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• There were two movies that asked me to go to Australia or New Zealand for long periods of time. One was 'Lord of the Rings' and one was 'The Matrix.' But I was actively involved at that time raising my family, and I couldn't really take that time out.

  Nicolas Cage

  Two, Australia, Long

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• Indians were here first - it's about time. We're way behind the African Americans and Hispanic Americans in getting politically involved, but we're beginning to take a page out of their notebook.

  Ben Nighthorse Campbell

  Notebook, African American, Pages

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• President Bush once said that marriage is a sacred institution and should be reserved for the union of one man and one woman. If this is the case - and most Americans would agree with him on this - then I have to ask: Why is the government at all involved in marrying people?

  Tony Campolo

  Men, People, President

  "A Possible Compromise on the Gay Marriage Controversy" by Tony Campolo, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 22, 2011.

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• I didn't want really to be involved in a normal soccer club.

  Eric Cantona

  Soccer, Clubs, Want

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• I don't need to be involved with a game watched by millions of people to be fulfilled.

  Eric Cantona

  Games, People, Needs

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• There's absolutely no reason at all that physicians, scientists, shouldn't be involved in things that affect all of us.

  Benjamin Carson

  Physicians, Reason, Scientist

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• When I was president, I announced and I still maintain that I can live with Roe v. Wade. I did everything I possibly could as president under that ruling, which I don't think ought to be changed, to minimize the need for abortions. I think every abortion is a result of a horrible series of errors on the part of people involved.

  Jimmy Carter

  Thinking, Errors, People

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• Most of the people around me have a vested interest in how much money I make. You know, so a celebrity could find themselves in a position where people could have meetings about their life without them involved. And when I say "their life" I mean not their professional life either. They could talk about their personal life.

  Dave Chappelle

  Mean, People, Interest

  "Anderson Cooper 360°", transcripts.cnn.com. July 7, 2006.

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• It's not just Bin Laden or just those that are involved in the counterterrorism effort. We've gotta cast the net broader than that. But I think it's a - very special tribute that we all owe to the bravery and courage of the men and women in the intelligence and military business who performed so well to finally get it done.

  Dick Cheney

  Military, Men, Thinking

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• From our perspective, trying to deal with this continuing campaign of terror, if you will, the war on terror that we're engaged in, this is a continuing enterprise. The people that were involved in some of those activities before 9/11 are still out there.

  Dick Cheney

  War, Perspective, People

  "Meet the Press" with Tim Russert, www.nbcnews.com. September 14, 2003.

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• Being involved in the well-being and advancement of one's own community is a most natural thing to do.

  Clarence Clemons

  Community, Advancement, Natural

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• I'll get involved in philanthropy.

  Hillary Clinton

  Philanthropy, Get Involved

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• If you get involved in music expecting to make a living out of it, then you've picked the wrong thing to do. That shouldn't really be in your mind.

  Jarvis Cocker

  Mind, Expecting, Get Involved

  "Jarvis Cocker answers your questions: 'Go on, then, give us the horrible ones'". Interview with Miranda Sawyer, www.theguardian.com. November 26, 2011.

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• I'm being driven crazy by people who are obsessed with limiting the scope of government, but feel perfectly free to demand that government get involved in women's most personal choices.

  Gail Collins

  Crazy, Government, People

  "Who Decided That This Election Should Be About Sex?". Interview with David Brooks and Gail Collins, opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com. February 22, 2012.

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• I met my wife through playing golf. She is French and couldn't speak English and I couldn't speak French, so there was little chance of us getting involved in any boring conversations - that's why we got married really quickly.

  Sean Connery

  Golf, Speak English, Speaks French

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• When I'm acting, I'm in a different place, singing is the last thing on my mind, and when I'm on stage, there's no acting at all involved, not even presentation, it's just who I am.

  Harry Connick, Jr.

  Who I Am, Mind, Singing

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• I grew up at the beach and I was always involved in beach clean-ups and caring for my environment.

  Lauren Conrad

  Beach, Caring, Environment

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• The first series I wrote, 'L.A. Candy,' was always meant to be a three-book series, so when I started out it was all outlined that way and by the time I was done with the third book, I had become so involved and the process and the stories, I was a little bit sad to be done.

  Lauren Conrad

  Book, Stories, Done

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• We try to be as much involved in our product as possible, because then it's us.

  Alice Cooper

  Trying, Products

  Interview with Mike Quigley, www.mjq.net. September 1969.

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• When a movie is about to come out on its initial debut, there are a lot of people involved - the financiers, the studio and the producers and also, many times, the foreign distributors. So it is a time of tremendous pressure and uncertainty.

  Francis Ford Coppola

  People, Pressure, Producers

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• My proudest achievement has been the success of the shows and artists I have been involved with, because they were made in Britain.

  Simon Cowell

  Artist, Achievement, Made

  "Simon Cowell's Sun sermon decoded" by John Plunkett, www.theguardian.com. May 5, 2010.

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• The worst thing is to get involved with people who aren't passionate about what they're doing.

  Willem Dafoe

  People, Passionate, Worst

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

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• Nobody wants to go through divorce, especially when there's young children involved.

  Lindsay Davenport

  Children, Divorce, Want

  "Lindsay Davenport On Elin Nordegren, Tiger Woods’ Wife: 'Very Loving, Very Loyal'". www.huffingtonpost.com. Mach 18, 2010.

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• Anytime I'm involved with anything that's well-received, it's a surprise to me.

  Larry David

  Surprise, Wells

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• I decided to teach because I think that any person who studies philosophy has to be involved actively.

  Angela Davis

  Philosophy, Thinking, Study

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