Maurice Maeterlinck Quotes
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Americans worship creativity the way they worship physical beauty - as a way of enjoying elitism without guilt: God did it.
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The atmosphere seems to change once the sun goes down and the race fans get to watch a good show.
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I plan to go to university - but for sure, acting is what I want to do. It's a hard business, but I believe in my heart that I'll be doing it for a very long time.
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I read that prior to the advent of color TV, most people dreamed in black and white.
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Working on 'Girls' opened up a lot of opportunity for me. It's like a dream job. It's a dream.
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I'm developing some screenplays at the moment with my Australian producer.
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In my life, there have always been people who guided my path, towards the school, towards this company. I didn't know about any of it. I didn't have a plan. It's good fortune and generosity from other people that have given me all I have today.
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I think, on a larger note, that filmmakers and studios should start to tuck it in a little bit, because films wouldn't have the pressure they have if the word wasn't out about how expensive they were.
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You look at today, it's a different situation. You have a game that has been transformed into a game where almost every shot is either an outside shot - a three-point shot - or a dunk.
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Probably the only way Woody Allen and I are similar is that he has a lot to say about Nietzsche.
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Inequalities of wealth lead to a dispersion in wealth for all.
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Our democratic societies are in danger. In allowing ourselves to be infiltrated by fear, to be blinded by the passion of identity, we are entertaining the most serious illusions about our freedom.
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One of the major issues that's constantly batted around Hollywood and the media is my industry's responsibility toward the portrayal of violence. There's the irony of the films that glorify it and the individuals taking positions against it. It's a very confusing, confounding place.
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To live according to the spirit is to love according to the spirit.
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Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it's amazing what they can accomplish.
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The truth was I felt ugly growing up. I only really started feeling comfortable in myself when I was 40.
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There is a kind of invisible thread between the actor and the audience, and when it's there it's stunning, and there is nothing to match that.
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I was at this time living, like so many Atheists or Antitheists, in a whirl of contradictions. I maintained that God did not exist. I was also very angry with God for not existing. I was equally angry with Him for creating a world.
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Confucius - or Kongzi, which means Master Kong - was not born to power, but his idiosyncrasies and ideas made him the Zelig of the Chinese classics.
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Access to legitimate information and thoughtful analysis is the lifeblood of a democracy, the basis of which people make decisions about who they vote for and what they believe in. And if you're only getting half the story, that certainly doesn't lead to an informed citizenry.
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The green-light decision process today consists of maybe of 30 or 40 people.
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There are no tests similar to SATs to tell us how much undergraduates know. State legislators, who appropriate billions of dollars each year to higher education, are naturally interested in finding out what they are getting for their money.
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Happiness is rarely absent; it is we that know not of its presence.
