Mackenzie Davis Quotes
I went to theater school, and if I spent time with one school of thought in this whole acting game, it's the Meisner approach of improvise-based acting. This does not mean that you improvise your acting, but that you focus on the other person.

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There are recurring elements in popularized fairy tales, such as absent parents, some sort of struggle, a transformation, and a marriage. If you look at a range of stories, you find many stories about marriage, sexual initiation, abandonment. The plots often revolve around what to me seem to be elemental fears and desires.
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Wes Anderson deserves an award for sheer persistence of vision.
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If a Chinese student does not know Chinese learning, it's like a person without a surname, a horse without a bridle, a boat without a helm. The more Western learning he possesses, the more hateful of China he will become. Even if he becomes a capable man of vast learning, how can he be of any use to the state?
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That attitude and toughness that we want to play with, that, to me, is the most critical thing.
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A revolution is interesting insofar as it avoids like the plague the plague it promised to heal.
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However, it does seem now that the international community, more importantly the powers that have influence, and, even more importantly, Afghanistan's neighbors realize that it is high time that they work together, and not against one another.
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Regulators are a backstop: they don't own banks. The governance at the top of our leading banks has been shown to be lamentably weak. No one at the top of Barclays will take responsibility for systemic abuse.
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One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.
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I feel like an alien. I feel people don't like me. People behaved strangely after 'Rockstar.'
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If death weren't around to 'finalize' the Darwinian process, we'd all still be amoebas.
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I have an affinity for the law. I like looking at the small type on contracts, and if I could have afforded law school, I probably would have gone.
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I feel very, very, very intent on only releasing things that I believe are fully worthy.
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I'm working on a movie called 'Labor Day' with Kate Winslet while still balancing kite boarding. Being an actress and an athlete is a challenge, but I'm excited to see what happens.
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The bad reviews get to me, believe me.
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I write almost entirely in bed or on a couch with my feet up on the coffee table. I feel most creative when I'm looking out the window, and my bed and couch have nice views of the New York skyline.
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In poor countries, the rich and powerful crush the poor and powerless.
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If the Soviet Union and the United States have not experienced direct military confrontations, on the other hand, they supported, armed and trained Africans, to fight other Africans.
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What makes you a Christian is whether or not you really are in accord with biblical theology and whether you know Jesus Christ as your Saviour.
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Just because a company falls doesn't invalidate what we can learn by studying that company when it was at its historical best.
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People have to go through trials and tribulations to get where they at. Do your thing - continue to rock it - because obviously, God wants you here.
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We have to be as militant defending America as the enemies of America are in trying to destroy America.
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We live in an age of sound bites and buzz words.
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I urge individuals around the world to stand up, and ask local leaders, if they haven't already, to pledge to purchase cleaner cars, build green facilities, and buy green power like wind or solar energy. Our actions may determine if we become a casualty in the war for a habitable planet for generations to come.
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I went to theater school, and if I spent time with one school of thought in this whole acting game, it's the Meisner approach of improvise-based acting. This does not mean that you improvise your acting, but that you focus on the other person.