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
  • Challenge

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

  

  Fay Godwin
  • People
  • 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
  • Reality

• 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
  • People
  • 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
  • People
  • 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
  • Light

• 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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  • Trying
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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
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  • Contact
  • Call

• 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
  • People
  • Character
  • Judge

• Music is really something that makes people whole.

  

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
  • People
  • 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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  • Think
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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

• There is no shame in black athletes not wanting to be role models, but there should be shame when they don't behave like one. It's a free country and people can do whatever they want. But just because we can doesn't mean we should.

  

  LZ Granderson
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  • Free

• Before any American points a finger at President Putin and calls him nasty names, they should recognize that a lot of Americans agree with Putin on his stance against homosexual and transgender people.

  

  Henry Rollins Black Flag
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  • Nasty

• Becoming food savvy is one thing, but it's amazing how fast savvy turns to snooty, and snooty leaves you preparing three-hour meals that break your budget and that the kids won't even eat.

  

  Jeffrey Kluger
  • Kids
  • Food
  • Amazing

• In general, I think my freedom of invention is not limited when I use historical characters.

  

  Mario Vargas Llosa
  • Freedom

• The water crisis in Flint, Michigan, has shown us what can happen when we ignore the warning signs of lead poisoning and corroding pipes.

  

  Elizabeth Esty
  • Water
  • Ignore

• 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