Kodi Smit-McPhee Quotes
I've got to write about my character every day. I've got to find out where he lives, what bus he catches to school, and stuff like that. You've got to know every little thing about him so when you do it, it feels natural.
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In reality, throughout your career, you have to make yourself interesting enough for people to be waiting to see your films. In my case, people are longing to see what I come out with next. That's my success.
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My dad also plays a little banjo and guitar, my mom plays the mandolin.
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People are wired for lots of things. We're wired for novelty. We're wired for humor. We're wired for new pieces of information that surprise us in some way or add value to our lives. We're wired for fear.
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I was into basketball, but then once I found contact sports, it was over. I never played basketball again in my life.
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The pace of innovation may slow down or speed up depending on the appetite in the public markets, but the constant progress of technology doesn't really ever stop. There's always opportunities for new ideas and creative people to go build great things. I'm always interested in learning about those kinds of opportunities.
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At night, I love dressing up. I love putting on an outfit.
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If I got hit by a truck, I would want to go to hospital, but if something is bothering me I will see my naturopath.
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Life can be a bore if you're constantly walking sidewalks instead of a tightrope once in a while.
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Love is the one wild card.
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Civilisation, the orderly world in which we live, is frail. We are skating on thin ice. There is a fear of a collective disaster. Terrorism, genocide, flu, tsunamis.
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I came from Yale, where you get an extracurricular degree in self-importance because you went there. When AIDS happened, I was treated like an outcast. And I don't like that feeling.
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Earl Nightingale has inspired more people toward success and fortune than any other motivational speaker on the planet.
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I think we in the Alpha Band, which was a strange group anyway, weren't dealing with any of these issues. They sneaked up on us and took us over, before we know what was going on.
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Rather than waiting to restore fiscal responsibility after we pass legislation, we must work to ensure we remain committed to it as we draft legislation.
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Love shouldn't play by the rules. It's all about chemistry.
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I have been working for over 30 years and am always wondering about where I am and where I am going. It does not stop and become a fixed event of achievement.
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I think that haredi children should study the core subjects and that their parents must work, and I believe that there are many haredim who think like me and would be glad to discover that someone is fighting the radical functionaries and rabbis who embitter their lives.
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The greatest power that a person possesses is the power to choose.
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A good boss makes his men realize they have more ability than they think they have so that they consistently do better work than they thought they could.
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I was in love with Lagerfeld's designs.
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The worst thing you can do in a relationship, and what's really unattractive about it, is that people begin to limit each other.
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I wanted to put a really good kids' racing bike out there for kids under 14: 10-year-olds, eight-year-olds, right down to balance bikes for kids.
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It's well known that many girls have a tendency to dumb down when they're in middle school.
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I've got to write about my character every day. I've got to find out where he lives, what bus he catches to school, and stuff like that. You've got to know every little thing about him so when you do it, it feels natural.
