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• Do awards change careers? Well, I haven't heard of many stories where that's the case. It's a fun excuse to meet colleagues and celebrate people who've done well that year in certain people's eyes, and it's nothing more than that.

  Benedict Cumberbatch

  Fun, Eye, Awards

  "EMMYS: Benedict Cumberbatch On 'Sherlock'". Interview with Michael Ausiello, deadline.com. June 23, 2012.

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• There are people that really live by doing the right thing, but I don't know what that is, I'm really curious about that. I'm really curious about what people think they're doing when they're doing something evil, casually. I think it's really interesting, that we benefit from suffering so much, and we excuse ourselves from it.

  Louis C. K.

  Thinking, People, Evil

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• There are new words now that excuse everybody. Give me the good old days of heroes and villains, the people you can bravo or hiss. There was a truth to them that all the slick credulity of today cannot touch.

  Bette Davis

  Hero, People, Giving

  Bette Davis (1962). “The lonely life: an autobiography”, Putnam's

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• I have a daughter and she's the greatest thing that ever happened to me. She gives me a good excuse to watch cartoons.

  Mike Dirnt

  Daughter, Mother, Giving

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I always preach that you have to be active as a citizen no matter what, and some people just voting as an excuse not to do anything.

  Lupe Fiasco

  People, Voting, Matter

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• Truman Capote famously claimed to have nearly absolute recall of dialogue and used his prodigious memory as an excuse never to take notes or use a tape recorder, but I suspect his memory claims were just a useful cover to invent dialogue whole cloth.

  Joshua Foer

  Memories, Tape, Use

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• We, as conservative intellectuals, should not be in the business of making excuses for bad parliamentary decisions by Republican leaders in Congress.

  David Frum

  Decision, Leader, Conservative

  "David Frum On Republicans And Health Care". "All Things Considered" with Robert Siegel, www.npr.org. April 1, 2010.

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• The Soviet Union has indeed been our greatest menace - not so much because of what it has done, but because of the excuses it has provided us for our own failures.

  J. William Fulbright

  Unions, Done, Menace

  "Fulbright of Arkansas: The Public Positions of a Private Thinker". Book by J. William Fulbright, 1963.

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• We need to hear the excuses men make to themselves for their worthlessness.

  Margaret Fuller

  Men, Needs, Worthlessness

  Margaret Fuller, Arthur Buckminster Fuller (1874). “Memoirs, [ed.] by R.W. Emerson, W.H. Channing, and J.F. Clarke”, p.149

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• Look, architecture has a lot of places to hide behind, a lot of excuses. "The client made me do this." "The city made me do this." "Oh, the budget." I don't believe that anymore.

  Frank Gehry

  Believe, Cities, Looks

  Interview with Alex Hoyt, www.theatlantic.com. May 2011.

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• I'm frustrated with Hollywood and television and the movies because they see science fiction as an excuse for eye candy, for lots of great special effects.

  David Gerrold

  Eye, Frustrated, Special

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I like to play music. I like projects. I like excuses to hang out with my friends and play music.

  Stone Gossard

  Play, Projects, Hanging Out

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• My fancy dress costume of choice is... something 1920s or 30s, when there was still so much elegance and attention to detail. An excuse for ultimate dressing-up indulgence.

  Ellie Goulding

  Dressing Up, Choices, Dresses

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• There are no more excuses for leaving women out of the inner circles of power. Qualified women are everywhere. Women are ready for leadership; they just need to be identified and asked.

  Madeleine M. Kunin

  Circles, Leaving, Needs

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• It's a source of great sadness to me that my father died without having seen me do anything worthwhile. He was constantly having to make excuses for me.

  Daniel Day-Lewis

  Father, Sadness, Source

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• Nothing you do particularly matters. But I'm not sure that's a great excuse for doing it poorly.

  John Malkovich

  Matter, Not Sure

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• I use filming as an excuse to take classes. I got my certification in sailing for 'Wedding Crashers,' and now I can handle a 26-foot boat. I played a seamstress once, so I took sewing classes. I love dipping into these other lives.

  Rachel McAdams

  Inspirational, Funny, Wedding

  "Rachel McAdams: OK, We Love This Girl!". Interview with Alexandra Marshall, www.glamour.com. January 2, 2012.

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• Distance is a bad excuse for not having a good relationship with somebody. It's the determination to keep it going or let it fall by the wayside; that's the real reason that the relationships continue.

  James McAvoy

  Determination, Distance, Real

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• You can take what is handed to you and use it as an excuse to mess up. But I've always handled what was given to me by life. I consider myself lucky. I was never lied to. And I was loved.

  Leighton Meester

  Lucky, Use, Lied

  "Leighton Meester: Drama Queen". Interview with Allison Glock, www.marieclaire.com. Mar 13, 2012.

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• As a global society, we do not have to agree, endorse or condone the lifestyle choices of others. However, history has taught us that we equally cannot and should not excuse those who would hide behind religion or misuse God's word to justify bigotry and persecution.

  Joyce Meyer

  Taught Us, Lifestyle Choices, Misuse

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• I don't mean to be accident prone, but my excuse is if you really want to get somewhere you have to go full gas.

  Heather Mills

  Mean, Want, Gas

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• I'm looking forward to becoming a marvelous - excuse the word marvelous - character actress. like Marie Dressler, like Will Rogers.

  Marilyn Monroe

  Character, Roger, Actresses

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• I want any excuse to come home. My dad is not a spring chicken any more. If anyone says, 'Go buy a postage stamp in London,' I'll go and do it.

  Emily Mortimer

  Dad, Spring, Home

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• It's not the time to look for excuses.

  Rafael Nadal

  Looks

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• I didn't do drugs. It wasn't my thing. But the drink was terrible. Today when I look back, it's like I was another person. You could call it a coping mechanism, but that would be an excuse. I just drank too much.

  Gary Oldman

  Coping Mechanisms, Drug, Would Be

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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