Gaby Hoffmann Quotes
Television has filled the space for actors that really want to make good work and not just make a lot of money and be famous for making a lot of money and being famous.
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When I hit my 20s, I took a chill pill and relaxed because throughout my teens I was churning out an album a year. It was a treadmill of work then recording, promoting and touring.
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If you can be a good example to other people, why not try to be that person? I have a bit of a people pleaser in me, but not so much so that it's out of control.
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I'm not too good at lying still in the sun.
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I don't want to make money; I want to make a difference.
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However good a Constitution may be, if those who are implementing it are not good, it will prove to be bad. However bad a Constitution may be, if those implementing it are good, it will prove to be good.
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The four characteristics of humanism are curiosity, a free mind, belief in good taste, and belief in the human race.
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I run a charity. If my name pops up in your call ID, chances are I'm about to ask you for something - money, free ad space, your first born. So it is probably no surprise that people often don't take my calls.
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I don't want to miss out on the chance of having a good time.
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Any good writer is going to be well-received and is going to not be well-received; that's how you know you're a great writer.
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Executive ability is deciding quickly and getting somebody else to do the work.
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I still get excited by working with big names. You have that initial moment of, 'Oh my goodness, I'm going to work with Tom Cruise!'
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I'm not really into method acting - the way I was taught was the good old-fashioned British way of just doing your research and getting on with it.
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Profitability comes from loyalty, productivity, and having a character base from which to work.
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I wanted to work with Bryan Singer because I like his films.
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I was a very, very good congressman.
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There's something to be said in favor of working in isolation in the real world.
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I've always loved fashion and, of course, enjoyed my experiences walking on runways, but I love watching the shows as well! Now I understand more why it's such a big deal for the industry and why people work so hard before and during fashion weeks. It's interesting to see the same things from a different angle.
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During my many years in international business and public life, I have had the good fortune of sitting down for lunch with people with whom I completely disagreed, in practice and principle: Soviet communists, heads of state from various unsavory regimes, benighted religious figures, corrupt business leaders.
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I first moved to Denver to work with a group called YWAM, 'Youth With a Mission.' I was a kid - I was 18 - and did some work with homeless people. Really, trying to convert people is sort of an awful position to find yourself in, so I quickly, on my own, grew out of religious ideas.
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The church can challenge society, but society also challenges the church. That's good. We should be humble enough to be able to accept that.
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We have so many rich people in Switzerland. They should take more responsibility for the general public. There is almost no tradition of philanthropy here anymore, unlike in the U.S.
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As long as Muslims were confident they could not be defeated, but now we are just puppets.
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An opponent is entitled to the same regard for his principles as we would expect others to have for ours. Non-violence demands that we should see every opportunity to win over opponents.
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Television has filled the space for actors that really want to make good work and not just make a lot of money and be famous for making a lot of money and being famous.
