Natalie Coughlin Quotes
There's an adage that a lot of coaches have, that I completely disagree with, is if you make the Olympic team too early you become complacent.
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A first date should be elegant. In comfortable surroundings. A place with excellent food, where you can talk easily and get to know each other.
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Jewish existence in the Land of Israel depends only on the Jews, and on what the Jews think of themselves.
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I love to walk into Borders or Barnes & Noble and see my books there. It's fabulous.
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I feel like I have lived all over the world since I get to go everywhere to film.
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I love creating characters that people may or may have not ever seen before. But I enjoy the opportunity to try to make something new, and that's when I really come alive as an actor, so I really enjoyed working on 'Arrow.'
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I always regret leaving home if I don't get at least four or five surfs in the week before I leave. I try to be in the water as much as possible before leaving, and it's the one thing I miss massively.
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The way children are taught football doesn't encourage skill; the focus is on other areas.
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You can only be free as an artist if you're free as a person.
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I think I'm a pretty well-kept secret.
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I think people have a misinterpretation of Method acting, because Method acting is a wonderful thing. The thing is, if you take it too seriously, it's like religion. You start to think it's the truth. But it's not the truth. It's just a way to get somewhere.
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Everyone is born with genius, but most people only keep it a few minutes.
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Olivia Newton-John was our first choice to play Sandy, but she was nervous about acting, whether she would feel comfortable with us and could pull it off at all.
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I've never had an audition like that before. They don't let you know about anything on 'Mad Men,' because it's a spoiler for everybody. I thought I was on the right track when I was cracking everybody up.
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I feel like a lot of directing is casting.
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A record deal doesn't make you an artist; you make yourself an artist.
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A Lawyer will do anything to win a case, sometimes he will even tell the truth.
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Rupert Murdoch is the most dangerous man in the world.
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I write in English because I was raised in the States and educated in this language.
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It is above all by the imagination that we achieve perception and compassion and hope.
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Most people imagine music playing in their heads, but some hallucinate music; some cannot sleep because of the soundtrack in their mind.
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Your best ideas, those eureka moments that turn the world upside down, seldom come when you're juggling emails, rushing to meet the 5 P.M. deadline or straining to make your voice heard in a high-stress meeting. They come when you're walking the dog, soaking in the bath or swinging in a hammock.
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I think with every part you do, you become a better actor. I've learned from my experiences on that.
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Even mocking people helped their face stats. In the reputation economy, the only real way to hurt anyone was to ignore them completely. And it was pretty hard to ignore someone who made your blood boil.
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There's an adage that a lot of coaches have, that I completely disagree with, is if you make the Olympic team too early you become complacent.
