Steven Saylor Quotes
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The trick to acting is not to show off, it's to think the thoughts of the character.
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The chemotherapy was very peculiar, something that makes you feel much worse than the cancer itself, a very nasty thing. I used to go to treatment on my own, and nearly everybody else was with somebody. I wouldn't have liked that. Why would you want to make anybody sit in those places?
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Sometimes, indeed, there is such a discrepancy between the genius and his human qualities that one has to ask oneself whether a little less talent might not have been better.
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There are people that bring artists to me to look at it, and it's a question of whether I like their music and their look and if I think there's something they have that makes them different and commercial.
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Thinking differently is my strength.
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It is true that when there's a drone attack, those - that the - the terrorists are killed, it's true. But 500 and 5,000 more people rises against it, and more terrorism occurs, and more - more bomb blasts occurs.
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I think it's a mistake to go after someone just based on looks. But I always respond to people who don't act that interested in me.
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I love making movies, but there's nothing like being in front of an audience.
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Do you want to feel good, or do you want to do good?
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To put it bluntly, there isn't one economic theory that can single-handedly explain Singapore's success; its economy combines extreme features of capitalism and socialism. All theories are partial; reality is complex.
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I went to private school my whole life. Growing up in Los Angeles, you're surrounded by not just Connecticut privilege but, like, your-dad's-a-movie-star privilege.
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We want to get to a point where anything you can think of finding that is video related is searchable or recommended to you on YouTube.
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I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself.
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I think being bi-continental is something I want to continue. Kuala Lumpur is my home, but L.A. is where I've been able to make the music that I want.
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Find your own style. Don't spend your savings trying to be someone else. You're not more important, smarter, or prettier because you wear a designer dress.
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When we find something new at Giza, we announce it to the world. The Sphinx and the Pyramids are world treasures. We are the guardian's of these treasures, but they belong to the world.
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I have an unending desire to be better and make myself a better person, better mother.
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Food is not a means toward resolution. It can't cure heartbreak or solve untenable dilemmas.
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I realised at a certain point that if I was going to have the kind of life that I fantasised about, I needed to get my act together.
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Being able to travel and see the world really makes me appreciate the blessings in my life. There are so many people that will never get a chance to see some of the things that I've seen during my travels. I'll never take that for granted.
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To know how to wait. It is the great secret of success.
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I've spent the last 50 years or so steeping myself in the world's religions, and I've done my homework. I've gone to each of the world's eight great religions and sought out the most profound scholars I could find, and I've apprenticed myself to them and actually practiced each faith.
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A man who writes for a living does not have to go anywhere in particular, and he could rarely afford to if he wanted.
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There was no arguing with a man's faith in the legends of his childhood.
