Susanne Langer Quotes
Fire is a natural symbol of life and passion, though it is the one element in which nothing can actually live.
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I love being a woman and I was not one of these women who rose through professional life by wearing men's clothes or looking masculine. I loved wearing bright colors and being who I am.
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I shall produce nothing that will offend the proprieties, whether applied to children or grownups. My pictures are turned out with clean hands and, therefore, with a clear conscience which, like virtue, is its own reward.
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You can still make music that people love, but there won't be more innovation. I started listening to electronic music a long time ago. But mostly I listen to rap. I think rap is the most interesting.
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I have always been a generous and enthusiastic reader.
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I went into acting as psychotherapy, and it's still a work in progress.
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There are certain things women are better at than men.
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In Europe and the United States, you've got different systems to select candidates, and no system is perfect.
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Like all kids who want to be in action movies, I want to jump out of a speeding car, shoot guns, slide out the side in slow motion like a John Woo movie.
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As much as you may want to, you can't control what other people say or do; you can only control yourself.
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Nothing that you do will ever feel good if you let people convince you that you have no choice.
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As a male designer, you always need a woman's touch.
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My life was on the line here and my career and everything I worked for, it was hanging by a thread.
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Surely the glory of journalism is its transience.
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My goal as an actor is always to be as truthful as possible, and to find the truth in the material I am representing. So I think that it’s the same with performing music. But in a way, performing your own music, it’s easier to find the truth in it, because it’s coming from yourself. There’s no translation needed.
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What beck'ning ghost, along the moonlight shade Invites my steps, and points to yonder glade?
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One of the blessings of age is to learn not to part on a note of sharpness, to treasure the moments spent with those we love, and to make them whenever possible good to remember, for time is short. (5 February 1943)
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Not one of us knows what effect his life produces, and what he gives to others; that is hidden from us and must remain so, though we are often allowed to see some little fraction of it, so that we may not lose courage.
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I don't eat the same meal or at the same time every single day. You get tired of that real quick. I just try to make sure whatever I'm eating is fresh and clean and good for my body. That's about it.
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Everything else - music, cinematography, costumes, design, acting - can be judged at face value. But when you're looking at editing, you don't know what the totality of the material was, and you don't know the working dynamic between a director and an editor - whether the editor was micromanaged or given free rein. It's very difficult.
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2) Never fire a laser at a mirror.
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Forget about the fast lane. If you really want to fly, just harness your power to your passion.
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You can blow out a candle, but you can't blow out a fire.
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Fire is a natural symbol of life and passion, though it is the one element in which nothing can actually live.
