Michael Ontkean Quotes
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It's like I understand images and some people understand poetry.
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There are no sacred and unsacred places; there are only sacred and desecrated places. My belief is that the world and our life in it are conditional gifts.
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There's always hunger to create because I believe that's what I do. I believe that's what I'm supposed to be doing.
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The fitness builds the foundation for me as an actor to have clarity. Fitness has always been the base of where I start off as a performer.
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I have never been in a natural place and felt that it was a waste of time. I never have. And it's a relief. If I'm walking around a desert or whatever, every second is worthwhile.
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An arts degree is like a diploma in origami. And about as much use.
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In India, the investment banking industry is a little different. Overseas, the structures are very complicated, but not in India.
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I feel that life is a series of very interesting questions, and very poor answers. But I myself am willing to settle for the questions. If the questions are interesting, I feel I evoke them in what I do. I feel that should be good enough for everyone else.
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When those waiters ask me if I want some fresh ground pepper, I ask if they have any aged pepper.
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There may be one or two others that we may rest and they may also be medically linked as well.
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I immediately said yes for one reason and one reason only....Netflix rhymes with Wet Chicks.
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It is more important to influence people than to impress them.
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I honor my grief. I try to be kinder to myself. I give myself time to move through and to process whatever is making me sad.
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Oasis were the last great, traditional rock 'n' roll band. We came along before the Internet so, if you wanted to see us, you had to be there. It makes me feel like a righteous old man.
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Nothing's really changed for me over the years. I like telling stories about people with problems. I can't really put it much simpler than that. Relationships are interesting to me. Not just between men and women but fathers and sons, brothers and sisters and friends.
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Over the years my religion has changed and my spirituality has evolved. Religion and spirituality are very different, but people often confuse the two. Some things cannot be taught, but they can be awakened in the heart. Spirituality is recognizing the divine light that is within us all. It doesn't belong to any particular religion; it belongs to everyone.
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Opinions are made to be changed or how is truth to be got at?
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The only thing that's changed for me is that I've figured out a new way to do this; when I go to record, I like to do the drums last, if that makes any sense to you.
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For me, painting is that magical material, that beautiful stuff that was invented, the ground-up pigments in oil which makes it very malleable. It can be manipulated and changed, darkened, lightened, given different hues and colors, so that by manipulating this material somehow I can find that figure I'm looking for, that figure that represents all the issues I'm bringing up and addressing.
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I just stepped off the show biz bus and changed gears.
