Maya Soetoro-Ng Quotes
You really need to love something or someone in order to work hard enough to be very successful. You have to believe in something and have a certain optimism. Faith and optimism come from love.
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The Arab world also won the Nobel with me. I believe that international doors have opened, and that from now on, literate people will consider Arab literature also. We deserve that recognition.
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I think there is an enormous sea change happening in the global workforce. It has a lot to do with globalization. I think that people used to have a hope for a career or meaningful employment, and its been reduced to internships, part-time work or just grossly underpaid work.
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I have been a film buff all my life and believe that the finest cinema is fully the equal of the best novels.
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There are programs that don't work.
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If you are playing someone living, it is a different type of judgment. However much work you do, it is not a documentary. There will be things you can't get right, and ultimately, you have to take a leap because - you weren't there.
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In my work in Haiti, I've seen the hugely positive effects that happen when people come together to build something in the middle of the most desperate situations.
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Making $30,000 on my first business deal was exciting, but not as exciting as the sudden knowledge that I did not have to work for anyone again.
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I like to believe, as a writer, that anybody who isn't a reader yet has just not found the right book.
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Letters actually work. Even the top dog himself takes time every day to read 10 letters that are picked out by staff. I can tell you that every official that I've ever worked with will tell you about the letters they get and what they mean.
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I've always thought George Carlin was brilliant.
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I am not here to beat anyone. I am here to make a name for myself, and I am glad to work with great directors. I don't believe in the term 'next superstar.'
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I never felt at home in London, because people were constantly telling me I didn't belong here, so after a while, you tend to believe that.
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I don't believe that competitions are important.
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I will try to work for greater reconciliation, cooperation and peace in North East Asia based on correct perception of history.
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I do not believe in the eternity of the spirit. That contradicts my ideology.
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I like to work hard and complete my films one after the other.
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The reader has to be creative when he's reading. He has to try to make the thing alive. A good reader has to do a certain amount of work when he is reading.
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I thought maybe I could become like the next Van Gogh. I bought a sunflower and painted it, and it looked like the work of a 6-year-old.
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Life is good when you have a good sandwich.
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I think that everybody has a right to their own thoughts, their own feelings and their own private moments, if they want them.
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I'm very devoted to my husband and we've been together for a very long time.
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Perhaps the greatest reading pleasure has an element of self-annihilation. To be so engrossed that you barely know you exist.
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You really need to love something or someone in order to work hard enough to be very successful. You have to believe in something and have a certain optimism. Faith and optimism come from love.
