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I Think You Should Automatically Donate Your Organs Because That Would Turn The Balance Of Organ Donation In A Huge Way. I Would Donate Whatever Anybody Would Take, And I'd Probably Do The Cremation Bit.

-George Clooney

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George Clooney

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I Think You Should Automatically Donate Your Organs Because That Would Turn The Balance Of Organ Donation In A Huge Way. I Would Donate Whatever Anybody Would Take, And I'd Probably Do The Cremation Bit.

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African American

I Am The Least Qualified Person To Comment On Anyone Playing The Role Of Batman Since I So Terribly Destroyed The Part.

After A While, You Just Want Transportation, And Things Like Cool Cars Or Motorcycles Are All About Getting Attention. I Get All The Attention I Could Ever Need, So I Kind Of Like Being In A Minivan And People Not Paying So Much Attention To Me.

I Don't Know If Winning At Any Cost Is Wrong Or Not. There Are Times I've Thought That The End Justified The Means.

I Watch 'batman & Robin' From Time To Time. It's The Worst Movie I Ever Made, So It's A Good Lesson In Humility.

Failures Are Infinitely More Instructive Than Successes.

I Bought A Piano Once Because I Had The Dream Of Playing As Time Goes By As Some Girl's Leaning On It Drinking A Martini. Great Image. But None Of It Worked Out. I Can't Even Play Chopsticks. But I've Got A Nice Piano At My House!

I Enjoy Directing. I Don't Know Whether It's Improving Or Not, But It's Certainly Evolving In Different Directions.

I Love My Grey Hair And Wrinkles. I Love The Fact That My Face Has More Of An Edge And More Character Than It Did When I Was In My 20s And 30s. No Botox For Me.

Do You Want The Truth Or The Politically Correct Version? The Truth Is That I Go Plastic, It's So Much Easier. And I Like To Put The Bags Over My Head At Night When I Sleep, Which I Think All The Kids At Home Should Try. Kidding!!

Im Like My Mother, I Stereotype. Its Faster.

There's No Connection Between Al-qaeda And Iraq.

Having 'oscar Winner' On Your Tombstone Is A Great Thing.

Venice Is The Prettiest City I've Ever Seen. It Looks Like A Disneyland Ride.

I Don't Know Of An Actor That The Coen Brothers Would Come To And Say, "hey, I've Got A Movie For You To Be In, If You Want To Do It," That Would Say, "no." That's The Truth.

I Find That It's A Very Odd Thing To Think Of Competition When You're Talking About What I Still Think Of As Art. I Don't Think Of Competing With Actors Or Filmmakers At All. You Do Compete, In A Way, At The Box Office, But We're Far Enough Apart When Both Films Are Coming Out That I'm Not Concerned With That Either.

I Think It's The Most Responsible Thing You Can Do, To Have Kids. It's Not Something To Be Taken Lightly. I Don't Have That Gene That People Have To Replicate.

I'm Always Sort Of Optimistic About How Good We Are, As A Country, At Fixing Ourselves.

I Don't Believe In Happy Endings, But I Do Believe In Happy Travels, Because Ultimately, You Die At A Very Young Age, Or You Live Long Enough To Watch Your Friends Die. It's A Mean Thing, Life.

I Think You Should Automatically Donate Your Organs Because That Would Turn The Balance Of Organ Donation In A Huge Way. I Would Donate Whatever Anybody Would Take, And I'd Probably Do The Cremation Bit.

My Little Animal Secrets Must Remain My Little Animal Secrets. How I Do My Nails, That Is Really My Business.

It Is Rather Astonishing That The United States Does Not Play Ball With The Icc, Considering Our Country Was The Beacon Of The Idea Of An International Criminal Court.

I've Certainly Done Some Turkeys Along The Way And Made Some Dumb Choices In My Career, Mostly Early On. I'm One Of The Lucky Ones Who Got To Make A Lot Of Mistakes Very Early When No One Was Paying Attention.

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