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A lot of people would flee from what they think is award-show cheesiness, and I don't. I often joke that my speeches are very personal moments that play themselves out in front of billions of people.
Tom Hanks
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Tom Hanks
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: July 9
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Back in World War II, we viewed the Japanese as 'yellow, slant-eyed dogs' that believed in different gods. They were out to kill us because our way of living was different. We, in turn, wanted to annihilate them because they were different. Does that sound familiar, by any chance, to what's going on today?
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But look, I was born in 1956, the peak year for births in US history. I think I'm very representative of many of the thought processes my generation have been through and, by and large, people of my age have had their imprint planted on the consciousness of western society for a long time.
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Truth is, I'll never know all there is to know about you just as you will never know all there is to know about me. Humans are by nature too complicated to be understood fully. So, we can choose either to approach our fellow human beings with suspicion or to approach them with an open mind, a dash of optimism and a great deal of candour.
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In the early days you have a tendency to intellectualize, but you're really just trying to sound smart and score with the chicks.
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Eating everything you want is not that much fun. When you live a life with no boundaries, there's less joy. If you can eat anything you want to, what's the fun in eating anything you want to?
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When you try to bring a story to life, it starts in your head and you see possibilities for it, but it's just one damn thing after another.
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I was never intimidated by change. I was like an army brat who had lived all around the world.
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Mama always said, dying was a part of life. I sure wish it wasn't.
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I view my wife as my lover, and we have a bond that goes beyond words like wife or girlfriend or mother.
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