Douglas Hodge Quotes
I was doing a movie, 'Diana,' and I pulled aside the guy who was making the nose for Naomi Watts and said, 'I'm about to do 'Cyrano.' So he did various Photoshops of different looks that might work. I was really against any kind of 'Pinocchio' theater thing. The way that it's described in the play is this disfigurement.
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If you're going to play the game properly, you'd better know every rule.
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Think and grow rich.
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Chess was natural for me; I was extremely successful.
Garry Kasparov -
There's never really been a real hood Christmas movie.
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Race differences show up early in life.
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I would literally have to go meet people so they could see I didn't have big red hair and wear high heels constantly. It was just really ingrained in people.
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In Shakespeare, unique individuals repudiate the stereotypes demanded by the structure of the play: Shylock commands our sympathy, Barnardine refuses to be hanged. Individuals trump the category.
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Fear may very well be a caveman fear of the predator, of the giant lizard chasing them - maybe that's what Steven Spielberg connects with so well in Lost World.
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I'm very thankful that I can make people happy just by signing my name.
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Know your priorities and identify the five powerful action steps that you intend to take to move your initiatives forward each day. If you go to a tree with an ax and take five whacks at the tree every day, it doesn't matter if it's an oak or a redwood; eventually, the tree has to fall down.
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War is the ultimate tool of politics.
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The best thing I did was to choose the right heroes.
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No matter where you are from, no matter what your background is, no matter what your socioeconomic status is, every person can achieve his or her dreams.
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My dad was always such a frustrated artist. He always worked very hard to support his family, doing a bunch of ridiculous jobs. He wanted to be a painter, but then he also wrote science-fiction novels in his spare time.
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Yidaki didgeridoo has been used in every part of Australian regional culture, all around the country. It's become a message stick for the survival of those people, for aboriginal people and aboriginal culture.
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I just want to play for Hindus and Muslims that sit together. That's all I want to do.
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I just want to show the fans my big smile and play the game that I love.
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Nothing we use or hear or touch can be expressed in words that equal what is given by the senses.
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Both in thought and in feeling, even though time be real, to realise the unimportance of time is the gate of wisdom.
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Short fiction encourages experimentation, and it's fun to play with form and try experiments that may or may not work out.
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Our saving grace! Um, as a species [humans] we can be pretty warm and fuzzy. But maybe for this, it's the adaptability, or the heart and soul. We're not all that bad. I don't really know!
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During crazy times, I just hold back. People are so quick to jump on something or rip it apart.
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I've been very fortunate - You only can do what you're offered, you know?
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I was doing a movie, 'Diana,' and I pulled aside the guy who was making the nose for Naomi Watts and said, 'I'm about to do 'Cyrano.' So he did various Photoshops of different looks that might work. I was really against any kind of 'Pinocchio' theater thing. The way that it's described in the play is this disfigurement.
