Jean Vanier Quotes
Love doesn't mean doing extraordinary or heroic things. It means knowing how to do ordinary things with tenderness.
Quotes to Explore
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When I went to college, I was so focused on this new experience of my life that I really just pushed down all of my fears of hell and damnation.
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You can always think that we're old and not innovative, but there is no company that can limp on for 139 years without being creative and having the genes to change.
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I can do a little bit of comedy. I can be in an in-between place, where I can do a little bit.
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There's nothing worse than a director who feels more like a cop than a comrade, so I try to never give orders or create an environment where it's 'my way or the highway,' because actually allowing talented people to bring their originality and insight always brings more depth and complexity than if everyone has to do what you tell them to!
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In New York you can just walk out and be among people. You're on the subway among people, you go to cafes, you can talk to people.
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Sometimes when it comes to the iconic kind of moments, when I read the script for the first time, you get little goose bumps or something because it really is kind of exciting.
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At his direction, I have taken command as the temporary Head of the Republic.
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I believe that no matter what you do in life, if you learn the basics through theater, it will help you in everything else - problem solving, communication, discipline, all of that stuff.
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Our dream as actors is to tell interesting stories about interesting people.
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My stand-up is quite good now, people say. It's just like a big conversation each time. Every gig is a rehearsal.
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Being a humorist is not a voluntary thing. You can tell this because in a situation where saying a funny thing will cause a lot of trouble, a humorist will still say the funny thing. No matter how inappropriate.
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If you want to bring down the prices of healthcare and education, the answer will be more innovation, more technology, which will then have the effect of freaking everybody out and saying, 'Oh, my God, you're going to kill all the jobs.'
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I like the outdoors and the natural world. Environmental issues.
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Hollywood's not knocking on our door. They're banging down the door with a sledgehammer.
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Every day, I come home with a spring in my step. We've got to work together to stop the Obama agenda and take this country back.
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A lot of times, L.A. is desaturated, and cement and freeways, and downtown.
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I hate horror movies, with a passion.
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The good or healthy society would then be defined as one that permitted people's highest purposes to emerge by satisfying all their basic needs.
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The one woman who never gives herself is your free woman, who is always giving herself.
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When I was a kid, there was nothing better than water balloon fights. I grew up in Brooklyn: we had the fire hydrants, and we would open up a soda can at both ends and squirt people walking by. I love the kinds of things that encourage you to let your guard down, be open and vulnerable, and just to be laughing sincerely.
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I love KIND bars. My favorites are coconut and almond and the dark chocolate and sea salt because staying fueled helps keep me from getting sick or injured. Bananas have also made a great comeback in my life. My kids eat them all the time on the go, which has inspired my go-to pre-run morning meal of peanut butter and banana on toast.
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Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.
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Just as a solid rock is not shaken by the storm, even so the wise are not affected by praise or blame.
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Love doesn't mean doing extraordinary or heroic things. It means knowing how to do ordinary things with tenderness.
