Ory Okolloh Quotes
Blogging requires consistency, and you need to have some time on your hands, which I don't really have.
Quotes to Explore
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I keep waiting for a paradigm shift to happen that will let network and studio execs see that sci-fi is the same as any other genre in terms of how you approach it - logically, character-based, with challenging ideas and forward thinking - but I worry that it might never happen in my lifetime.
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Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.
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Often, a serial killer has no felony record.
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Philosophers, as things now stand, are all too fond of offering criticism from on high instead of studying and understanding things from within.
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I'm very physical. I love to work out; I'm very athletic. It's a great therapy, not only for my body, but for my mind.
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I'm a Persian Jew, and we don't speak Hebrew.
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I think the films we see, the Hollywood films, which are basically entertainment, will still be there, but they'll be in a totally different category. People won't take them seriously. They'll kind of end up the way comic books have. A side view of things.
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Every artist says that he/she wants to do something challenging, and I'm not any different. If someone approaches me with a serious role, I'll be more than happy.
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Today we are engaged in a deadly global struggle for those who would intimidate, torture, and murder people for exercising the most basic freedoms. If we are to win this struggle and spread those freedoms, we must keep our own moral compass pointed in a true direction.
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Politics was my third act. But I could have a fourth. I don't know what that will be yet, but there will be one.
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Our obsession with speed, with cramming more and more into every minute, means that we race through life instead of actually living it. Our health, diet and relationships suffer. We make mistakes at work. We struggle to relax, to enjoy the moment, even to get a decent night's sleep.
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I'm going to show the difference between the champ and second place.
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Over a three year period, I gave away half of what I had. To be honest, my hands shook as I signed it away. I knew I was taking myself out of the race to be the richest man in the world.
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I just don't see where I could possibly fit in directing a feature.
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If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women.
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People did not even then like to eat dirt, if they could see it.
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I don't recognize my former self. Like I'm on the outside looking in at my life. Who is that guy?
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All human beings are also dream beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together.
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When I was young I had an apprenticeship as an engineer.
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I would say that the things that have really left a mark on me have more to do with my family and my children's lives rather than a film role.
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I think as someone who collects beautiful things from the past, the thing that I miss the most about modernism and the things I lament about the past are everyday things that you would use were made more beautifully.
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If someone said, 'Jon, we need $250 million a year from now and we can make a dramatic breakthrough for ovarian cancer,' I'd have $250 million in two months. You just work day and night if the cause in your heart is justified.
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The way I meditate is by being organised. I can get real Zen if I go home and tidy the front room.
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Blogging requires consistency, and you need to have some time on your hands, which I don't really have.
