Sandra Oh Quotes
Being present is the actor’s job. Being aware of your body, in space, and the emotions that are occurring inside, is essential. Well, quite simply, the more aware one is-of yourself, of your surroundings, of other people-the more likely you are to respond truthfully.
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Any woman who wishes to smash into the world of men isn't very feminine.
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When you are a successful business person, you are only as good as your team. No one can do every deal alone.
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I love work where I can find out more about the world and its history.
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In a way, I envy the freedom artists have. Artists can push themselves beyond their limits, in pursuit of their ideas and their vision, even if they are inhabited by demons that can also play tricks on them.
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Spending money is much more difficult than making money.
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Still, records are documents of a period of time. Most records are documents of two or three years, and I just approached it as a record I was doing over a 20-year period of time.
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Five sets is a kind of lottery. Anything can happen.
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And I pray thee, loving Jesus, that as Thou hast graciously given me to drink in with delight the words of Thy knowledge, so Thou wouldst mercifully grant me to attain one day to Thee, the fountain of all wisdom and to appear forever before Thy face.
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I love going to the cinema. Whenever I get time off, that's where I go.
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It's the sum of the parts that make up the whole, so in my opinion excellence comes from how one undertakes to do something. It all begins with the thought process - which is creative and exalted to produce something out of the ordinary.
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When you have a 'solution thinking mindset' - and choose to focus 80% of your thoughts/words on solutions - you will not only be heading more speedily to long-term success, but you will immediately feel better in the moment.
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Equality for women is progress for all.
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Everything is complicated; if that were not so, life and poetry and everything else would be a bore.
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My family is more a sports family, and I figure skated for a very long time, so movement and how I relate to movement is very integral to my process.
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If you're black, if you're gay, if you're Latin - we're all the same. We're all the same, and we all want the same: We want to be happy.
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Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is God's handwriting.
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I spent four years doing a doctorate in postmodern American literature. I can recognize it when I see it.
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You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips.
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I was just totally taken by Michael Jackson when I was a little kid, like everyone else.
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I was getting old, man. I was staring 27 in the face.
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There's exceptional work being done on television. Some of our great writers are writing for television. When you have things to choose from, you typically go after the writing - unless you're going after the money. There are fewer opportunities in film to make money with good writing, unless you're an action hero.
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You don't disrupt genius at work.
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Being present is the actor’s job. Being aware of your body, in space, and the emotions that are occurring inside, is essential. Well, quite simply, the more aware one is-of yourself, of your surroundings, of other people-the more likely you are to respond truthfully.
