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		In the 1970s, a lot of critics didn't understand video. I got a lot of bad reviews. But film-makers didn't understand what we were doing, either. There were actual fistfights between film-makers and video-makers. I was witness to one.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Bill Viola 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		It isn't what I do, but how I do it. It isn't what I say, but how I say it, and how I look when I do it and say it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Mae West 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Whatever God or whatever higher power you believe in, they brought us to this earth in a perfect way, and you have to learn to love yourself. Otherwise, it's an exhausting way to be. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Callie Thorne 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My parents were the good parents that said, 'You should try and get a good job and go to college and get an education.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Cam 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Directing is so interesting. You know, it just sort of encompasses everything that you see, that you know, that you've felt, that you have observed. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Barbra Streisand 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		As a child, I always liked dressing up and getting into character, and actors are lucky in being able to retain that playfulness, though we do seem to find it hard to grow up. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Felicity Jones 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The first thing I read was of my character on the phone talking to Sydney's fiance. Though short, it was so beautifully written, and it made me laugh. I thought if I wanted to play a character, this would be it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Victor Garber 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
		
	
	
	
	
		The Internet is a strange, strange place that is full of lies. I would say mostly lies. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Pauley Perrette 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If Christ can die in a barn, I think the death of a human in a van is not so bad. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jack Kevorkian 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Environmental agencies in China are hamstrung by local officials who put economic growth ahead of environmental protection; even the courts are beholden to local officials, and they are not open to environmental litigation. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ma Jun 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I was born in Hereford, England, in 1944. We moved when they had an opportunity to get a visa, about 1950. My dad always thought Europe was a bit too small for him. He wanted to see the United States... The typical immigrant story. He wanted a better life for his children, too. He always tried to get the visa, and it didn't come up. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Frank Oz 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		As for the healing, that comes from the writing, from living and writing. That's my catharsis. That's why I never regret sharing because it's part of my healing! 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Karrine Steffans 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In the 1970s, a lot of critics didn't understand video. I got a lot of bad reviews. But film-makers didn't understand what we were doing, either. There were actual fistfights between film-makers and video-makers. I was witness to one. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Bill Viola