Ryan Gosling Quotes
I went through puberty in a theme park. I'm grateful. That place was a landscape to me. I had adventures every day.
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When facing a difficult task, act as though it is impossible to fail. If you are going after Moby Dick, take along the tartar sauce.
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Nature teaches us that tens of billions of light years may have passed, and life in all of its expressions has always been subjected to an incredible combination of matter and radiation.
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It is my nature to strive to do my best. This does tend to take a toll on you.
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You can observe a lot by watching.
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Everybody loves vampire stories, and if there's one show in particular that's done really well, it just opens the door and the opportunity for more of those kind of stories to get through.
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To work without attachment is to work without the expectation of reward or fear of any punishment in this world or the next. Work so done is a means to the end, and God is the end.
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In the '60s, I did many satirical portraits of dictators.
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We have the most beautiful planet - the Rockies, the purple fields of the United States, the Lake District, the Pyrenees, the turquoise seas of the tropics.
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I have never refused to talk to any authorities or give them any information I had.
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Arresting development, attacking science, and glorifying poverty is not the answer to the vices that attend prosperity.
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Confidence is one of the sexiest things in guys and girls.
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There is no muse of philosophy, nor is there one of translation.
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A lot of these reality-TV shows people go on, they come off, and nothing happens. You never hear from them again. Fifteen seconds of fame is not the name of the game. No matter how big you break, or how many people you break in front of, you still have to slowly build a fan base to have anything loyal and lasting from people.
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With few exceptions, the leading women in philanthropy, notably Melinda Gates, are the wives or daughters of rich and powerful men.
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'The Office' is an amazing show. So is 'Extras.'
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I struggled with self-esteem issues as a young girl, and it was not until my gymnastics career was completed in 2000 that I realized my accomplishments would not have been possible without my type of body, and I finally started to appreciate and celebrate myself.
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I think about the people that I've seen change because they believed in their own hype. I just never want that to happen to me.
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All the writers for 'The Chi,' they're all phenomenal, so I'm just working on projects with them. They have great scripts.
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Most of us who aspire to be tops in our fields don't really consider the amount of work required to stay tops.
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I can be incredibly focused, and I can appear impatient. So I've learned to slow down, get to know people, and provide more context. There's nothing wrong with getting to the point pretty quickly, but it's also helpful to give people an opportunity to talk about their work.
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You just have to focus on what's really important in life, and that's your friends and your family and the life that you build.
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I don't really go out that much, if I'm honest. I'm quite a recluse. If I had my way, I'd probably be at home most of the time with a book and a cup of tea or glass of wine.
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I draw a weekly comic strip called Life in Hell, which is syndicated in about 250 newspapers. That's what I did before The Simpsons, and what I plan to do for the rest of my life.
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I went through puberty in a theme park. I'm grateful. That place was a landscape to me. I had adventures every day.
