Orhan Pamuk Quotes
To appropriate an invention, be it artistic or technical, you have to have at least a part of your spirit embracing it so radically that you somehow change.
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Remember who you are and where you come from; otherwise, you don't know where you are going.
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Well, when you get into the business, what you have to realize is that signing autographs and getting 'bothered' is just part of the deal. It's not a bother to me at all. That's part of being an actor and that's something you have to realize before you ever get into this business.
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There was a side of me that knew I was gonna change the game, but I didn't know how many people would respect it.
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When life knocks you down, keep getting up.
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After marriage, most women keep aside their aspirations and dreams as their priorities change.
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If you have a camera in the courtroom, there's no filtering. What you see is what's there.
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When you are dining with a demon, you got to have a long spoon.
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I think that as you get older, you become aware of everything that could go wrong.
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Success must never be measured by how much money you have.
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I've just come back from Mississippi and over there when you talk about the West Bank they think you mean Arkansas.
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It was unpredictable, good storytelling that brought you back each week.
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The beautiful thing about working with new instruments is that you sort of approach it with a fresh perspective.
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When you take risks and things don't go your way, you can be heavily criticised by the media.
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You either get better, or you don't progress.
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The most nurturing of directors can make you feel too comfortable, and you don't really push for that extra whatever.
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If you have a happy home, everything is sorted, I guess.
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If you tell me I can't eat something, I'll obsess over it and end up overeating!
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You don't choose who you sit next to in a theater. You sit in a theater, and there's an energy that happens.
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There's nothing wrong with anger provided you use it constructively.
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So this was the big secret historians keep to themselves: historical research is wildly seductive and fun. There's a thrill in the process of digging, then piecing together details like a puzzle.
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When you see a comedian on stage, the best comedians make it feel like a conversation. But it's not. We have very little interest in what an audience has to say during a performance. Being a stand-up comedian, you're an egomaniac to some degree. Everyone wants to hear what you have to say, apparently. That's not how real relationships work.
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I wanted to be a pharmacist. I liked the way our local pharmacist was always dressed in a nice white coat; he looked very calm, you'd give him money, and he'd give you something that you wanted to buy.
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Man is born to trouble. Man is born for trouble. Man is born to battle trouble. Man is born for the fight, to be forged and molded--under torch and hammer and chisel--into a sharper, finer, stronger image of God.
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To appropriate an invention, be it artistic or technical, you have to have at least a part of your spirit embracing it so radically that you somehow change.
