Jonathan Haidt Quotes
We humans are really good at forming groups to compete, and then dissolving the groups and reforming them along different lines to compete in a different way.
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A person, who no matter how desperate the situation, gives others hope, is a true leader.
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I felt audiences are happier to take comedy people who play darker people because there's a link between the psychosis of comedy and the psychosis of being a twisted character.
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What really matters is what's on the inside.
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When 'Mulholland Dr.' was voted the Best Film of the Decade, that was very meaningful for me. That film opened up incredible doors for me, and I believe that that was the reason I was given opportunities to play all kinds of characters.
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To me, doing a gay pride show is one of the most fun things. My first show that paid more than $10,000 was in a gay club on New Year's Eve in San Francisco.
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In North Germany, a troublesome ghost is bagged, and the bag emptied in some lone spot or in the garden of a neighbour against whom a grudge is entertained.
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Confidence is key. Sometimes, you need to look like you're confident even when you're not.
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Any time you have an injury, it's going to be tough.
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Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.
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The game has given me so much, and I tried to give so much back to the people who have showed me so much love day after day.
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I generally wake up at 4:30, have breakfast No. 1, then get to the pool by 5 a.m.
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The European Union will continue to fully support multilateral global governance based on international law, human rights, and strong international institutions.
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I find Indian music very funky. I mean it's very soulful, with their own kind of blues. But it's the only other school on the planet that develops improvisation to the high degree that you find in jazz music. So we have a lot of common ground.
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In a way, it's good not to be recognised as much off screen.
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I want to give the audience a hint of a scene. No more than that. Give them too much and they won't contribute anything themselves. Give them just a suggestion and you get them working with you. That's what gives the theater meaning: when it becomes a social act.
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The days of the painter at the Bauhaus appear to be truly over. They are estranged from the actual core of present activities, and their influence is more restricting than inspiring.
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I like almost everything, even country twang, disco, blue grass and accordions.
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When you play a character, there are choices you have to make about the past, the present, the future, etc. You have to make those choices on your own a lot.
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I'm always looking for that sense of fun and adventure and even unlikeability. I don't want to be the obvious leading lady. I have the most fun playing these girls who are a little damaged and maybe a little insecure and trying to overcompensate for it.
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I was 175 pounds at 13 years old and 5 feet tall.
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It is better to have some unhappiness while one is still young, for if a person does not experience some bitterness, his disposition will not settle down.
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My specialty was baked potatoes with cheese melted over broccoli. I was also very good at melting cheese on bread.
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I am a competitive person. But more good TV is more good TV.
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We humans are really good at forming groups to compete, and then dissolving the groups and reforming them along different lines to compete in a different way.
