Jeff Lindsay Quotes
Pretending is the basis of civilised society, and it is sometimes necessary for all of us. Without it we are nothing more than a pack of snarling dogs.
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Honestly speaking, I don't like my films. When I watch them, I see a lot of scope for improvement, so if I were to see any of my films, like 'Dhoom,' I might say... 'It would have been better if...' or 'had it been...' and this is all about evolving.
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The world that you and I live in is increasingly challenged. Population growth, pollution, over-consumption, unsustainable patterns, social conflict, climate change, loss of nature... these are not good stories.
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Even with my wife, I find sharing soup is hard.
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Greetings and death to our enemies.
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I drink tons of water. It always sounds like the lamest thing, but there's a reason you keep hearing this over and over again. It really works.
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I love a cool bralette paired with a high-waisted jean, maybe with Chanel suspenders and a good platform shoe.
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When I look at myself, I'd like not to have hair on the top of the ceiling.
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Feminists have confused opportunity with outcome.
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My influences change all the time; they have to remain current, because they're the things that capture your imagination and make you want to go into the studio.
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I've been doing lots of trapeze, and so much of it is holding your own weight.
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Twitter is all about user experience - the fact that it is so easy, so clean, so unencumbered has won it so many users and fans, for so many different reasons.
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Very old fashioned to say that they will be well behaved but I think it's very important.
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I really feel that political will is born out of popular will.
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I listen to a lot of jazz. I'm a big Sinatra geek. I love Chet Baker.
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I felt that as long as we were being honest, and that we didn't bend the truth to accomplish another goal, to be entertaining or to be a happy ending, I was confident that we'd be able to tell the story the way it happened.
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The United States needs to hold China accountable for its facilitation of North Korea's illicit weapons program instead of rewarding Beijing for complacency.
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Inequalities of wealth lead to a dispersion in wealth for all.
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If you learn how to forgive others for not being strong, then people can learn how to forgive you for your own issues.
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We all have possibilities we don't know about. We can do things we don't even dream we can do.
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That professionalism comes from what I've watched people do on the set. I'm just trying to be as respectful to the environment, as they have been. I think I still act like a kid. I just try to be as professional as I can.
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Life can be both hell and bliss or it can be nothing at all.
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'Don’t listen to what people tell you because they’ll try to bring you down. And don’t listen to yourself, either, because yourself will try to bring you down even more so than anyone else. As long as you just put all your energy into one thing, it can happen.'
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No society can change the nature of existence. We can't prevent suffering. This pain and that pain, yes, but not Pain. A society can only relieve social suffering, unnecessary suffering. The rest remains. The root, the reality.
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Pretending is the basis of civilised society, and it is sometimes necessary for all of us. Without it we are nothing more than a pack of snarling dogs.
