George Mason Quotes
Taught to regard a part of our own Species in the most abject and contemptible Degree below us, we lose that Idea of the dignity of Man which the Hand of Nature had implanted in us, for great and useful purposes.
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The best thing an actor can be is flexible, because all directors are different and all actors are different.
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There are really two kinds of optimism. There's the complacent, Pollyanna optimism that says, 'Don't worry - everything will be just fine,' and that allows one to just lay back and do nothing about the problems around you. Then there's what we call dynamic optimism. That's an optimism based on action.
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In battle it is the cowards who run the most risk; bravery is a rampart of defense.
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Marginal tax rates are the lowest they've been in generations, and all we can talk about is tax cuts.
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How can you tell your kid, 'You can be anything you want to be,' if you're not trying to do the same?
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It's very hard to maintain focus in the gym.
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When I was in school, there was no such thing as girls' athletics.
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I started playing badminton when I was probably of eight years and ever since have been playing. I didn't go to university.
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You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
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I feel like sleep is the most important thing. I notice in my body, when I don't get enough sleep on a consistent basis, how I am dreary, or my mood changes, or I'm not as focused.
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Usually in TV... A TV director could be anything from a main grip to just a glorified cameraman, and sometimes a director can be the person who is hired last. It's very much a producer's medium.
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When I won the belt, it was kind of a precedent... The only Canadian to have ever held it.
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I saw Mercury Prize-winners Alt-J for the first time recently, touring their debut album 'An Awesome Wave,' and I'm still riding the high: they're the most musically dynamic and exciting band to have poured tune into my lug holes live since Bellowhead.
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You kind of forget he's Peter Jackson in a way because he's so normal; he's lovely. It's like having a friend direct you, except it's Peter Jackson.
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I came up not understanding that a lot of people didn't start to hear music until they went to college or were turned on by an older brother or sister.
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We should keep on going along the path of globalization. Globalization is good... when trade stops, war comes.
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Disease is the tax which the soul pays for the body, as the tenant pays house-rent for the use of the house.
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For me, temptation is life and I have a gargantuan appetite for everything.
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Nobody should live in an environment that's not healthy.
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I'm not looking for pity, I'm really not, but I'm constantly uneasy and every day it is pretty much like getting up and going to war. Once I shift into the mindset of 'Yeah, you're alive. It's tough. Let's do what we can today,' it's easier.
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I feel most empires fell when they started to act human, but then look at Russia. They kept a pretty strong hand, and they fell from Afghanistan alone because Afghanistan is the graveyard of empires. I guess you just can't sustain it.
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I play guitar, the ukulele and the piano. I grew up on a mountain in Tennessee, and we had 'The Mountain Opry,' where anyone could just get up on stage to perform. It was just about the soul and heart of music. My upbringing was less about being great and more about just doing what you love. It was always for joy.
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I get referred to as the social media kid on set, but I don't let it bother me. I try not to.
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Taught to regard a part of our own Species in the most abject and contemptible Degree below us, we lose that Idea of the dignity of Man which the Hand of Nature had implanted in us, for great and useful purposes.
