Martti Ahtisaari Quotes
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I really enjoy getting to go and play on other people's shows for an episode or two. It adds such variety to my repertoire.
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If you think about it, you can have the best CGI, but you can always tell that it is CGI. Your brain can spot that is not real even though you think it looks cool. Your brain knows the truth, so you don't jump and you don't scream. It was very important for me to expose the audience to real elements.
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For me, the greatest good fortune I have being raised by actors is I came in knowing that a career is the ebb and flow.
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I wanted to define the vocabulary of a wedding both visually and intellectually. The book is about more than weddings or wedding dresses. It's a metaphor for women's lives, their creativity.
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For me, my home is a peaceful place where I can rest, and it gives me back energy.
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I shall have a beautiful dream tonight. I also wish everyone to have a beautiful dream.
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Islam was hijacked on that September 11, 2001, on that plane, as an innocent victim.
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To know all is not to forgive all. It is to despise everybody.
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In the end, we know what makes us happy. We also know what makes us unhappy. That's the irony. We know and yet we still mess it up. That's part of the human condition, no, and why we need to work on it.
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Musical theater is one of my passions.
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My creativity all comes from the same place. I wear one very comfortable, large hat.
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It may be that Tolstoy and Virginia Woolf were sitting around fretting about their Amazon reviews or their pre-pub whatever, but I kind of doubt it. I don't think that's how the work probably got made.
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The one indisputable reality of dictatorship is that dissent, insult, and malevolent language do not go unpunished if it is allowed at all.
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Honesty and loyalty are key. If two people can be honest with each other about everything, that's probably the biggest key to success.
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Even the best parents have to spend so much time making ends meet that they cannot help their kids with homework or afford the extra tutoring that wealthier students enjoy. To address these unjust disparities, we need an early education revolution.
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I was so excited to work with Ridley Scott. Who wouldn't be?
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Our choices are going to determine the future for our children, our children's children, and their children. I take that responsibility very seriously.
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There's no one who has been living for centuries.
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Faith in God's revelation has nothing to do with an ideology which glorifies the status quo.
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Scouts have always been surprised by the way I'm able to move at my size. How fast and agile I am.
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If I've been an architect of my own career in any fashion, one thing that I've attempted to do is not get typecast, in order to be able to play all different kind of characters. I think I've done a pretty good job of that over the years.
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I've always found people to be by far the biggest problem-causers in life.
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I tend to be really pragmatic, but ultimately tend to be attracted to people who pull me into more spontaneity. I've really learned that, through surrender, the best experiences of my life have happened.
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Luck has a lot to do with how your life develops.
