Masi Oka Quotes
I have a lot of appreciation for what people do in front of the camera as well as behind the camera. I don't think I could like one without the other. Eventually, I think the road will lead me down to producing or directing, because it's more about problem solving.
Quotes to Explore
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My comrades would call me a 'black capitalist.'
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Jazz vision for me is seeing my art in musical term. It offers me an visual expressions in an ever-changing musical palette.
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I'm not a power person. I like everyone to be on an equal footing.
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I'm confident in who I am. I've come to a place in my life where I've accepted things that are me, as opposed to feeling pressure to explain myself to people around me. That's just the way I've always tried to be. It didn't change when I became a star.
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Overall, the anarchy was the most creative of all periods of Japanese culture for in it there appeared the greatest landscape painting, the culmination of the skill of landscape gardening and the arts of flower arrangement, and the No drama.
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When I am cast in a movie where I feel that the woman's part is more interesting, I usually start thinking about Spencer Tracy and Fred Astaire. They seem to be the most clear actors when working with women.
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It is good to be in front of the lens to appreciate more being behind the lens.
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Without free, self-respecting, and autonomous citizens there can be no free and independent nations. Without internal peace, that is, peace among citizens and between the citizens and the state, there can be no guarantee of external peace.
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I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
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I'm a big 'American Idol' watcher, and sometimes I like to watch 'America's Got Talent.' Those are big, corny admissions, but sometimes it's so fun to see those kids really sing their hearts out.
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The mullahs are part of the past in Iran, not its future. But change in Iran will come through engagement, not through confrontation.
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You don't have to hit anybody on the head to be sexy.
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As a girl who was raised on the idea that we should give back to our community as much as possible, I believe that we have more power than we think when it comes to making change.
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The law is simply expediency wearing a long white dress.
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Time was God's first creation.
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Animal vision - including human vision - is so biased toward movement that we don't technically see stationary objects at all.
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I was always trying to get people to fix things that are wrong. Now, it was, 'How do I make things that are going good go better?
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It's tricky, performing the show live. Because when you're in a big auditorium, in front of 700 people, the natural tendency is to want to talk louder. You want to project.
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I tend to want to form bands and then create new music within them. Queen was an exception, and we joined forces because it just seemed to work when we played together.
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The kitchen is tough. It's one of the last bastions in civilized culture that sets out to crush the spirit.
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I do think that what's wonderful in life is that we gain perspective as we take on different roles that are mind and heart opening.
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I will only speak off the record about Debra Winger.
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It's exciting to be with really, really good people. Some people make you feel like you've got to up your game. Working with good people is always good.
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I have a lot of appreciation for what people do in front of the camera as well as behind the camera. I don't think I could like one without the other. Eventually, I think the road will lead me down to producing or directing, because it's more about problem solving.
