F. Scott Fitzgerald Quotes
Was it the infinite sadness of her eyes that drew him or the mirror of himself that he found in the gorgeous clarity of her mind?
Quotes to Explore
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I lived in America for a long time before I started working as an actor. Some actors show up on set and have never done an American accent before, so they rely on a slew of technical mechanisms. Part of what makes an accent is understanding why people speak that way - you have to understand the culture.
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The hypothesis that economic organization is the resultant of a series of historic accidents is intructive in that many organizational innovations appear to be the result of trial and error.
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If you take away the gift of reading, you create the gift of listening.
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I wanted to get a taste of what it would feel like to be a mum. I've always had a strong maternal instinct and ideally I would love one of my own.
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If you're on a road trip, you need driving music.
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I don't understand why there aren't more powerful female directors. I don't have the answers, but I hope that things may start to shift and that studios will employ more women to handle strong and interesting material.
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The whole of society is like a cabbage-stalk covered with caterpillars, and none is satisfied till it has crawled to the top.
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When I watch a movie for the first few times I'm usually thinking about where I was in a given scene, who was next to me, what we were doing etc. But after I've gotten through all of this, when I'm really watching the film itself, then I get moved.
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Once your body is in workout-mode, a few days off won't hurt. Muscle memory is magical. If you work out consistently, you can afford to miss a few sessions and your body will gladly pick up where you left off.
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I'm rap's vigilante. I'm out for justice.
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My childhood was appalling.
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I don't sleep well. I rehash everything in bed. The mind's still working.
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I like cars. I know some things. I can change my own car and battery and change my own oil.
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I went into the sciences very early on, but to me, economics pervades so much more of our lives and our existence.
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When I was a kid, I wasn't making my choices based on anything other than 'Did I want to work that day?' or 'Did being in school sound more fun?' And I don't remember ever reading a script and thinking, 'Is this going to be a fun part to play?'
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If you do a Western that's funny, there's no way people don't call it a spoof or a parody, even though it may not be.
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My mother pretty much raised me to be a free spirit. Anything my father would say, she would tell me, 'No, it's like this.'
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Acting was always my unscratched itch, when I was in college and even afterwards.
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Some people are born to lift heavy weights, some are born to juggle golden balls.
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Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.
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The University of Southern California has a wonderful social work department, and I was thrilled to find out that they have a whole veterans' initiative program there. They approached me, and I set up a scholarship that would go to a military-oriented person to learn techniques and skills to better help veterans.
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And those who saw, it did surprise, Such drops could fall from human eyes.
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Did I invent anything? I don't think so, not really. But if I've helped make history fun... then my work here is done.
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Was it the infinite sadness of her eyes that drew him or the mirror of himself that he found in the gorgeous clarity of her mind?
