's why I work so hard. I always tell young actors to take charge. It's not that hard. Sign your own cheques, be responsible. (movies)
What I find sometimes that is tricky is if actors are using too much of their own life in a picture, in a scene, they get locked into a particular way to play the scene, and it lacks an immediacy. (acting and actors)
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. (unknown)
When I work, I work very hard. So I look to work with people who have that level of dedication. And I depend on that from everyone. From the director to my crews that I work with. (work)
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