Carlos Castaneda Quotes
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Well, when you get into the business, what you have to realize is that signing autographs and getting 'bothered' is just part of the deal. It's not a bother to me at all. That's part of being an actor and that's something you have to realize before you ever get into this business.
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When you're not under a 'series regular' contract, and other jobs come up, you try to juggle everything.
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A real book is not one that we read, but one that reads us.
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I wasn't real quick, and I wasn't real strong. Some guys will just take off and it's like, whoa. So I beat them with my mind and my fundamentals.
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Five to six thousand people die every year waiting for organs, but nobody cares.
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So most astronauts getting ready to lift off are excited and very anxious and worried about that explosion - because if something goes wrong in the first seconds of launch, there's not very much you can do.
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Everyone has something to sell. The greatest thing you can ever sell is an idea or talent.
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When you're making movies you've got to get obsessive.
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When you take risks and things don't go your way, you can be heavily criticised by the media.
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You know once you get in the business you know what you're getting into.
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The very important thing you should have is patience.
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Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.
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Readers of novels often fall into the bad habit of being overly exacting about the characters' moral flaws. They apply to these fictional beings standards that no one they know in real life could possibly meet.
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A fascinating breed, Old Etonians. Impeccable in their social skills and very portable - you can put them anywhere, and they are absolutely charming.
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Read over your compositions, and when you meet a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it out.
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Experience is what you get while looking for something else.
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My roots are in stand-up, and stand-up is very freeing. There's no script involved; you just fly.
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You have to always physicalize, when you do animation recording. Otherwise, you won't get the performance right.
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It is not monogamy when there is one legal wife, and mistresses out of sight.
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When it gets down to having to use violence, then you are playing the system’s game. The establishment will irritate you – pull your beard, flick your face – to make you fight. Because once they’ve got you violent, then they know how to handle you. The only thing they don’t know how to handle is non-violence and humor.
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Rickover management objectives:
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When people say 'that's risky,' or when the odds are not in my favor, I'm more motivated than ever.
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The only thing that is real is the being in you that is going to die.
