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Awards are wonderful. I've been nominated many times and I've won many awards. But my journey is not towards that. If it happens it will be a blast. If it doesn't, it's still been a blast.

Tom Cruise

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Tom Cruise
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: July 30
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I disagree with people who think you learn more from getting beat up than you do from winning.
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You know what? I’m sure drug dealers on the street, in some way, they are making money. That’s what I equate it to. Here is the thing: you have to understand, with psychiatry, there is no science behind it. And to pretend that there is a science behind it is criminal
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If someone wants to know about Scientology, they should just go and read about it themselves. That's the best way to do it.
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