Christopher Priest Quotes
Hollywood is, of course, loaded with egos, but it's amazing to see how, despite the egos, those collaborators pull together and focus on telling a story rather than butt heads and sabotage what is extremely hard work and investment just because their ego apparently demands it.
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I like to do everything you can possibly do before you go into rehearsal, because once we are in rehearsal or on the stage there will be a problem I didn't anticipate. It's really good to think we got it all nailed - of course you've never got it all nailed.
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I would say if you have a dream, follow it. It doesn't really matter whether you are a woman or from India or from wherever.
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Natural selection, as it has operated in human history, favors not only the clever but the murderous.
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Everyone enjoys doing the kind of work for which he is best suited.
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I've been accused of having very long ingredient lists, and I guess there's some truth in that.
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Age has been the perfect fire extinguisher for flaming youth.
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When you write, you don't have the social constraints of having people in front of you, so you talk about abstract matters.
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Brands mature over time, like a marriage. The bond you feel with your spouse is different than when you first met each other. Excitement and discovery are replaced by comfort and depth.
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I am also a drummer of sorts. I've got an electronic set sitting in my bedroom.
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I see myself as a story teller.
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The critical principle demanded an examination, for instance, of the contribution of different periods, thus to some extent embarking on historical linguistics.
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My dad also plays a little banjo and guitar, my mom plays the mandolin.
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I don't get acting jobs because of my looks.
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And I'm not an actress. I don't think I am an actress. I think I've created a brand and a business.
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I exercise every morning. I do light weights - 5lb and 10lb arm exercises - and then lie and lift my arms and legs. It's all about keeping core strength. I do a lot of stretching too.
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John Sayles is good. He's like a good thoroughbred owner - he leaves the trainers alone.
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I can go to a country song, go right into it and make it sound authentic. And I think that's because of my ear as an impressionist.
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I was very involved with school by the time I was 15 and wasn't working much as a model.
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The science of morality is about maximizing psychological and social health. It's really no more inflammatory than that.
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Simplicity is an acquired taste. Mankind, left free, instinctively complicates life.
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I condemn what happened in Madrid, but it is suspicious. If tomorrow there will be another bombing, in France for example, who will gain power? Of course not Jacques Chirac, but Le Pen.
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I am not drawn to the fairytale kind of love. I am drawn to the real-life experiences between a woman and a man. I try to sing about the way it is, but yet at the same time, what you can hope for between a couple.
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There are a lot of gay people in fashion, but it's not as if every gay person is a great creator.
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Hollywood is, of course, loaded with egos, but it's amazing to see how, despite the egos, those collaborators pull together and focus on telling a story rather than butt heads and sabotage what is extremely hard work and investment just because their ego apparently demands it.
