Eric Liu Quotes
The Boomers have modeled a set of bad habits, and one grand gesture is not going to unwind all those bad habits.
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Directing is so interesting. You know, it just sort of encompasses everything that you see, that you know, that you've felt, that you have observed.
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I don't Twitter, although sometimes I think that I should.
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Action is the foundational key to all success.
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During my captivity, I felt abandoned by everyone apart from my family and supporters, because there was no part of the political spectrum that would want me released.
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I feel the capacity to care is the thing which gives life its deepest significance.
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As I grew up in that world and saw how much it affected her world and how much it affected our childhood, it made me very aware of politics. Of course, I have my own private feelings and thoughts, but I don't care to share them.
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Paris ain't much of a town.
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I eat vegetarian a lot. I buy only fresh ingredients and cook from scratch - that way, when I feel like snacking and look in my fridge, it's: 'Oh, baby carrots or chocolate soy pudding. Take your pick.'
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I was always active as a kid. I was a professional figure skater for many years and I was a dancer, so it's just been part of my life, and I think that creates a certain body type.
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Some artists get so comfortable now after even one or two albums and think, 'I'm the biggest artist in the world,' but it's like, yeah, you are for now, but you've gotta work so that you're remembered further, and that's what I'm trying to do.
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I love singing and would love to record an album at some point.
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Where a city is only focused on one aspect, it becomes a city without a soul, not a city people want to live in.
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I think Karl Rove saw that in George W. Bush early on and understood the impact that he could have on Texas politics and probably on national politics.
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If you're setting up lights and tripods, and you've got three assistants running around, people will want to get you out as fast as they can. But if you go the opposite way, if you make the camera the least important thing in the room, then it's different.
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I always liked the story of Noah's Ark and the idea of starting anew by rescuing the things you like and leaving the rest behind.
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The greatest writers of this age... are aware of the mystery of our existence.
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I could type in a closet and be fine. It's just a matter of cocooning myself. Just me and the story.
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It is your work in life that is the ultimate seduction.
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I can't speak on behalf of the show. I'm not a creator; I'm just a pawn.
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Acting is the only medium were people think they can just stand up and do it because they can say lines, but that is not so much the case. You have to study styles and techniques.
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Media mystifications should not obfuscate a simple, perceivable fact; Black teenage girls do not create poverty by having babies. Quite the contrary, they have babies at such a young age precisely because they are poor--because they do not have the opportunity to acquire an education, because meaningful, well-paying jobs and creative forms of recreation are not accessible to them ... because safe, effective forms of contraception are not available to them.
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If my life is a movie - in the movie, there's always the bad part. There's also the parts where you're down and out, and there are parts where everything's amazing.
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SuperMemo is based on the insight that there is an ideal moment to practice what you've learned. Practice too soon and you waste your time. Practice too late and you've forgotten the material and have to relearn it. The right time to practice is just at the moment you're about to forget.
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The Boomers have modeled a set of bad habits, and one grand gesture is not going to unwind all those bad habits.
