D. T. Suzuki Quotes
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Timidity does not inspire bold acts.
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Doing voice-over work is something that I love to do, and it is a lot of fun at the same time.
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If I just did music, I might go insane. I need words; I need stories. And it's the same the other way around.
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There was a special challenge in describing the awful childhood of a person who happens to be my own husband. It was very painful at times, for both of us.
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I don't usually watch a lot of TV, but 'Mad Men' changed my perspective. I admire Matthew Weiner who came up with the idea and wrote such a great TV series, and the broadcasting company for being bold enough to air such a series.
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Becoming a vampire means completely changing your identity.
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It's totally mistaken to suppose that an armed escort is going to give a journalist any protection - on the contrary, journalists who turn up surrounded by armed personnel are just turning themselves into targets and in even worse danger.
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I married beneath me, all women do.
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I don't feel closeted.
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That image is a couple different people's homes that I knew growing up.
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There are films you see that only reach your eyes. Then there are films that you can watch... that reach down to your throat, or reach your heart. 'In the Mood for Love,' though, reached all the way to my belly.
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I'm not a singer. In 'Bye Bye Birdie,' I think I was the sad girl who sits on the park bench during 'Put on a Happy Face.'
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If I were governor, and a bill came to my desk that provided for background checks at gun shows, I would sign that.
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My brother Martin is two years younger than me. There has never been any competition between us - clearly he was the good-looking one; he was also very sporty, and I am not a football player.
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I am a completely horizontal author. I can't think unless I'm lying down, either in bed or stretched on a couch and with a cigarette and coffee handy. I've got to be puffing and sipping.
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There are still 500,000 persons afflicted with leprosy in Latin America, so it is still very much present.
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Working with so many people from all over the world is extremely enriching and stimulating.
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I try to travel as much as I can... I'm always looking for a reason to.
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Not only may she unconsciously register a favorable impression with my associates and me, but she may also suggest something by her work that will lead to some new and novel feature in a forthcoming production.
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If you do an American TV series, before the audition you sign away the next five years of your life.
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Tune out the naysayers, tune into your own courage, and take a bold step toward the passion-filled life you really want.
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You can eliminate depression without making someone happy. You can cure anxiety without teaching someone optimism. You can return someone to work without improving their job performance. If all you strive for is diminishing the bad, you'll only attain the average and you'll miss out entirely on the opportunity to exceed the average.
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I asked my parents for permission to study in America and they were so sure that I wouldn't get in and get a scholarship that they encouraged me to try. So I applied to Yale and got an excellent scholarship. I then worked for the Boston Consulting Group for six and half years.
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I am an artist at living - my work of art is my life.
