Jonas Salk Quotes
It is always with excitement that I wake up in the morning wondering what my intuition will toss up to me, like gifts from the sea. I work with it and rely on it. It's my partner.
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What we really need is compassion of the mind - compassion for others that is directed intelligently and produces truly compassionate results.
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People think I am America's party girl, which is just stupid. I have done 24 movies and I am creating my own TV show.
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The problem is foster youth don't really have this network that other kids have.
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I'm not the type of person that is forced.
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What I want to give in the theatre is beauty, that's what I want to give.
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Winning a gold medal is not easy but I believed in myself, especially over the last four years.
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Morrissey wrote a really gorgeous song for me. I'm crazy for that man. And he thinks I'm hip!
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Whatever our bedtime was as kids, we could stay up an extra half hour if we were reading. My parents didn't care as long as I was under the spell of a Stephen King or a Douglas Adams. Now I read in bed. I read at work. I read standing in line. It's like, 'Hello, my name is Nathan and I am a reader.'
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As far as acting goes, you get to a certain point where, I think, everyone can do the job, and it comes down to a level of commitment. I think sometimes all you have to do is show up.
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A completely disrespectful photographer was asked to stop taking photographs, and then said, 'I've got what I want. What are you going to do about it?' How would you feel if somebody walked up and started taking your photograph? I don't think you'd be very happy.
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Life is something to do when you can't get to sleep.
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Creativity is a natural extension of our enthusiasm.
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When I watch video, I try to watch the good starts so I can see how my mechanics are in those. Every once in a while, I'll look at video starts that I struggled, and sometimes in those, there is no mechanical problems; it's just, didn't have good stuff that day.
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The main thing that you have to remember on this journey is, just be nice to everyone and always smile.
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Ours is an excessively conscious age. We know so much, we feel so little.
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Energy legislation in Congress and the focus on energy legislation is first and foremost about creating good jobs. In Florida, where solar and biofuel and wind and so many other areas are important and so many in the private sector continues to pursue these, we need policies that will encourage that.
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I don't believe in hostile moves. I don't believe they carry any value.
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I felt that it was cool to even get to the point where I was able to audition on the actual 'SNL' stage. Looking back on it, I can't believe that I wasn't more nervous.
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I love the American dream. I feel this is the place I was supposed to be in. It's beautiful. I love it.
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There is no such thing as justice - in or out of court.
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Most of my friends aren't actors - and not one of them is overly impressed with what I do.
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The most important lesson we can learn is how to pray. Prayers do not die, prayers live before God, and God's heart is set on them.
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I grew up in South Central Los Angeles in the '80s, back when it just wasn't a cool scene. But my mother had the foresight to look for a number of projects that would keep us away from the streets.
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It is always with excitement that I wake up in the morning wondering what my intuition will toss up to me, like gifts from the sea. I work with it and rely on it. It's my partner.
