Amber Giles (Mija) Quotes
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Every story I create, creates me. I write to create myself.
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Most people don't really like to pose. It is difficult to get them to be present and relaxed under this kind of molecular scrutiny. I want them to understand I'm not simply painting them: I am painting them within a precise moment in time, as a shadow moves across their eyebrows. Then it is gone. The moment is over.
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We don't really have a place in the universe, as far as on a timeline. But nothing else does, either. Therefore every moment really is the most important moment that's ever happened, including this moment right now.
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Photography, alone of the arts, seems perfected to serve the desire humans have for a moment - this very moment - to stay.
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When I play a solo I'm just expressing that moment. It can go horribly wrong easily enough.
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I think my darkest days were probably when I was catering. I would go to these parties and pass out hors d'oeuvres, and it's like you're invisible. I remember one catering captain told me that all you are is a tray that comes into their space for a moment and then you leave. It was one of the most depressing things I've ever been told.
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Our difficulties of the moment must always be dealt with somehow, but our permanent difficulties are difficulties of every moment.
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I go running three times a week - outside in the park, come rain or shine, and I hate every moment of it. I hate everything about it. But I know it's important for health reasons and the reason why I run, in particular, is because my stage work is like cardiovascular work so I don't want to lose my breath on stage.
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We're not going to create a more equal society by not prodding at it, are we?
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All these big corporations like Amazon, those places have great distribution arms, but they can't create content.
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The moment in between what you once were, and who you are now becoming, is where the dance of life really takes place.
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I guess life offers you opportunities to live your dream. We just have to accept what comes our way and live those moments completely. You will not get back this time again, so live every moment you get.
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In my world, of course, it don't matter. You could be a gangster with a dress, you could be a gangster with baggy pants.
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A lot of people are living in a dream world - they want to deny that aging occurs or believe it doesn't have to occur. They'll hold on to this belief until the moment they die. The reality will eventually hit them.
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Dresses are beautiful, but I'm such a slacks or a jeans person. Whenever a woman has a slick suit or dress on, she looks sharp.
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What happens in improv is you create your own storyline.
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I'm shy. I can go on a trip for days and not go because I won't sit on a toilet seat on a plane. I'm certainly not going to go on somebody's lawn. Could you imagine, in a cocktail dress?
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We must create a state that responds to the citizens' needs, and we need citizens who feel committed to their state because that state serves the citizens.
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I've never had my heart broken. It's a very sad state of affairs. I think everybody should have their heart broken. I don't think it says anything good about me at all.
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At the end of the day, I just want to see good gymnastics!
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I'm having this conversation with you now. I'm talking, but I'm thinking, feeling, smelling, and moving. Yet I'm concentrating on what you're saying. So that means there's more things going on in the body than just the present thing that the person's got you doing.
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For me, the greatest thing a movie can do is rivet you while you're watching but also give you something to chew on for days and weeks after you've seen it.
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The farther we go, the more the ultimate explanation recedes from us, and all we have left is faith.
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I create, dress, and act however I feel in a single moment.
