Emily Deschanel Quotes
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You can't be a victim and heal.
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In the twentieth century one of the most personal relationships to have developed is that of the person and the state. It's become a fact of life that governments have become very intimate with people, most always to their detriment.
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In any country there must be people who have to die. They are the sacrifices any nation has to make to achieve law and order.
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What I think happens today is that a lot of filmmakers look at other films that are retro pieces, like L.A. Confidential, and say, oh, that's period. We didn't want to do the stereotypical stuff.
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That's the first sign you know you're a Libertarian. You see the red light. You stop. You realize that there's not a car in sight. And you put your foot on the gas.
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The friends we have, these are choices that - unlike family, which we have no choice in, and I love my family, thank God - we've given ourselves, to some degree.
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To live life well is to express life poorly; if one expresses life too well, one is living it no longer.
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I've learned that mistakes can often be as good a teacher as success.
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To do a studio film, something with Disney. My father is thrilled.
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Sometimes the knowledge you've been given in school or by an elder - 'this is just the way it is' - keeps you from accomplishing because it traps you in a box in your mind and limits your freedom to deliver.
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I confidently predict the collapse of capitalism and the beginning of history. Something will go wrong in the machinery that converts money into money, the banking system will collapse totally, and we will be left having to barter to stay alive. Those who can dig in their garden will have a better chance than the rest. I'll be all right; I've got a few veg.
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Just remember, you can't climb the ladder of success with your hands in your pockets.
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We don't know why, but there are some gradients of infection.
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In 2010, aside from that niche of music that I have no interest in - Black Eyed Peas territory, disposable pop stuff - there's almost an incentive to go back to making music as adventurous and groundbreaking as you can, because nobody gets a big hit anymore.
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I grew up in Shanghai, a big urban city.
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When you play in the Champions League, you are switched on - very, very smart and focused on every situation.
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I never dreamed that they would ask me to do a TV show. I'm the most surprised person of all.
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Force is legitimate where gentleness avails not.
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Sometimes people fear the truth. They'd rather not speak to you than know what you really think.
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When you move artistically, the natural inclination is to denounce everything that's gone before.
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I wrote a lot about the need for an information appliance. I think we've pretty much arrived at one: the iPad. A child could figure out how to use it quickly. Compare it to a DOS computer or even an Apple II; it's no longer nearly as much of a hassle or a mystery.
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I've been a vegan for about 15 years.
