Carly Pope Quotes
People are totally overusing LOL and a wink - and I'm very guilty of using the wink - that's probably my favourite emoticon to use because 'I'm being sarcastic, don't misinterpret; don't misconstrue; I'm just kidding.' Again, for as many benefits as it has, also picking up the phone and having a conversation speaks volumes.
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The defeat of Obamacare will come from the realization that the very idea of a government-administered health care system is absurd... and by people opting out of the system and developing workarounds.
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When there's a status quo, usually what shakes everybody up is some sort of military confrontation, at which point we all come running and screaming to pick up the pieces.
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What is Oracle? It's people. We rely on our HR department to build this organization, to help find those people, to help grow those people.
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Meditation isn't snake oil. For some people, meditation might be the most efficient way to reduce stress and cultivate mindfulness. But it isn't a panacea. If you don't meditate, there's no need to stress out about it.
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I used to sit in front of McDonald's and ask people for dollars to get me a cheeseburger. It was bad.
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I used to always run off at the mouth and talk about people. I just didn't know that it would make a living for me.
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Usually, the first thing I do when I wake up is I start working, so I often won't start the day by reading anything because I like to minimize my 'commute' as much as possible. I wake up, open my laptop and start working in bed.
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I am bullish on the global development. I am bullish on billions of people getting out of poverty.
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You must go after your wish. As soon as you start to pursue a dream, your life wakes up and everything has meaning.
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People talk about Hollywood as a myth, but in reality, when you make Icelandic movies and you want to get them distributed in the U.S., you're not really working with Hollywood. The movies I've been making, the first one I made, I made it with Working Title, but it was financed through Universal, so it became a Hollywood production.
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There are no 'political prisoners' as such in Bahrain. People are not arrested because they express their views, we only have criminals.
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I didn't grow up around all white people; I never wanted to gentrify hip-hop, I've never wanted to speak to an all-white audience.
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Compared with other Indian film composers, I only write about six movies a year. Others write up to 60.
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'Cold Case' was fun. It was a fun experience. That was right when I was cutting my teeth as a TV actor. It was a great learning experience to work on really fast-paced television shows that are very high quality. It was a place where I learned that I had to keep up and I could keep up.
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My mother is a proud Brazilian. I love visiting my family in Rio; the city and its people are so vibrant and amazing.
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I think a first-time director always has to convince a lot of people that they're ready to do it.
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When you're in a high-stress situation, dynamics between people can change.
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Music is really something that makes people whole.
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I like Los Angeles. So many artistic people, and I just love the weather.
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I'm too sensitive. I could not show up to a murder scene and do anything like that. It would break me instantly.
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This is suicidal... our home is the biosphere. That's a very thin layer of air, water and land where all life exists. It's fixed, it can't grow, and yet we cling to this idea that the economy can grow forever. And it must. Well, it can't.
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Orson Welles was lazy. He was a late bloomer.
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When it comes to turning out movies, I'm for Hollywood.
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People are totally overusing LOL and a wink - and I'm very guilty of using the wink - that's probably my favourite emoticon to use because 'I'm being sarcastic, don't misinterpret; don't misconstrue; I'm just kidding.' Again, for as many benefits as it has, also picking up the phone and having a conversation speaks volumes.
