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I don't want to run for governor, but I don't think anyone should put public service out of the question because that's not what a good citizen does.

Warren Beatty

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Warren Beatty
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: March 30
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I've never been one to shortchange the importance of actors.
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Movies are fun, but they're not a cure for cancer.
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And the success of the union movement, historically, has always been to benefit all working men and women - not just people who belong to the union.
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I mourn the loss of the gigantic screen, but I guess you can't have everything.
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It's very clear you have to engage the public and say: You have to vote no on 74, no on 75, no on 76, no on 77. Those are the issues that Arnold pushing. And those are reactionary, Republican initiatives.
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Always thank your nurse. Sometimes they're the only one between you and a hearse.
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How can anybody hate nurses? Nobody hates nurses. The only time you hate a nurse is when they're giving you an enema.
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I always feel that I'm sort of co-directing with my fellow actors. And you can tell when something's going on that really interests them and they approve of. And then you can sort of tell when there's not.
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I believe if a private citizen is able to affect public opinion in a constructive way, he doesn't have to be an elected public servant to perform a public service.
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You've achieved success in your field when you don't know whether what you're doing is work or play.
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Even the promiscuous feel pain.
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That's all gone, now, the old, Hollywood.
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I'm old, I'm young, I'm intelligent, I'm stupid. My tide goes in and out.
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But the Republican right-wing agenda, these people - Arnold and his patrons - felt it could be accomplished by circumventing the Legislature and spending money and organizing and giving sound bites.
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I don't think there's anything to be admired in lying, cheating or philandering. But there might be something to be admired in not burning people at the stake because they have those weaknesses.
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