Katherine Waterston Quotes
I think I really would have quit if I hadn't gotten 'Inherent Vice'. Or maybe I would have just shriveled up and died.
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What is all our histories, but God showing himself, shaking and trampling on everything that he has not planted.
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From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.
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When you look at someone good like J.J. Abrams who gives you the spectacle and great action set pieces but also gives you character and great story and plotting and narrative, I think it's my job - and my intention - to do both.
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If we go back in the history of different nations, violence and the use of force are part of their heritage. These are the traditions of mankind.
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Control of a company does not carry with it the ability to control the price of its stock.
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Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.
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Kuhn was the intellectual of whom many scientists said he's 'telling it as is it is' insofar as talking about a process of 'tinkering' in terms of theory and experiment followed by radical changes. But often, what Kuhn had in mind were some very spectacular incidents in the history of the sciences that changed our way of looking at the world.
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Some people can be choosy because they're ultratalented or lucky or whatever, but yeah, there are certain things that might not be the greatest thing on my resume. But I don't sit back and go, 'Gosh, I wish I didn't do that.' It's all part of the growth of a career, whether you're an entertainer or a librarian.
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In 1970, Dean Robert Ebert offered me the Chair of Pathology at Harvard Medical School. I moved to Harvard because I missed the university environment and, more particularly, the stimulating interaction with the eager, enthusiastic, and unprejudiced young minds of the students and fellows.
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I don't feel that I've had a life of abuse or that I am a victim in any way. My life is pretty typical of a lot of Americans of my generation who grew up in the sixties in families like mine that were sort of unconventional.
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I never saw 'Titanic' as a springboard for bigger films or bigger pay cheques. I knew it could have been that, but I knew it would have destroyed me.
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When I was born, some of our relatives came to our house and told my mother, 'Don't worry, next time you will have a son.'
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I didn't have any friends, and I never went to the class parties.
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Startups on the inside are always badly broken.
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The major political battles about guns in our society concern handguns and assault weapons, not long arms like hunting rifles.
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Science must begin with myths, and with the criticism of myths.
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Ironically, my paintings don't photograph well.
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Game theorists analyze negotiations as if they were split-a-pie games involving selfish players.
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It's very simple. You have to be faithful to your other half and not have secrets. That's my rule.
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Make that extra effort for every relationship. Whether it's with your parents, your children, your husband or your friends. It makes a difference to them. I try to give my kids a lot of solo time where I play with them, talk to them, listen to them. Similarly, you give time for your workout. You slot a time for it, no matter what.
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Fame freaks me out. Do you just wake up different? I don't know how to scale it back if it gets too crazy.
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Growing up in Florida and having naturally curly hair was a bit tough. I had to learn to do treatments and masks to keep the frizz under control.
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Create a definite plan for carrying out your desire and begin at once, whether you ready or not, to put this plan into action.
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I think I really would have quit if I hadn't gotten 'Inherent Vice'. Or maybe I would have just shriveled up and died.
