Pyotr Ouspensky Quotes
To remember oneself means the same thing as to be aware of oneself - I am. It is not a function, not thinking, not feeling; it is a different state of consciousness.
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A filmmaker can never be distant from his roots.
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I lost 'The X Factor,' and I lost 'Deal or No Deal' twice. I'm good at losing game shows.
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I am blessed to have worked in big-budget films at an early stage of my career.
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The most influential thinker, in my life, has been the psychologist Richard Nisbett. He basically gave me my view of the world.
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Contrary to what professional economists will typically tell you, economics is not a science. All economic theories have underlying political and ethical assumptions, which make it impossible to prove them right or wrong in the way we can with theories in physics or chemistry.
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My goal is to make people feel passionately, if it's negative or positive, I did my job.
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I hate how late we have our Olympic Trials, always have.
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As you get older, you get different, and I'm a mushier, softer person as I get older.
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You learn stuff from every character you play about the human condition that can be quite enlightening.
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No matter what you do, if there's something you're afraid of, you need to break through it.
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I decided to build a studio in my house. We built it in my basement kitchen. I had the drummer up by the fish tank. I was in the toilet singing. The bass player was out by the shelves in the living room, and the guitarist was on the couch by the telly.
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'Twin Peaks' was huge. I mean, it changed television; it was a huge hit, and it only went a season and a half. So that teaches you immediately that you just enjoy it for the time that you do it.
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We have lost a lot of ground to the extremists in the Middle East.
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Remember that your imagination is yours and yours alone. You have the inborn capacity to use it in any way that you choose. No one else is responsible for your imagination. Anything placed in your imagination and held there ultimately becomes your reality.
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I did model for a little while part-time, but I wasn't a bloody model, and I am definitely not that horrible thing 'model-turned-actress.'
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All through my life, I have never disguised my sentiments about politics in general.
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I lost my confidence.
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I believe in music.
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If you're unhappy in a relationship, I think you just don't trust yourself for getting into another one.
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I still like the physicality of papers.
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Going back to my film education, I always have that voice in my head that's always screaming, 'Sell out!' And that's good: you want that, because it keeps you on your toes, and it's important to remember what's actually important.
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I expected it to be overwhelming and all-encompassing, but having a kid brings you into the world in a whole different way.
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I do not write often now - not for want of something to say, but from a loathing of all I see and hear. Why dwell upon it?
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To remember oneself means the same thing as to be aware of oneself - I am. It is not a function, not thinking, not feeling; it is a different state of consciousness.
