Susanne Langer Quotes
As comedy presents the vital rhythm of self-preservation, tragedy exhibits that of self-consummation.
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I was born in the small town of Gorizia, Italy, on 31 March, 1934. My father was an electrical engineer at the local telephone company and my mother an elementary school teacher.
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If I bring up political power, personal power, it sounds like they're my terms, and they're not.
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Of course on air I use occasional hyperbole to tell a story.
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If you really love someone and care about him, you can survive many difficulties.
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Win or lose, I always like to get back to my friends and family. They keep me grounded. When I'm home with my friends, I'm always the same Gabriel. I'm no better or worse in their eyes because of my results. It's good to be with your true friends. It always reminds me of where I'm from and who I am.
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People from the most horrendous of childhoods can have good lives, but it comes down to a very seemingly simple word. 'Choice.'
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Some days I totally appreciate everything that's happening to me, and some days I feel everyone's waiting for me to mess up.
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Once you start to try and calculate why you were cast and why you weren't, you get in trouble.
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Every show finds its groove, I would say. The first season is the season to figure out the dynamics, the workflow.
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I get to enter into the world the director has created: to live these different lives on top of my own life.
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No other terms than unconditional and immediate surrender. I propose to move immediately upon your works.
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I was never as famous as all these kids. There was no social media. We weren't celebrity-obsessed as a culture. I feel like these kids are under a crazy microscope; they're basically brands. And they eventually implode and act out. They need a break, and they're not getting one.
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To play with the best is very easy.
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One of the speakers asked how many women had been harassed or abused sexually in their life? There were thousands of women in the audience, and almost every one of them raised her hand.
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I don't really look for a script and go, 'I need to do a thriller, so I'm going to do this.' I just read scripts and look for the best possible story.
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The actual cheerleaders in our film are all Broadway dancers.
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It is such a social thing, laughing. Two thousand people in a room laughing is such a great buzz and they tend to laugh much more in a group.
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Gujarat is developed because of its people; everyone has participated in the development process.
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When the hospital sends for me, when the ambulance comes and I ease my way out of the world, I'd rather be in Detroit, Michigan, than Lenox Hill.
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Humour and high seriousness... Perfect bedfellows, I think. Though I usually phrase it in terms of comedy and darkness. Comedy without darkness rapidly becomes trivial. And darkness without comedy rapidly becomes unbearable.
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Life literally abounds in comedy if you just look around you.
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Trying to always stay healthy and exercise is the best thing.
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As comedy presents the vital rhythm of self-preservation, tragedy exhibits that of self-consummation.
