Chris Hondros Quotes

We share a huge visual memory bank, mostly through painting and other images in history. I think when a modern photograph taps into those, sometimes very subliminally, it makes people respond.

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• I don't see that many movies lately that are actually about something, that are trying to challenge something about the way that people interact.

  

  Maggie Gyllenhaal
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  • Trying
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• I'm not faithful to one particular medium, and it's what I try to teach to people who work with me.

  

  Fay Godwin
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  • Work
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• The history of philosophy is not, like the history of the sciences, to be studied with the intellect alone. That which is receptive in us and that which impinges upon us from history is the reality of man's being, unfolding itself in thought.

  

  Karl Jaspers
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  • Man
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• Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.

  

  Abraham Lincoln
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• People have their own deaths as well as their own lives, and even if there is nothing beyond death, we shall differ in our nothingness.

  

  E. M. Forster
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  • Death
  • Own

• Meditation isn't snake oil. For some people, meditation might be the most efficient way to reduce stress and cultivate mindfulness. But it isn't a panacea. If you don't meditate, there's no need to stress out about it.

  

  Adam Grant
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  • Stress
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• The democratic idealist is prone to make light of the whole question of standards and leadership because of his unbounded faith in the plain people.

  

  Irving Babbitt
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  • Faith
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• You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.

  

  Dale Carnegie
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• A lot of people forget how important it is to be creative. We get caught up in getting ahead and in day-to-day minutiae. But creativity is a fundamental mode of expression, as is being tenacious and standing by your own convictions and passions, even if it's not the 'popular' choice.

  

  Tabatha Coffey
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  • Up
  • Important

• I have enjoyed every call. The ones involving direct contact with people have been most rewarding.

  

  L. Lionel Kendrick
  • People
  • Contact
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• I try genuinely, when I'm playing a character, to not judge them and just to inhabit someone as how one sees them. That being said, you also want to make sure that you don't blur the edges of people too much because humans are naughty and complicated beings.

  

  Eddie Redmayne
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  • Character
  • Judge

• Music is really something that makes people whole.

  

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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  • Music
  • Something

• I know this independence is what people like most about my brand.

  

  Raf Simons
  • People
  • Independence
  • Brand

• The subject matter is very tricky. It's about the Munich massacre and what Mossad did afterwards with the assassination squads. I think it's a turning point in history, especially for the Palestinians.

  

  Daniel Craig
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• As an author, you're really grateful for the people who are supporting you, but on some other level, that can be a dangerous echo chamber.

  

  Paolo Bacigalupi
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• 'Tyrannosaur's an arrival for me, but it's also the first step into a new career. I don't want to be moonlighting at this, like I have done with acting. Y'know, I think I've found my career at 37 years old.

  

  Paddy Considine
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• Make clear that people understand what your circumstances are. And looking for pity - that's a mistake.

  

  Randy Pausch
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  • Mistake
  • Looking

• Two powerful people can't be friends.

  

  Karan Johar
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  • Friends
  • Powerful

• As chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee - the chief tax-writing body in Congress - I understand that true comprehensive tax reform is tremendously difficult.

  

  Kevin Brady
  • Writing
  • True
  • House

• As an actor, your first priority is the work - immersing yourself in the role, backstory, and bringing that to screen.

  

  Dylan Bruce
  • Work
  • Priority

• There are some beautiful things about people like Katy Perry, who are bold enough to go up on a pink cotton-candy cloud, with a guitar, in a tutu, and sing all by herself.

  

  Nancy Wilson Heart
  • People
  • Things
  • Katy Perry

• Why do the people humiliate themselves by voting? I didn't vote because I have dignity. If I had closed my nose and voted for one of them, I would spit on my own face.

  

  Oriana Fallaci
  • People
  • Why
  • Vote

• I wanted to create a bridge between experimental music and pop.

  

  Jean-Michel Jarre
  • Music
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• We share a huge visual memory bank, mostly through painting and other images in history. I think when a modern photograph taps into those, sometimes very subliminally, it makes people respond.

  

  Chris Hondros
  • People
  • History
  • Painting