Masi Oka Quotes
One of the reasons I took up acting was to learn to be more human, to get in touch with human emotions.
Quotes to Explore
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A mathematician, like a painter or poet, is a maker of patterns. If his patterns are more permanent than theirs, it is because they are made with ideas.
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Comedy's really subjective, you know; that's why it's so hard.
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I never pursued being 'famous.'
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When I hear someone, instantaneously, I'm like, 'Who's singing?' You're giving people so much of yourself, and my voice is the most natural, distinctive tool I have. It's up to me to express myself on a wider scale than just writing vocal melodies and lyrics.
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Never have I found the limits of the photographic potential. Every horizon, upon being reached, reveals another beckoning in the distance. Always, I am on the threshold.
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I love CNN. I love the Cartoon Network. I mean, I thought these things up.
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You possess a potent force that you either use, or misuse, hundreds of times every day.
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Statesmanship is harder than politics. Politics is the art of getting along with people, whereas statesmanship is the art of getting along with politicians.
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I grew up thinking it was wonderful to be big and strong and to be able to knock down other children in the playground if I needed to. But I never felt the need.
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To be honest, as an actor, job security is not a trait.
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Frankly, we actresses are so much in a hurry. We feel we have very few years to shine in our career, so we neglect our personal life. But for me, both aspects are equally important. I don't want to grow old and have regrets.
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I remember fear and I remember the potential of nuclear war.
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I went to high school in New York City. So, I grew up in New Jersey my whole life, and I was watching all the people and all the kids that I met there become so jaded.
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I find the business world hard.
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I was raised Jewish and bar mitzvahed.
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I don't want to dig in the truth all of the time. Let me dream.
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To give pain is the tyranny; to make happy, the true empire of beauty.
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I was always active as a kid. I was a professional figure skater for many years and I was a dancer, so it's just been part of my life, and I think that creates a certain body type.
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I bought a laptop in 1999, and it was quite liberating, because I could make a lot of my own decisions.
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The Russians are very much more up and down than the French.
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I had a Stuart Davis poster growing up.
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Outfield to infield is the most jarring because in the outfield, you have much more time to throw.
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Sometimes what we imagine and the world aren't different things. Sometimes they are the same exact thing.
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One of the reasons I took up acting was to learn to be more human, to get in touch with human emotions.
