Sheila Heti Quotes
I hadn't realized until this week that in Moses' youth he killed a man, an Egyptian, and buried him under some sandI used to worry that I wasn't enough like Jesus, but yesterday I remembered who was my king; a man who, when God addressed him and told him to lead the people out of Egypt, said, 'But I'm not a good talker! Couldn't you ask my brother instead?' So it should not be so hard to come at this life with a bit of honesty. I don't need to be great like the leader of the Christian people. I can be a bumbling, murderous coward like the King of the Jews.
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I grew up in a very large, poor family.
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I believe that movies are fast becoming antique and dinosauric as a medium. Film is a medium for the over-40s and television has gone the same way. If you're going to look towards the new generation, then of course you're going to have to be a lot more random, spontaneous, irreverent and provocative with your programming.
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An alliance of civilisations can be our most powerful weapon in the fight against terror.
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I personally do not drink. To drink or not to is one's own choice. So long as it doesn't affect others, it is okay.
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When I won the belt, it was kind of a precedent... The only Canadian to have ever held it.
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I really bonded with my mom, growing up, through our love of horror movies!
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I'm in love with music, and I'm pregnant by it. It's like having twins. Or triplets. Or eight-lets!
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I love acting. I've been doing it since I was 16, and it's in my nature. It's the thing I do best. But as much as I love acting, I love cinema more. I always had a thing about creating images.
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Democracy presumes that we're all created equal; competition proves we are not, or else every race would end in a tie.
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When I emerge from filming I feel slightly out of synch with real life, but it's also a relief.
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Yoga means union, in all its significances and dimensions.
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There's only one way to become a hitter. Go up to the plate and get mad. Get mad at yourself and mad at the pitcher.
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I think I owe it to myself to put my best effort forward and prove how good I can be.
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Revolutions are the locomotives of history.
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I try to make my fans happy by working hard in every film of mine, and I give my films everything I've got.
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Thankfully, it became clear to me that when I compete, I lose my connection to the passion I have for my work.
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Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.
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I like to travel by myself.
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I go to a meeting every day. I surround myself with people who don't use. I recently got back from Ozzfest and I caught myself in kind of a sticky situation where I was around a lot of people using, drinking and it was kind of - I didn't have the urge to use once, but I just knew I shouldn't have been there.
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Collaboration is everything from getting along with others to controlling your impulses so you can get along and not kick someone else off the swing. It's building a community and experiencing diversity and culture. Everything we do, in the classroom or at home, has to be built on that foundation.
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What I like to do is have an opportunity to talk with people in neighborhoods and answer their questions one-on-one. I think it's one of the places I have greatest strength.
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Hope fills the holes of my frustration in my heart.
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I hadn't realized until this week that in Moses' youth he killed a man, an Egyptian, and buried him under some sandI used to worry that I wasn't enough like Jesus, but yesterday I remembered who was my king; a man who, when God addressed him and told him to lead the people out of Egypt, said, 'But I'm not a good talker! Couldn't you ask my brother instead?' So it should not be so hard to come at this life with a bit of honesty. I don't need to be great like the leader of the Christian people. I can be a bumbling, murderous coward like the King of the Jews.
