Zelig Pliskin Quotes
Character is developed one positive action at a time. Therefore nothing is actually trivial in our lives. To grow in character development, pay attention to seemingly trivial matters. Someone who grows from each minor life event will eventually reach high levels of character perfection.
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I'm not very good in crowds, so I usually try to become as small as possible.
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The more I talk about things, the more I understand myself.
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The history of the music industry is inevitably also the story of the development of technology. From the player piano to the vinyl disc, from reel-to-reel tape to the cassette, from the CD to the digital download, these formats and devices changed not only the way music was consumed, but the very way artists created it.
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I am not in the business of suppressing books.
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I think socializing on the Internet is to socializing what reality TV is to reality.
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I write almost entirely in bed or on a couch with my feet up on the coffee table. I feel most creative when I'm looking out the window, and my bed and couch have nice views of the New York skyline.
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I was only 11 when we filmed the pilot. The idea of a rapper being a star on a sitcom just wasn't heard of.
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They always say, 'Time heals.' But it really doesn't. You just get used to it. I live life with the mentality of 'OK, I lost the only thing that has ever been important to me.' So going forward, anything bad that happens can't be nearly as bad as what happened before.
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I don't really see any barrier between teenage fiction and adult literature.
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I think every movie is its own little world, and a director certainly sets the tone.
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Tax cuts are like sex: When they are good, they are very, very good. And when they are bad, they are still pretty good.
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When you're in the music business, everything is very personal, because you are invested in everything; there's a very deep, personal attachment to your music.
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There is a kind of misconception that Asian-Americans are not as American as European-Americans.
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Ben Henderson, he had never been knocked out before fighting me.
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Wait long enough, and people will surprise and impress you.
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But I'd say 'How to Make It in America' is the most accurate depiction of the New York hipster community on television for sure.
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Married at 23, a mother at 24, and blindsided by divorce at 28, I found myself struggling, like many young women I meet today, to strike a balance between my personal life and my career.
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There's been quite a clear upswing in nationalist sentiments. Everyone is talking about it, in Turkey as well.
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The hiatus you spoke about happened in 1998. I was somewhat numb from being out on the road every night. I had to stop because I was emotionally and physically drained.
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You read about poor people having Botox go wrong and you think: 'Well, what the bloody hell were you doing?' Why would you inject yourself with poison? And why are we spending so much time looking at ourselves? I just don't get it.
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The Roman Catholic Church and its rituals were so much part of life that, although my parents would often question a small matter of dogma and none of us seemed more religious than anyone else, no one ever questioned the rituals or the basic tenets of belief.
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I've been in a few films that have been adapted and, as an actor, the amount of resources and things you can gain just from reading the story, as well as the script, are so massive that it's something you just can't put down.
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I just love doing movies that I would want to see in theaters.
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Character is developed one positive action at a time. Therefore nothing is actually trivial in our lives. To grow in character development, pay attention to seemingly trivial matters. Someone who grows from each minor life event will eventually reach high levels of character perfection.
