William Ivey Long Quotes
At the level at which I work with people, their great talent is paired with great insecurity. Self-doubt is literally the twin of self-confidence. And I have to be there for both.
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It's interesting that one of the definitions of the word 'human' is 'sympathetic.' More and more people are beginning to show that they understand why that is important.
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I graduated from UC San Diego, wanted to work in film to get my hands-on real experience, did music videos, TV, feature films, all kinds of stuff.
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Smaller wrestlers are built for more exciting matches.
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I don't think auditioning will ever faze me again after the 'Grease' TV experience. It was fierce. There were thousands of people auditioning in four cities. I flew from home in Minneapolis to audition in L.A. I waited in line all day. I arrived at 7 A.M. and wasn't seen until 6 P.M.
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Fiji had experienced the ordeal of two military coups.
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I want every version of a woman and a man to be possible. I want women and men to be able to be full-time parents or full-time working people or any combination of the two.
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In life go straight and turn right.
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This hunger for profits causes great misery for the people.
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Tombs are the clothes of the dead and a grave is a plain suit; while an expensive monument is one with embroidery.
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We're all idealistic when young.
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I have me. I have God. I have my son. Everything else is extra.
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My parents come down to Los Angeles a lot.
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IQ in general has improved since tests first began. Psychologists think that this is because modern life becomes ever more complicated.
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Confining marine animals to tanks and separating them from their families and their natural surroundings, just so people can watch them swim in endless circles, teaches us far more about humans than it does about animals - and the lesson is not a flattering one.
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If India has to achieve exponential growth, it would have to be on the back of strong growth in the manufacturing sector.
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And now I have a big house, nice clothes and I travel in first class and I love it, so maybe it's time to enjoy being a star.
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How hard can it be to walk up and down in a straight line? You just need to put one step in front of another; most people do it all the time. What's the worst that can happen? You fall over. Sometimes that happens to non-models, too; it wouldn't be the end of the world.
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I can't figure out how you can hire a coach and tell him how you want him to play.
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I never wanted to be one of those actors with a political agenda.
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When I'm in Los Angeles, sometimes I hesitate saying that I'm an actor because people are like, 'Of course you are.' And I'm like 'No,' not, 'Of course I am.' In L.A., being an actor is like a pastime: everybody there is like, 'I was on this reality show; I'm an actor.' It becomes a word that is loosely thrown around.
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It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.
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One indicator of Ernest Lawrence's influence is the fact that I am the eighth member of his laboratory staff to receive the highest award that can come to a scientist - the Nobel Prize.
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Every truth without exception- and whoever may utter it- is from the Holy Spirit.
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At the level at which I work with people, their great talent is paired with great insecurity. Self-doubt is literally the twin of self-confidence. And I have to be there for both.
