Elliot Ackerman Quotes
All art to me is an empathetic act. Whoever's telling a story is trying to transfer emotion into someone else.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm Cuban, so I like a bit of curve. I just want my booty to have a little lift!
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Comedy, we may say, is society protecting itself - with a smile.
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And there is no trade or employment but the young man following it may become a hero.
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I think with 'Skinwalkers,' the success of it spoke for itself. Meaning a lot of people wanted to see something new on television.
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The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao; the name that can be named is not the eternal name. The Nameless is the origin of Heaven and Earth; the Named is the mother of all things.
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Education is at the heart of achieving your dreams.
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There is much good luck in the world, but it is luck. We are none of us safe. We are children, playing or quarrelling on the line.
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Actors, after all, dream.
Nastassja Kinski -
I've worked so hard for so long, and everyone's reaction has made me feel like... almost like they trust me, which is just a wonderful feeling. It pushes me to write things better and better.
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I never thought I would write a memoir at age 40... but I did have this unique place in history.
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Public appearances are a headache. I hold mine down to a minimum.
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If the structures of the human mind remain unchanged, we will always end up re-creating the same world, the same evils, the same dysfunction.
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I didn't go to law school to become a lawyer, per se - let's just say I was leaning in to some strong suggestions from my parents - but my nebulous goals of someday becoming a writer were just that, nebulous.
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You can be very famous without being a great actress, and that's not good for me.
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My hand is the extension of the thinking process - the creative process.
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I'm for anything that lets people come here to work legally. There are more protections for workers who are here legally than for those who are not. It's also safer for the workers and employers have a more consistent pool of workers.
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Ricky Martin is one of my idols in the industry.
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After graduating college, I was coming out of a routine I'd been in for several years, all the way back to high school. It was a year-round process of constantly having to work and be disciplined, and I was able to understand and connect the dots between all those characteristics - especially hard work and success.
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The professor, instead of being the "sage on the stage," functions as a "guide on the side."
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It is our duty to try to be perfect, … to improve each day, and look upon our course last week and do things better this week; do things better today than we did them yesterday
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Hygiene is important. That's one of my failings. So I'm always being called on that.
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On signing day, my mom brought me the national letter of intent to Arkansas. I should feel like I'm making the right decision. You get that many people telling you that. I had been dreaming about it. I signed 'No' where I was supposed to sign my name and put an exclamation point.
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It is the fear of death - 24/7 in every shade of hospital white and doomsday black--that sells the pharmaceutical, political, financial, film, and food product promising to make good the wish to live forever.
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All art to me is an empathetic act. Whoever's telling a story is trying to transfer emotion into someone else.
