Steve Prefontaine (Steve Roland "Pre" Prefontaine) Quotes
My philosophy is that I'm an artist. I perform an art not with a paint brush or a camera. I perform with bodily movement. Instead of exhibiting my art in a museum or a book or on canvas, I exhibit my art in front of the multitudes.
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The main threat to the future of Europe is not those who want to come here to live but our own political, economic, and intellectual elites bent on transforming Europe against the clear will of the European people.
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The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.
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A store is just a collection of content. The Steam store is this very safe, boring entertainment experience. Nobody says, 'I'm going to play the Steam store now.'
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You'd believe that a patient with hypertension, if you know you have hypertension or diabetes, you would take your drug every day. The compliance rate is more like 30% or 40%. Which means that 60% of patients don't take their drugs, and they actually go into these crises, end up in the hospital.
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To understand something, whether we are aware of it or not, depends on choosing a model. We get to understand what we see by comparing it with something else, something that we think we understand better. But what we compare it with turns out to have a huge influence on the outcome.
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Promotions can be seen in two ways - either you hate them, and they're a burden, and you are getting through with it, or you can enjoy them. I decided early on that I was going to enjoy them. I did 43 interviews in a day for 'Kahaani.'
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Peacemaking and democratic state-building require blood and magic.
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I think confidence does come with time, and I've been really surprised by that, actually.
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'Moby-Dick' has a remarkable way of resonating with whatever is going on in the world at that particular moment.
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I'd love to meet the right girl and have a family. I'm very broody.
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The best shows succeed because they tap into a national conversation.
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Occasionally, you'll get a 'District 9,' a film that is politically charged, but there is nothing going on beneath the surface with a lot of horror films. They are not about anything.
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Social media is simply a tool that facilitates actions.
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We should realise that Hollywood is not obliged to write roles for Asian actors.
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I kind of dress like a boy from the nineties. I like wearing baseball hats. I just like to be really comfortable.
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O Holy Spirit, descend plentifully into my heart. Enlighten the dark corners of this neglected dwelling and scatter there Thy cheerful beams.
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Good Lord - if I couldn't multitask, I don't know what I'd do.
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I had rather be called a journalist than an artist.
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An artist should write for himself & not for an audience. If the audience likes it, great. If not, they can keep away.
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I'm for the individual as opposed to the corporation. The way it is the individual is the underdog, and with all the things a corporation has going for them the individual comes out banged on her head. The artist is nothing. It's really tragic.
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So that's my philosophy: If you believe in yourself, the chances and the opportunities will come around.
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My philosophy is that I'm an artist. I perform an art not with a paint brush or a camera. I perform with bodily movement. Instead of exhibiting my art in a museum or a book or on canvas, I exhibit my art in front of the multitudes.
