Steven Spielberg Quotes
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Istanbul is a vast place. There are very conservative neighbourhoods, there are places that are upper class, Westernised, consuming Western culture.
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By asking a novel question that you don't know the answer to, you discover whether you can formulate a way of finding the answer, and you stretch your own mind, and very often you learn something new.
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All good performance pieces have some philosophical validity. That's the difference between mere theater and performance art.
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I write almost every single part of my songs, even the actual drum parts sometimes, whether they be simple or layered with many different instruments.
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I'm a great believer in the experiential theory of writing.
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If you could stay at this stage - you're 17, and you're always going to be in love with your first love - that's probably attractive.
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I never considered myself a movie star, and I didn't want to become a movie star, because as soon as you do, you throw away that possibility of playing character. You really do. All of a sudden you're just an entity, you know?
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I'm not good at accepting help.
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Those edges and turns teach control and discipline, just like finger exercises on the piano.
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Well - I was brought up as a Southern Baptist.
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A boxing workout is the heaviest thing, but it's the best. The worst part is that boxing gyms are the smelliest things in the universe. You have to lie down on the floor, where everyone has been sweating and spitting, and do 1,000 situps and push-ups.
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You can tell a lot about a person from his underwear.
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I never go wild with nails.
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The voice of the Holy Father was like a light.
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Originals are nonconformists, people who not only have new ideas but take action to champion them. They are people who stand out and speak up. Originals drive creativity and change in the world. They're the people you want to bet on.
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There's more single-family homes rented in the United States then there are apartments.
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Eighty percent of my life is normal like any other mother. I worry about my children, if they're doing all right. I worry that my husband is doing well.
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I was so naive in radio technique that I knew nothing about timing. I would write pages on Honus Wagner and then get only half through by the time the show ended. I eventually learned, but there was nobody there to school me.
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I saw 'Tootsie' with Jessica Lange when I was eight or nine. I remember feeling something in my stomach. I didn't know what it was, but I wanted to watch that movie over and over again.
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In those parts of the world where learning and science has prevailed, miracles have ceased; but in those parts of it as are barbarous and ignorant, miracles are still in vogue.
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Encounters with the living always drained him more than those with the dead.
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I have been fortunate to experience a wide range of characters. What more can an actor ask for?
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I don't dream at night, I dream at day, I dream all day; I'm dreaming for living.
