Plato Quotes
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Joy is the simplest form of gratitude.
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'Cold Case Files' and similar shows do bang up business, which points to a certain thirst for details in the viewership, but it seems like all the news chat shows continue to force the myth that Americans can't stand detail and have no interest in an idea that can't fit on a bumper sticker.
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The economy is not immutable; it's not about natural laws. It's about rules, and we make the rules.
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We're overpaying him, but he's worth it.
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As a filmmaker, I really want to utilize the tools to carry the voice - my voice, and the voice of the characters.
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You learn to control every aspect of your muscles, your face, your toes, your fingernails. And that is how you tell a story, through movement.
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I think it's the responsibility of a major opera house not only to cultivate debate and get people thinking, but also to be interfaced with things that challenge them. To challenge its audience and not just deliver things that they know, even though some of those things are wonderful.
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My writing has been largely concerned with the depicting of Negro life in America.
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I know people who prepare their roles in such a way that they technically look ahead and memorize their gestures, and then they stick to it. Those that are technically proficient enough can make it seem natural, but they do that and don't really take in what other people are doing.
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I find it hard to act other than the way I feel.
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If you fire people, you fire customers.
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I would love to play a superhero. I wish I could be in 'The Avengers,' kicking butt.
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I don't need a piece of paper to suggest that I can commit myself.
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Say there are three identical-looking pizza joints on a street. Two of those will always be empty. The third will have a line of people patiently waiting, checking their phones. There's always one place that's the place. That's how it works.
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My hair grows and grows; you cannot stop it - that fellow grows, it grows wild.
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When all is said and done the only thing you'll have left is your character.
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Pressure is there with any release of mine. It's more my own, as I need to surpass my own expectations.
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I'll never get another first premiere again, especially at Sundance. I've just been trying to fully engage myself in everything that's going on, and I hope to see other movies here while I'm here! I really want to!
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I am sure that in the story of Adam and Eve, the forbidden fruit was a fig and not an apple, pear or anything else.
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All the airports kind of feel and look the same now. Some are more beautiful, some are less beautiful, but for the most part you're going to find a Starbucks in every airport. You're going to get your coffee and the 'USA Today' or 'New York Times' in every airport.
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There are very few horror films that I think are worth their salt.
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You have to decide what level you want to participate in your children's lives. The more you do, the better your relationship is going to be. You have to listen to your instincts. You know when it's time to lay down the law.
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Be involved with the people with the live hearts, the live eyes, who are committed to something.
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Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.
