Dana Walden Quotes
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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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Religion is such an important part of so many people's lives, and I don't understand it at all.
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If you go on working with the light available, you will meet your Master, as he himself will be seeking you.
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I was always looking for evidence of these common musical roots, but I was too young to know that what I was doing was called ethnomusicology.
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Once you get into your stride, the camera becomes like another person in the room. It's like being in a very small theatre where there is no getting away with anything because the audience is centimetres away from you.
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You grow up and change your look. I feel different from how I did in my Playboy days. Now I think I'm in charge of toning down my look or not.
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Real riches are the riches possessed inside.
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I've never taken a scalpel to a dead body.
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Thriller novelists get asked - berated, sometimes - about whether their work glorifies bad behavior, even, exploits human tragedy for entertainment.
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There are lots of things I'm acquainting myself with now to be a more well-rounded person.
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With social media, you don't just publish a book and figure you've done your part; your fans want to talk to you, have a conversation. It means, though, that you can connect with your readers like never before, so you don't have to guess what they like - you can ask.
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I wasn't born to be champion - I fought to be champion.
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I'd taken three years off to live as a normal person, so this was my first time back into it, and it was kind of shocking, but then it was fun.
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The books of C.S. Lewis had a very profound, indirect effect on me.
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The people of England have been led in Mesopotamia into a trap from which it will be hard to escape with dignity and honor.
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In this media-drenched, multitasking, always-on age, many of us have forgotten how to unplug and immerse ourselves completely in the moment. We have forgotten how to slow down. Not surprisingly, this fast-forward culture is taking a toll on everything from our diet and health to our work and the environment.
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When I go to a concert, I can't help but feel happy and everything else just goes away. I hope everyone feels that way at my concerts.
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Societies create their own history and tend to wipe out lowly beginnings, either by forgetting them or inventing totally fictitious heroic rescues.
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It's all right to fail. You just have to get up again and try. That's the bottom line.
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On the Day of Atonement, Jews are commanded to seek forgiveness from the people we have hurt.
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Growing up, I was taught that a man has to defend his family. When the wolf is trying to get in, you gotta stand in the doorway.
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Is it not our duty to find the symphonic formula which fits our time, one which progress, daring and modern victory demand? The century of airplanes has a right to its own music.
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Lawmakers imagine they can be political heroes by voting for budgets that slash scientific research by 20 percent, but they inhibit our ability to respond to health crises.
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I think the best entertainment tackles social issues in a sort of seamless way.
