Simon McBurney Quotes
Infinity is a way to describe the incomprehensible to the human mind. In a way, it notates a mystery. That kind of mystery exists in relationships. A lifetime is not enough to know someone else. It provides a brief glimpse.
Quotes to Explore
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I was a big 'Battlestar Galactica' fan and 'Star Trek' fan. I grew up watching those.
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I want to stop transforming and just start being.
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When you are studying jazz, the best thing to do is listen to records or listen to live music. It isn't as though you go to a teacher. You just listen as much as you can and absorb everything.
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In the past when I was in Hollywood, I was like a dog. I felt humiliated. My English was not good. People would even ask me 'Jackie Who?'.
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We shot 'Telusa Telusa' song in Bolivia. It took us 50 hours to get to the location. We shot in high altitudes, and oxygen cylinders were kept handy.
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Only through loving and supporting one another, even in the face of unbearable pain and suffering, will this cycle of violence end.
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All the skills of housewifery are the ones I'm using as a producer.
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Some of the craziest people I've met, in my life, are some of the most brilliant people I've met.
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I write novels, mostly historical ones, and I try hard to keep them accurate as to historical facts, milieu and flavor.
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I believe that it's better to have a conviction, believe strongly in something, and then the convictions create a style that reflects your mentality.
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My dad worked two jobs his whole life, and so I told him he's the reason I have 20 jobs.
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I'm not the biggest motorcycle fan - they're cool and a lot of fun, but they're scary as well!
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Building new roads and bridges creates jobs. Growing our exports creates jobs. Reforming our outdated tax system and our broken immigration system creates jobs.
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Don't try to be like Jackie. There is only one Jackie. Study computers instead.
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An old friend of mine, an economist by trade, once explained to me that the statistical definition of 'dilemma' is 49.9% in favor and 50.1% against. If the gap is greater, there is no dilemma, because the answer is clear.
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Young people in Israel are encouraged to design, produce and sell their products from high school. Technical universities also matter. Teach and introduce entrepreneurship courses in technical universities.
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It's an advantage having a limited output. When George Gershwin is asked to play his repertoire, he plays all evening. I just play 'Lady Play Your Mandolin' and I'm through.
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Typically, terrorist attacks produce a rally-around-the flag effect as was the case after 9/11 and the huge outpouring of public support that then-President George W. Bush garnered.
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One of the things my family taught me - I think very important in religion and science - is that you must be ready to stand up for what you think. Decide what you really think is best, and stick with it.
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Adoration isn't love.
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Idleness does drive me crazy, but I'd rather read or write than do anything just to work. A kind of respect has been instilled in me for acting: I love it too much to ever have a bad relationship with it.
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Some divorcees turn their pain inward. They brood, and they grieve for a long time, always wondering if they could have done something differently to keep this from happening. They make every problem in their relationship into something they could have prevented.
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Infinity is a way to describe the incomprehensible to the human mind. In a way, it notates a mystery. That kind of mystery exists in relationships. A lifetime is not enough to know someone else. It provides a brief glimpse.
