Paul Provenza Quotes
How many impressionist painters painted the same damned thing? How many actors have played the same part in renditions of a play or dancers do the same dances.
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When we were younger, we sang at the dinner table. We started doing two part harmony, then three part, and then we added back up tapes and instruments.
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I don't do detoxes or cleanses; they don't really work for me.
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I'm a huge historical fiction and non-fiction fan.
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I always drive like a madman.
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If you know you are giving your best effort, you'll never have any reason for regrets.
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Basketball is in my blood. It is my obligation to try.
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Rather than waiting to restore fiscal responsibility after we pass legislation, we must work to ensure we remain committed to it as we draft legislation.
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I've always been a happy-go-lucky person. I haven't got any dark tales, I didn't draw on my own past, I'm from a very normal stable background and had an amazing childhood, and I haven't got any complaints really.
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Suppose that every prospective parent in the world stopped having children naturally, and instead produced clones of themselves. What would the world be like in another 20 or 30 years? The answer is: much like today. Cloning would only copy the genetic aspects of people who are already here.
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Ever since I was little, I would just make stories up in my mind. It was based on people I saw in the street or someone I would talk to, or I would hear a specific voice.
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I remember being shocked when I discovered some of my school pals didn't have books in their homes. I thought it was like not having oxygen, or hot water.
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For me, a child means an old-age insurance policy. I have a nurturing quality in me.
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I did one of those 'born again' things and invited Jesus to become the chairman of the board, of my life.
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Like so many poor Ilokanos, my grandparents left their village, for it could no longer sustain them. The Ilocos is a narrow coastal plain where, so often, the mountain drops to the sea. Land hunger had always afflicted the Ilokanos and made them migratory.
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I've stolen a couple of hearts and they are in my private collection!
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I split my commission and personal work about 50 per cent each. It is important to get that balance in life.
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Just being in the gym every day with someone with goals in common is special.
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America's public schools have served their purpose. Free and compulsory education was good for a somewhat unpromising young nation.
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There is magic, but you have to be the magician. You have to make the magic happen.
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I don't make movies for the same reason that a lot of people do. I make films because I need to see them exist in a very specific way.
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I was in group therapy for years but it wasn't the same thing. It was more about growing.
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I had a lovely experience once in Africa working with the U.N. when a president of a country met me about refugee issues and said ‘What do you do?’ I said ‘I‘m an actor.’ He replied ‘I heard that was a very difficult job and might not be the smartest job to do.’ It was lovely.
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As an actor, it's your job to find the way to play a character. I think you can latch on to some things that might have happened.
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How many impressionist painters painted the same damned thing? How many actors have played the same part in renditions of a play or dancers do the same dances.
