Jake Gyllenhaal Quotes
I like the idea of the adventurer's spirit. I think that is very much what a man searches for, in a certain way.
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I'm not a quitter. I believe in following things through.
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I think Gadi Eizenkot is a very good commander.
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I had this dream that I was going to come to New York and be a writer.
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I was raised speaking English and Spanish. And I also speak Danish. And I can get by in French and Italian. I've acted in Spanish and English, but when something has to do with emotions, sometimes I feel I can get to the heart of the matter better in Spanish.
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The media doesn't create narratives, really. They're not that powerful. What they do is they tap into narratives that are already bubbling amongst their viewership or readership.
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I don't like to pretend I was guided in any way by the supernatural world, but the more you talk about that, the easier it is to dismiss those notions.
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The symbolic value of having an African-American president has certainly eased some racial tensions in America, but they're not gone.
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Easy is to occupy a place in a telephone book. Difficult is to occupy someone's heart; know that you're really loved.
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I've only been to New Zealand once, about 1989. It was incredibly beautiful, kind of like the ideal of where I live in New England - all that and then some - but I can't say I was there long enough to get any very clear idea.
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It is a point where our old models must be discarded and a new reality rules.
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Denmark is, like, the flattest country on Earth.
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I've been taught in my life that you can have plans, but you can't count on them.
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I didn't know I wanted to be a gymnast; I was just introduced to the gym. I loved the place because it looked like a hi-tech playground with mats and a lot of things I can hang from.
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If you've become a huge act and you're still doing the same music you wrote with your friends when you were making zero dollars, you're lazy.
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You can either be a host to God, or a hostage to your ego. It's your call.
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When a government for the people becomes a government in spite of the people, then who are we really serving?
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At a certain moment, when I started doing my own shows, I felt it would be really interesting to know what is the history of my profession. I realized that there was no book, which was kind of a shock.
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It's the weirdest thing. When you go into acting, you expect to be a huge star and to be recognized... It did happen, but not in the way you expect it to... In L.A., I'm just another character actor.
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If you look at art history, at Goya or Gainsborough, it's always about acknowledging the people of your time who have influence.
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You can't train kids in a world where adults have no concept of what science literacy is. The adults are gonna squash the creativity that would manifest itself, because they're clueless about what it and why it matters. But science can always benefit from the more brains there are that are thinking about it - but that's true for any field.
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Most people don't know how underpaid and often ill-equipped urban fire departments are across North America.
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I was given a tremendous gift in terms of athleticism. Maybe it was because I wasn't so confident in other areas.
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I like the idea of the adventurer's spirit. I think that is very much what a man searches for, in a certain way.
