Erik Erikson Quotes
When we looked at the life cycle in our 40s, we looked to old people for wisdom. At 80, though, we look at other 80-year-olds to see who got wise and who not. Lots of old people don't get wise, but you don't get wise unless you age.
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I know theater can improve the quality of people's lives, and I know theater can heal. I've worked as a doctor clown in a hospital for two years. I have seen sick kids and sad parents and doctors be lifted and transported in moments of pure joy. I know theater unites us.
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I do look forward to keeping in touch with the guys, because we'll always be connected in people's minds.
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I think people are going to like my new shoes. I like them. I had a lot of success with the one last year, but this year's shoe is going to be a little different, but at the same time it's going to be a little spin-off on last year's shoe.
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Open-minded people tend to be interested in Buddhism because Buddha urged people to investigate things - he didn't just command them to believe.
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Basically, my socialization as a child didn't come from any schooling; it came from being in theater and meeting people online.
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I have no regrets. I wouldn't have lived my life the way I did if I was going to worry about what people were going to say.
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Don't get me wrong: there are some fantastic people who work at British Cycling who kept me together, who were there when I was struggling with it all. They were walking the same tightrope in many ways, because if you do speak up, your days are numbered.
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I love talking to people, hearing people's stories; I love honest things.
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I think, initially, working on your own is really great because it allows you to just be really free and not worry about how things are perceived or if people are going to think you're an idiot. And once that becomes ingrained, at least for me, I think I'll feel really comfortable to work with other people and still feel that same freedom.
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To me, it's weird when people review improv at all.
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All my stories are about the action of grace on a character who is not very willing to support it, but most people think of these stories as hard, hopeless and brutal.
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Even where friendship is concerned, it takes me a long time to trust people.
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Ninety per cent of how you learn is watching great people. When you are surrounded by good actors it lifts your performance.
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I love figuring out a stranger, sitting down and learning about their loves and struggles and everything. People are my jam.
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I'm very punctual. I wish I could change this about myself because most people around me are not.
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I've had writing sessions with people, but I've never had one where you're just there, and you start making a song, and then it's too good to be true that something really cool will come out of this.
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The people of the Fifth District of Louisiana need and deserve a voice in Washington.
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It's different in Scotland. People who come to readings are more interested in literature as such, but the readership in general is really quite diverse. It's a cliche, but it's said that people who read my books don't read any other books, and you do get that element.
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I think people just don't respect women's bodies in general, the bodies of women of color in general.
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I think that, like the show 'Game of Thrones,' our fascination with power struggles is pretty unanimous.
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Jeff Foxworthy is having his house repainted and he has a piano in the corner
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When we looked at the life cycle in our 40s, we looked to old people for wisdom. At 80, though, we look at other 80-year-olds to see who got wise and who not. Lots of old people don't get wise, but you don't get wise unless you age.
