Paul Engle Quotes
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Painting what I experience, translating what I feel, is like a great liberation. But it is also work, self-examination, consciousness, criticism, struggle.
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I make sure I eat well without depriving myself of the things that I love: a cheeseburger and fries, creamy white-truffle pasta, bowls of ice cream. Everything in moderation, but I indulge at least three times a week.
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And they will tell you unequivocally that if we have a chemical or biological attack or a nuclear attack anywhere in this country, they are unprepared to deal with it today, and that is of high urgency.
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A first kiss is hard to fake on screen. It's tempting to practice before you shoot, but why blow that natural awkwardness on a rehearsal? There's something so beautiful about it that can't be faked.
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I had stories that needed more space than the hour and a half or two hours a movie gives you.
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I love dressing up for events; to me it's almost like wearing a costume for the evening.
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It doesn't matter to me if I'm in love with my performance, so I watch all of my performances to understand and learn from them and figure out what's working and what's not. And I see the movies that I'm in in the theater a lot.
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I do periodically ride a bus with my kids.
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I love taking chances.
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The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are.
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There are some musicians who are talented and see themselves as some kind of natural geniuses or something because of a certain amount of natural ability. But that is often rarely the case over the long term.
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When you arrive at a fork in the road, take it.
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I know I have a responsibility to the fans.
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I was rather foolish in saying that I did not like arithmetic and to learn figures when I did - I was not thinking quite what I was about. The sums can be done better, if I tried, than they are.
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I wrote a lot of 'Red Queen' wrapped in a blanket, cramped up while watching the snow come down.
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Don't let other people tell you what you want.
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Football is my sanctuary. It's where I go to escape. It's where I'm most happy.
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Poise: the ability to be ill at ease inconspicuously.
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All men are frauds. The only difference between them is that some admit it. I myself deny it.
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Of course, like all film-makers I've been mesmerised by cinema since I was a child.
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Most of us are far too busy for our own spiritual good.
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If you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have a moral obligation to do something about it.
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Your employees have lots of opinions about everything - your strategy and vision; the state of the competition; the quality of your products; the vibe in the workplace. There are tons of things you can learn from them.
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Without vision you don't see, and without practicality the bills don't get paid.
