Rumi Quotes
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I don't want the news to be patriotic. I don't want to see flags on the lapels of the anchors. I don't want any of that.
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When you're a producer and an artist you're very critical of yourself. I like to produce other people, but I'm not that good at producing myself.
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If you have a camera in the courtroom, there's no filtering. What you see is what's there.
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I just see religious freedom, as a category, as just being a black hole.
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I would love to see young writers come out of college and know there is a possibility to be a novelist.
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The emotions you see when you watch 'Narcos,' they're pretty much my emotions and the way I would react if I were there. It's not something you create; all of us have everything inside ourselves.
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Self-censorship is a lie to yourself; if you are going to be trying to seriously create art, to create literary art, and you decide to hold back, to censor yourself, then you are a fool to yourself and it would be better that you kept your mouth shut and did not speak.
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If I couldn't see the colors, now that would be a problem.
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Vulnerability is huge. I love to see that in characters. It's something I feel like a lot of my comedic heroes have always done.
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I always tell young actors to have a back-up. You don't want to find yourself at the age of 30 still struggling to make a living out of acting.
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Portraying visual impairment is difficult. I can see what's going on, but I have to act like I can see nothing. And this can be quite a challenge.
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Commit yourself to a mighty purpose.
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The workingmen have perceived that women are in the field of industry to stay; and they see, too, that there can not be two standards of work and wages for any trade without constant menace to the higher standard.
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I see the first lady as another means to keep a president from becoming isolated.
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When we were doing 'The West Wing,' the hardest thing about doing 'The West Wing' was being compared to yourself. You go out there and want every episode to be as good as your best episode. I wrote 88 episodes of 'The West Wing,' and when you do that, one of them is going to be your 88th best, so your 88th best better be pretty good.
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I see it as a responsibility of mine to teach others.
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There is an abiding beauty which may be appreciated by those who will see things as they are and who will ask for no reward except to see.
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Sure, being a reservist wasn't as glamorous, but I was the one who had to look at myself in the mirror.
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The four cornerstones of character on which the structure of this nation was built are: Initiative, Imagination, Individuality and Independence.
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Everywhere in my house are these little things that have meanings and make me think of great memories.
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Sid Vicious began the age of participation in which everyone could be the artist. Sid proved that you don't have to play well to be the star. You can play badly, or not even at all. I endorsed that attitude. If you can't write songs, no problem - simply steal one and change it to your taste.
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All I would say to people who doubt 'Caprica' is: Everything good starts slow.
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Alcohol is necessary for a man so that he can have a good opinion of himself, undisturbed be the facts.
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Do not see yourself as a body of clay, see yourself as a mirror reflecting the divine beauty.
