Chiaki Kuriyama Quotes
We started with the basics of kicking and punching, then we moved on once we got proficient in that, we moved on to working with the weapons, and from then on working with the wires.
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I find the stuff that is exciting to me are the films coming out of Taiwan and Iran and France. So I have the feeling I'm not making the films that American distributors want to make.
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Writing is challenging work because it's so easy to get consumed with how it's going, what's going to happen to it, who's going to like or not like it. You want to get all of that stuff out of your head and just let the work flow.
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I am the only one in my family to graduate college. It was a proud moment for me to receive a degree.
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Trying to think about the rest of the team over myself or my scoring is something that I never really had to do before.
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I've always been open about my life not because my story is unique, but because it isn't.
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Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts.
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It's humbling and enthralling to know your legacy when you're alive.
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Look what Disney's done to their animation department. There wasn't an animator in charge of their animation unit!
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It's different for every project. Some parts are quicker than others to get and know; sometimes right up until the last moment you're just praying that something will click. But you can only do a certain amount of work and then at some point you've got to think: 'OK, I'm just going to have to leap now.'
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Don't worry about it. Babe Ruth struck out on occasion, too.
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I'm really Wallace Beery in 'The Champ.'
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It might be useful to distinguish between pleasure and joy. But maybe everybody does this very easily, all the time, and only I am confused.
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God bless McNally, it's got some fantastic stuff in it, but it's no easy task to make a movie out of.
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I may even show up behind the camera. I love to put things together; I love to give direction. I have a great eye for pace.
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Supergirl is such an iconic brand, and for me to be able to be the new face of it is extremely exciting.
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Plot is just not my gift. I'm fascinated with complex characters, and that doesn't mix well with complex plots. And by the way, when the plot is simple, you can move one piece around and make it feel fresh. 'Hell or High Water''s a good example: I don't tell you why the brothers are robbing the bank.
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I guess when people ask what is the biggest transition to the NBA from college, it is definitely defense and the mental part.
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The three chief virtues of a programmer are: Laziness, Impatience and Hubris.
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Torture is how you create enemies, not how you defeat them... Torture is how you get bad information, not good intelligence. Torture is how you set back America's standing in the world, not how you strengthen it.
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You need good training partners - because you’re only as good as your training partners - and a strong desire to always get better.
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Basketball is a team game. But that doesn't mean all five players should have the same amount of shots.
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One does not kill oneself for love of a woman, but because love – any love – reveals us in our nakedness, our misery, our vulnerability, our nothingness.
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A minimum required standard to obtain a massage license is quite a different matter from a voluntary certification evidencing higher-level skills. Licensing standards should be set at a level sufficient to assure safe practice, but low enough to avoid screening out those individuals who choose to perform basic work.
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We started with the basics of kicking and punching, then we moved on once we got proficient in that, we moved on to working with the weapons, and from then on working with the wires.
