Jake Gyllenhaal Quotes
I think that more and more there's a sense that the best performances I can give are the ones that are the truest to who I am. The further I move away from who I am, the worse they are.
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I look back on some of my outfits, and I'm like: 'Why did I wear that? Where are my friends and why didn't they tell me not to leave the house?' If they had, I probably would've said, 'You don't know what you're talking about. This looks amazing.'
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Michael and I talk at least every two weeks. He understands why I've done the things I have.
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One of the biggest mistakes people make is to think that what you need to write a novel is imagination, creativity and a facility with words. Yes, you need all those things, but a novel is a highly complex organism that needs to be dealt with in quite a logical manner.
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Books are my art. The movie is someone else's art. But it's great marketing for books.
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The DNA of a true Hindu is liberal. We are, by essence, liberal.
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The Internet is programmable information. The blockchain is programmable scarcity.
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When I appeared in 'Coronation Street,' I lived in Manchester and enjoyed it very much.
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If you've driven over to the gay section of Los Angeles, it's like a golf course... Real estate values go 'boom!'
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Aim for brevity while avoiding jargon.
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You can't please everybody. You'd be crazy if you're trying to. So take some time out to do some things for yourself.
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You know you're living with the habit of zest if you purposefully choose the scenic route to wherever you are going. Or you choose clothing because you love the texture of the fabric. Or you pick a shampoo or cleaning product because you love the smell - smell being just as important to you as how the product works.
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The fact is, employees cannot make breakthroughs if they can't openly and honestly disagree with their peers and their leader. Indeed, great leaders don't just permit conflict; they actively try to elicit it from reluctant employees as well.
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Leadership cannot really be taught. It can only be learned.
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Before I put another notch in my lipstick case, you better make sure you put me in my place.
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I love my dad, and I'm proud to be his daughter.
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As soon as I could talk, I was bellowing at the top of my lungs. My parents couldn't get over how weird I sounded – like an old man when I was just a toddler! But no one was gonna shut me up.
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We try to preach innovation. We provide resources; we invite speakers in from universities to talk about new ideas.
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And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floorShall be lifted - nevermore!
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The most important truth which has ever been uttered, and the greatest discovery ever made in the moral world.
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If I think too much about all of those Chinese factories where all the stuff in a Wal-Mart is made, I get that woozy feeling you get when you see ducks covered in crude oil.
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Why we play as children is not because it is our work or because it is how we learn, though both statements are true; we play because we are wired for joy, it is imperative as human beings.
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I'm underrated, don't fit on nobody's playlist / If I ain't in your top 10, then you're a racist.
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I have never heard a president in bad times running against - let's face it, that's what he's doing here - running against bad times, when he's the presiding officer.
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I think that more and more there's a sense that the best performances I can give are the ones that are the truest to who I am. The further I move away from who I am, the worse they are.
