Christopher Guest Quotes
There are dozens and dozens of improv classes across the nation, but it really cannot be taught.
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This business is based on numbers, and the numbers show that it's worth investing in female-driven and female-directed films.
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Leaders cannot work in a vacuum. They may take on larger, seemingly more important roles in an organization, but this does not exclude them from asking for and using feedback. In fact, a leader arguably needs feedback more so than anyone else. It's what helps a leader respond appropriately to events in pursuit of successful outcomes.
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Having a dream, living that dream, losing that dream, dreaming again and then having that dream come true again is one of the greatest feelings ever because I'm stronger.
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One of my favorite vacation places is Miami, because of the people, the water and the beach - of course - and the architecture on Miami Beach is so wonderful.
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When I am working it is up early and coffee and 15 hours of being on the set. When I am not working, it is up late and coffee, golf or softball and hopefully a ball game on the television.
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We never have business meals at El Bulli. If it's about business, you're probably not paying much attention to the food.
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Life at best is bittersweet.
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Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.
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I still have the desire to do the job of acting. It's just a matter of whether I'll be allowed to do the job of acting that remains to be seen. There are only so many brick walls that I'm willing to beat my head on.
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The combination of lentils with rice or bulgur is the absolute height of Levantine comfort food. I could eat it every day.
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Dogma not only blinds its protagonist, but it muzzles all other opposition.
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First of all, the Jewish religion has a great deal in common with the Christian religion because, as Rabbi Gillman points out in the show, Christianity is based on Judaism. Christ was Jewish.
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We do not believe voters gave President Bush a mandate to turn back the clock decades on so many of our legal protections.
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As an actress, I value and rely on peaceful self-expression, not only in my daily life, but also in my professional work. This is particularly true, as my commitment to the promotion of human rights is an integral part of my calling as an artist.
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An idea is a point of departure and no more. As soon as you elaborate it, it becomes transformed by thought.
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I have loved to cook since I was a child in my mother's kitchen. If I don't have time to cook, I'll just read a cookbook.
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People would continue to adopt a particular conception of the divine because it worked for them, not because it was scientifically or philosophically sound.
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Some Western powers admit that they have killed a large part of Jewish population in Europe and founded the occupied regime in order to put right the wrong they had committed.
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I've known for years that you're supposed to be present. I know that thinking about what's happened or thinking about what I want is not going to get me anywhere, but until I quit doing it I'm not present.
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There are dozens and dozens of improv classes across the nation, but it really cannot be taught.
