Eric Bogosian Quotes
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There are no sacred and unsacred places; there are only sacred and desecrated places. My belief is that the world and our life in it are conditional gifts.
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Food is everything. Food, friends, family: Those are the most important things in life.
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On a large scale, people aren't going to cut back how much they use. That's a pipe dream. If anything, as the developing world gets richer, the world's going to consume more - more cars, bigger homes, more energy, more water, more food.
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I've never left them to go do a film. No, we all go together. I could never leave them. My kids are my whole world.
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People assume a lot of things about gymnasts - that the girls work too hard, it's way too much for them, they are too young to work so hard.
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We believe in peace and peaceful development, not only for ourselves but for people all over the world.
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I can give you a six-word formula for success: Think things through - then follow through.
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The ideas keep going, you have the material, you cut because there's a limit to the space allowed to you. And the space is limited because of some other constraints that have to do with money or printing or whatever.
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I was with the Jessie Bonstelle Stock Company in Detroit and Buffalo for three seasons - 10 performances and a new play every week. She was an amazing woman who did a great deal for me.
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A man's motive in the small actions of daily life, like resting a moment on his pitchfork in the sun and listening intently, may be the most important thing about that man.
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For almost a century since 1918, the centralised nation-state has been the world's default political form. Its various experiments in industrialisation, urbanisation, mass literacy and consumerism have brought more people into public life.
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I've been a victim in every film I have done so far. It would be nice to play someone who doesn't get killed for once. Then again, I am getting really good at screaming and fake tears.
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I am Patrick, a sinner, most uncultivated and least of all the faithful and despised in the eyes of many.
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The great opportunity belongs to him who can see it, to him who can grasp it. The better part of your chance is right inside of you.
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He who binds his soul to knowledge, steals the key of heaven.
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We feel like 'Lost' deserved a real resolution, not a 'snow globe, waking up in bed, it's all been a dream, cut to black' kind of ending. We thought that would be kind of a betrayal to an audience that's been on this journey for six years. We thought that was not the right ending for our show.
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The books I love most are the ones that combine some sort of gripping story with really beautiful or stylish writing. Some of my favorites are 'The Road' by Cormac McCarthy, 'The Virgin Suicides' by Jeffrey Eugenides, 'The Interpreter of Maladies' by Jhumpa Lahiri, and 'Blindness' by Jose Saramago.
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Creative people are more prone to depression.
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The thing to remember is that the work comes first, and not to get distracted by anything else. If you keep focused on the work, everything else will fall into place. That's my mantra now.
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I think we have a creative impulse where suffering can magnify our work, but so can joy. You can be in love and write the greatest love song ever. Sometimes I think too much suffering makes it difficult to do one's work.
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My mother wanted very much to play tennis; she wanted, most of all, to be a singer and play the piano.
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I wish with all my heart that you may be the most lovable prince in the world, and I bestow my gift on you as much as I am able.
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The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.
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I'm not a light-hearted person, so I can't think light-hearted at work.
