Matthew Fox Quotes
I'm really enjoying the process of learning to fly. How it will fit into my life down the road - I'm looking forward to discovering that.
Quotes to Explore
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For prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God.
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It was just such a demeaning thing to do, being in silent movies. They'd call you up and tell you, 'Hey, jump off this building!' and they'd give you a hundred bucks, and you'd do it.
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There is one system of justice, demanding that all be held accountable when laws are broken.
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It makes you vulnerable to win an award. It's nice to get the attention, but your neck is stuck out.
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You know something, if you're not acting, you're not an actor - you've gotta work. No way around it.
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A rich, robust, well-resourced public education is one of the best routes out of poverty and a pathway to prosperity.
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I'm very involved in the writing on every level.
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Acting was just another part of my life, as it still is today. It's 1 of the 10 things I love doing. It's never just been my life. As cheesy as it sounds, all my eggs were never in just one basket. I had a thousand baskets going on.
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I once interviewed my grandma for a class project about the Second World War. After 70 years filled with marriage, children, grandchildren, death, poverty and triumph, the thing about which she was unquestionably the proudest and most excited was that she and her family did their part during the war.
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Dressing for yourself and not a man is definitely something I advocate.
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You compose because you want to somehow summarize in some permanent form your most basic feelings about being alive, to set down... some sort of permanent statement about the way it feels to live now, today.
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Life is so short. I would rather sing one song than interpret the thousand.
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In Japan, I focus mostly on sending messages through Twitter, trying to spread my minority way of thinking.
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I have always loved music. My mom used to sing with my sister and I when I was younger, and I was in choirs and loved to perform, but when I was in college, I went on a study abroad to Trinidad, and while I was there, I sang backup at my first concert.
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We have no chance to comprehend what goes on there - it's so dramatic, and people are so poor. We all felt bad about being there. Filming in India felt like we were going to borrow something knowing that we were never going to give it back.
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I don't think I ever really knew the right words to 'Hava Nagilah,' which isn't great for a Jewish singer.
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Quite often, I have a compelling sense of how a role should be played. And I'm proved - equally as often - quite wrong.
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The books I like to read the most feel like they've been written by somebody who had to write them or go crazy. They had to get them out of their heads. I like that kind of urgency.
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Switching from one career to another can be scary, but it also can be a thrilling experience. Look at it as an opportunity to really go after what you want to accomplish in life and make a difference in the world. The key is to take small, conscious steps and prepare yourself for a successful transition.
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But there's not enough time in life to go sit at a party, have a drink, and make idle conversation. There's too many important things to do. Just being together with my husband, spending time alone, which I have very little of.
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It pays in England to be a revolutionary and a bible-smacker most of one's life, and then come round.
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We must teach science in the mother tongue. Otherwise, science will become a highbrow activity. It will not be an activity in which all people can participate.
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It has been surprising to me that so few conservatives have voiced concern over the precedence that are being set in favor of suppression by this so-called conservative administration.
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I'm really enjoying the process of learning to fly. How it will fit into my life down the road - I'm looking forward to discovering that.
