Pierre Omidyar Quotes
My dad was a physician. As a kid, I remember driving around with him on weekends so he could do his rounds at the hospital and talk to patients. We'd spend time in the car talking about what was going on with them, their stories.
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I'm not religious. I was as a child, and like lots of people, I suppose, rapidly became very disillusioned with the whole thing. I also feel that organised religion has caused far more problems than it has solved.
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I've always had an affinity for the fashion industry - I've always been drawn to it. But I grew up in Calgary in Canada, which, being a fairly isolated city, is not particularly known for having anything to do with fashion.
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I did a film called 'Fire with Fire.'
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I am a massive fan of early electronica like Steve Reich, Pat Metheny and Thomas Dolby. I used to be a big raver, too, so anything dance. I love ambient music like Tunng. I love acoustic and classical, too.
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It's really important to find something you really enjoy - something you can focus on and be good at.
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To assume that someone's views are invariably influenced or shaped by his or her partner is lazy. It is an intellectual crutch we grope for when we do not have an effective counter to someone's argument.
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The fidelity question is difficult for me. Society has made us believe we're supposed to be monogamous when we're not killer whales, or whatever the monogamous species is.
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I got lost one time for a couple hours. It was pretty bad. I got lost in a creek, and I couldn't find my way back. The cops even had to come.
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No person is just one particular emotion.
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Make no mistake: the anti-war voices long for us to lose any war they cannot prevent.
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There seems to be this impression that if I really am a psychotherapist, I can't be serious about it. They think there must be something fishy going on.
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Animals play a big part in my life, on tour or at home.
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Bahrain is very dear to me.
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College professors used to be badly paid and worth it. Colleges used to be modest institutions; they should go back to being modest institutions.
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As an actress, you have to give your character a life, a history, and make it full and rich for yourself.
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When you lose a lover it's like getting a bad haircut. It grows back in time.
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The self-made man that some people believe is a myth? It could be, because you do it on the backs of other people.
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Kids who evolve into creative adults tend to have a strong moral compass.
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The worker's effectiveness is determined largely by the way he is being managed.
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Nobody in this town writes dialogue that bad on purpose. Not unless they've got a hidden agenda…or maybe a contract with Universal.
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Thanks to properly selecting the clients you will not be unnecessarily wasting time.
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The imagination is part of the arsenal that actors draw from.
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My dad was a physician. As a kid, I remember driving around with him on weekends so he could do his rounds at the hospital and talk to patients. We'd spend time in the car talking about what was going on with them, their stories.
