Freya Stark Quotes
This is excellence - the following of anything for its own sake and with its own integrity.
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I throw ideas out into the open when I really should just be writing them down in a journal.
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I kind of found a niche for myself after 'Firefly'. I found something that I enjoyed doing and that I did well, but as far as how I seek out a part, it's always different. It's always something that lights you on fire when you read it. It might be just one scene, it might be one line that defines the character for you.
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Now, performing is second nature and I love every second of it. It is a very emotional thing when I can't play a song; maybe I'm hitting on something that I don't want to deal with. All of it is so personal. It is like therapy.
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There is no problem that is not improved by effort, and no effort that is too paltry to be worth undertaking.
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You see, God helps only people who work hard. That principle is very clear.
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I went through a lot of phases and studied many religions. I am not into religion, I am spiritual.
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The professed function of the nuclear weapons on each side is to prevent the other side from using their nuclear weapons. If that's all it is, then we've gotta as: how many nuclear weapons do you need to do that?
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Truth is not a matter of personal viewpoint.
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I would love to play a superhero. I wish I could be in 'The Avengers,' kicking butt.
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If anybody's getting a shot, somebody's getting a shot against me because I'm the guy to beat.
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No one is in control of your happiness but you; therefore, you have the power to change anything about yourself or your life that you want to change.
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If I played tennis, I had to be in a dance class. I always had multiple activities, so I never had to count on any one of them to feel successful.
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I've been so lucky and blessed because words and stuff come so easy to me. I have a good memory.
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Theater owners are exerting a lot of power over the studios to withhold access to content that people want to see. That's bad for consumers, that's bad for studios, and ultimately, I think it will be bad for theaters.
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You're a hundred percent correct about our show being tops in quality.
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I do things because I enjoy it. That used to be my downfall, but now it's the upside.
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It's funny landing parts now where I'm somebody's mum. I remember the first time I was asked to play a mum. I was easily old enough, but because I didn't have any children, I thought, 'That seems really grown-up.'
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People say that I could sing the phone book and make it sound good.
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You can ride your bike to anywhere in Portland if you want to. I think there was a charming underdog mentality when I first moved here in the late '80s that is definitely gone. People acted more like underdogs, dressed more like underdogs.
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Politics is the art of the possible.
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Seating themselves on the greensward, they eat while the corks fly and there is talk, laughter and merriment, and perfect freedom, for the universe is their drawing room and the sun their lamp. Besides, they have appetite, Nature's special gift, which lends to such a meal a vivacity unknown indoors, however beautiful the surroundings.
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Integrity and firmness is all I can promise; these, be the voyage long or short, never shall forsake me though I be deserted by all men. For of the consolations which are to be derived from these (under any circumstances) the world cannot deprive me.
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I didn't realize I was still grieving for my father at 30-something.
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This is excellence - the following of anything for its own sake and with its own integrity.
