Epictetus Quotes
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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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Sometimes people can put way too much emphasis on looking 'hot' which can be stressful and put you in your head.
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I believe in the promise of America. Being a Cuban refugee, having come here when I was eight, I know that this is a shining city on the hill.
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I don't think a lot of actors talk about it, but there's usually a process where you essentially purge yourself of the character that you played prior to the movie.
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I used to think I had ambition... but now I'm not so sure. It may have been only discontent. They're easily confused.
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I've always loved both writing and songwriting. The journey is fascinating to me.
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Rich Swann is probably the only guy who's more charismatic among this whole bunch than me, and I think it showed in our match.
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The reason grandparents and grandchildren get along so well is that they have a common enemy.
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I am not ever in the business of making anyone feel bad.
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Well, for us, in history where goodness is a rare pearl, he who was good almost takes precedence over he who was great.
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Europe is especially vulnerable to terrorists who may hide among the refugees pouring across its borders.
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Find something that you love to do, and find a place that you really like to do it in. I found something I loved to do. I'm a mechanical engineer by training, and I loved it. I still do. My son is a nuclear engineer at MIT, a junior, and I get the same vibe from him. Your work has to be compelling. You spend a lot of time doing it.
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I am always hearing from Israelis, 'Oh, CNN is anti-Israel,' or 'BBC is against us.' But no, they are reporting facts.
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I don't really approach a character as to whether or not it's good or bad. I just approach a character as to where it lives in me.
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There was one very special scene at the end of the film. My character, Zhao Di, has been sick. She wakes up and her mother tells her that the man she loves has come back from the city and had spent the day by her bedside.
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Divorce isn't one-sided, and I am by no means perfect. Becoming accountable for my role in the relationship was very empowering.
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I like to record records in Los Angeles. It's less distracting than New York, where I was based.
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All you needed back then was a blow dryer and a dream.
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If you look around Brazil you see pregnant women everywhere. Here you don't see that as much. There the only thing they do is babies, babies, babies! Especially the poor families.
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Ah! Those strange people who have the courage to be unhappy! Are they unhappy, by the way?
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She is very clever, too clever for a woman. She lacks the indefinable charm of weakness.
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I lived in Paris for two years with my family. I would roam the streets of Paris during the day for a few hours in the subway, on the streets, and I listened to the French language, and I got a sense of the rhythm and the melody of the language.
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For many imaginative writers, working for the press is a fact of their life. But it's best not to like it too much.
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To live a life of virtue, match up your thoughts, words, and deeds.
