Michael Arad Quotes
There are bound to be differences in any artistic collaboration with landscape elements, or theater, of lighting elements.
Quotes to Explore
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There is always shame in the creation of an object for the public gaze.
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I go to all these photo shoots, and each time I figure out something new about myself and what I want to wear.
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My grandfather would live to see his children become doctors and ministers, accounts and professors.
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You think, 'You hired me because I'm a creative artist with a vision. Don't try and knock it out of me.'
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Wherever there's an all-encompassing 'always,' 'all' or 'never' in your life, it's a sign that your mischievous subconscious is setting you up for failure by consistently leading you back toward these repeat performances.
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In the acting community in New York we call 'Law & Order' 'grad school,' because everyone eventually does a 'Law & Order.' My first one was in 1995, which was a year after I got out of school. Matthew Blanchard was the character's name.
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If you just did a horror tone throughout an entire movie you almost, as an audience, can get a little bit used to it. But if you're laughing one minute and, you know, somebody's doing something quite horrific the next minute, it's a little more shocking.
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It's common in rural Ireland to pick up a nickname that relates to an animal, bird, or a spider. Mine became 'scorpion' because I fought back, and scorpions are docile creatures until pushed too far.
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Our ability to perceive the world around us seems so effortless that we tend to take it for granted.
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I've always been acutely aware of differences and the way you are supposed to act if you want to be popular.
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Political rhetoric leads only to confusion.
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Where my guides lead me in kindness I follow, follow lightly, and there are no footprints in the dust behind us.
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Our people expect the best of us. They send us to take care of the people's business, and those of us who take hold of that responsibility understand that's what it's really about.
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I do feel privileged to play Elektra, because definitely she is a strong female character. She's a strong character. It would be nice if eventually we'd just say she's a strong character, not a strong female character.
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You don't want to do something that's all terrifying.
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Besides commercial benefits to the oil companies, equity oil abroad also provides national energy security.
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I never read lying down.
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I most fear stupid people. Stupid people will do anything. Truly smart people will do only what is logical for them to do.
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The idea that life on earth is so infinitely precious that the death which robs us of it must be the ultimate tragedy is precisely the idolatry that God is often trying to combat.
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Now that I am an adult, I'm very comfortable in my own skin. I'm a lot more settled down and I learnt to just be comfortable with where I'm at, rather than always wanting to be somewhere ahead of where I am.
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Often the doorway to success is entered through the hallway of failure.
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The problem with the focus on speculators, as was demonstrated during the financial crisis, is that it tends to divert attention from the real villains. During the financial crisis, the villains were the actions of the banks, not the speculators betting on bank share prices.
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There are bound to be differences in any artistic collaboration with landscape elements, or theater, of lighting elements.
