Otto Frank Quotes
We cannot change what happened anymore. The only thing we can do is to learn from the past and to realize what discrimination and persecution of innocent people means. I believe that it's everyone's responsibility to fight prejudice.
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Let's not get too precious about it: actors are not heart surgeons or brain surgeons. We are just entertaining people.
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Ikea people do not drive flashy cars or stay at luxury hotels.
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I've grown up with girls that are like Precious. I've grown up with people that are like everyone that I read about in that book. And so years later, when I was given the role, I just felt a huge responsibility to show the reality of that situation and to show that we're not making it up.
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I know theater can improve the quality of people's lives, and I know theater can heal. I've worked as a doctor clown in a hospital for two years. I have seen sick kids and sad parents and doctors be lifted and transported in moments of pure joy. I know theater unites us.
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Long term I do believe internationally there is a huge misunderstanding of Russia.
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I know so many people who are so much better at it than I am, and I think I'm a goofier person rather than a serious, dramatic actress, so I probably belong in comedy.
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Everything's always about being homogenized and following in a group. The people who stand out always have the most problems.
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Of course we wish that more people involved in the leak of my true CIA identity had been prosecuted, but the system worked.
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Reparations, I believe, are talked about for political reasons, trying to cater for the purpose of getting votes. If Congress was serious about reparations - in '93 and '94 the Democrats controlled the House, the Senate and the White House, and not one single Republican vote was needed for reparations.
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I think people who live in New York don't realize just how much time they spend talking about the subway.
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Security... it's simply the recognition that changes will take place and the knowledge that you're willing to deal with whatever happens.
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When I first came to the Bay area, I worked in Silicon Valley in the early to mid-'90s, and I think what mattered then was our ability as designers to create a vision around people's ideas.
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What I like about gyrotonics is you feel like you really elongated yourself for the day... As we all get older, everything changes and moves, and there's natural ways to exercise. I think it's important, and I think it's something that can help keep things in place.
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It's outrageous that many enlisted people qualify for food stamps because military salaries are so low.
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Daniel Day-Lewis is one of the greatest actors of our age; he's like Olivier. He's one of those people who can take you into a place where no one else can take you.
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My favorite role is mommy. I know that sounds cheesy to people who don't have kids, or there are even some moms who think it's cheesy. It's a role you can't prepare for; it's a role you don't get paid to do, but it is the most rewarding role, and to me, it's been the most fulfilling.
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People think that their world will get smaller as they get older. My experience is just the opposite. Your senses become more acute. You start to blossom.
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I've got four kids to feed and a wife to provide for. It's a worry but a great responsibility as well and one I relish.
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Too many people expect wonders from democracy, when the most wonderful thing of all is just having it.
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I think there's this essential human desire to have a unified field theory. Everyone is like, 'I want to unlock the single secret to 'Lost.' There isn't any one secret. There is not a unified field theory for 'Lost,' nor do we think there should be, because philosophically, we don't buy into that as a conceit.
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He's healthy now and ready, ... Nate makes big plays. Like that last series, when we needed a couple of first downs, we put the ball in his hands and he got it done for us.
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Nature never appeals to intelligence until habit and instinct are useless. There is no intelligence where there is no need of change.
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Many people are passionate, but because of their limiting beliefs about who they are and what they can do, they never take actions that could make their dream a reality
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We cannot change what happened anymore. The only thing we can do is to learn from the past and to realize what discrimination and persecution of innocent people means. I believe that it's everyone's responsibility to fight prejudice.
