Stephen Wallem Quotes
I can’t imagine ever giving up theater; it’s been a part of who I am since I was eight years old.
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Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.
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I began to realise that film sees the world differently than the human eye, and that sometimes those differences can make a photograph more powerful than what you actually observed.
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There is a natural progression to 'Lost,' and as the story goes forward, it's going to change. It's not a static story. The franchise of 'Lost' is not characters sitting on a beach.
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I think I'm a soulful singer.
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I don't know that there is a, quote, 'hip-hop lifestyle.' I think the music responds to complex social issues and injustices; I think it also raises complex social questions.
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Theater is a way to keep challenging myself.
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When we do an investment, we always ask, 'Can we affect the outcome? When buying a company, can we have an impact?' That's a different style of investing than a passive investor in the stock market. To me, that's how you're taking the risk out of it. You know what your capability is and how you can enhance value.
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Those who believe that health is a commodity, on par with cars or computers, fail to grasp the basic economic lesson that health is very vulnerable to exposure to the markets, not least due to the profound asymmetries in power between the providers and consumers.
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My favorite part of designing bridal is that I will be a part of the most important day in a woman's life. My work needs to make her feel sophisticated, glamorous, sexy, and comfortable.
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It's amazing how many companies aren't really in tune to the needs of different travelers. There's just so many embarrassing situations that you go through when you travel. You have to have a sense of humor about it and take it in stride. My whole approach is to embrace spontaneity.
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Only in America could you get away with the kind of comedy I did.
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My judges preach against free love openly, practice it secretly.
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I'll treat myself every now and then. Like if I get $100,000, I'll spend $20,000 and put the rest away.
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My brain is like a hard drive. Once you start adding new information, you start cutting off old information.
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Early Islam was a time of great creativity. Scholars excelled in sciences and literature.
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There's something healing about tears.
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In terms of defending Jews, I'm a Jew.
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Don't know much, but I know I love you.
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Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be.
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Many of the most science-fictional tools to fight climate change are untested, are almost impossible to truly test at planetary scale - we only have one planet after all. We're better off cutting our emissions so we don't need them.
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I don't find much influence in opera. It was such a different part of me.
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Everyone has an opinion. That's just a crazy part of this world now. You can type things on the internet. You can have no credentials in any area and just get on your smart phone and write whatever you want. I know where I come from and where I want to go. I know I'm 100% ready. Everyone else seems to have an opinion, and claim to know, whether I am or I'm not. I would love to see all the people who run their mouths try and do what I do. Because they can't.
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I eventually became an actor, starting with doing stand-up comedy in New York and then theater wherever they would let me. Finally, I moved out here to Los Angeles and got on a show.
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I can’t imagine ever giving up theater; it’s been a part of who I am since I was eight years old.
