Andrew Haigh Quotes
I'm interested in how we understand ourselves in our relatioships and how we define ourselves.
Quotes to Explore
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I think, doing a first film, at some point you get halfway through, and you wonder, 'Is this is good enough to define who I am for the coming decade?'
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I'm black, I don't feel burdened by it and I don't think it's a huge responsibility. It's part of who I am. It does not define me.
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I wear my Viking helmet because the horns define how sharp my brains are. If you try to rub me the wrong way, I will stick you with both of my horns.
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I'm usually very attracted to things that I can't define. If something's too clear, it's very often not inspiring to me anymore.
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It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.
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You can not define being exactly on time.
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We should always be aspiring to know more, and to better ourselves, and to improve ourselves. To improve ourselves, because that's how we improve the world around us, by working within us.
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Self-esteem comes from being able to define the world in your own terms and refusing to abide by the judgments of others.
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If you come to fame not understanding who you are, it will define who you are. It shouldn't change you. If you're a jerk, you just get to be a bigger jerk. What fame does is magnify who you are and puts that on a platter for the whole world to see.
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It is art, and art only, that reveals us to ourselves.
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There's only one of us here: What we give to others, we give to ourselves. What we withhold from others, we withhold from ourselves. In any moment, when we choose fear instead of love, we deny ourselves the experience of Paradise.
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In short, you can't let the deadline define the mission. The mission has to define the duration.
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It is not the events in our life that define our character, but how we deal with them.
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We ourselves possess Beauty when we are true to our own being; ugliness is in going over to another order.
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That's very hard to define. I guess, commitment. I don't believe in love at first sight. I'm in love with my wife, but I don't always feel the same level of love. Your emotions go up and down. The strongest love is between family members, and ultimately, it boils down to commitment.
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I think that we honor ourselves by honoring our past.
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You must learn to define the problem before you attempt to cure it.
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To love ourselves is to act respectfully toward ourselves, to enjoy our own company when in solitude, to honor our limits and speak our truths.
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We will see beauty in the outer world when we are able to see beauty within ourselves. And this is the best thing we can do for ourselves and for the universe.
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The danger with playing a part that defines you is that it swallows up everything else.
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We don't have to guess what Mitt Romney would have done if he were president. Because he told us. He said we should let foreclosures - and I quote - 'hit the bottom' so the market could - I quote - 'run its course.'
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I am a good enough Canadian to believe, if my experience justifies me in believing, that Canadians are best served by Canadians.
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I'm very nerdy about my music, and I like interrogating people about what they put on playlists.
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I'm interested in how we understand ourselves in our relatioships and how we define ourselves.
