Alice Mattison Quotes
I find that I get very excited about what my students are up to and that I get to be the hurdle they need to jump over.

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I think I felt compelled in a way because if I hadn't written the part, I never would have been offered the part. There are at least 10 guys who would have been offered the part before me.
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In the U.S., diversity is a politically correct slogan. In India, it is a historical fact. Much as we in the West may resent it, India has a lot to teach us when it comes to religious tolerance.
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I've always had a man's mindset, and that's why I mostly have men friends, and that's why I've been around so many men. I've always been a tomboy. And any man that knows me will tell you I'm not a girly girl.
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If a role has been too one-dimensional, I have turned it down.
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We allowed ourselves to become particularly interested in research into the appearance of intermediate products of sugar decomposition during cell-free fermentation.
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My biggest asset is that I know how to learn, and that, I believe, will help me in the long run.
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And if you cannot remain indifferent, you must resolve to throw your weight into that balance in which the fate and condition of man is weighed.
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There is no need for neighborhood informants and paper dossiers if the government can see citizens' every Web site visit, e-mail and text message.
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If an Englishman gets run down by a truck he apologizes to the truck.
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A teacher enlarges people in all sorts of ways besides just his subject matter.
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Numerical quantities focus on expected values, graphical summaries on unexpected values.
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A harmonious person is never vibrating at the same rate as a germ.
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Music is like painting in sound. You take it into your inner heart and never lose it. It's eternally mysterious.
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I kick-kick game, can't injure Nicki. That's why they nick-nicknamed me Ninja Nicki.
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One of the greatest strains in life is the strain of waiting for God.
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It's basically the same, just darker. (on racing Saturday nights as opposed to Sunday afternoons, 1991.
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One of the most, in a weird way, encouraging things a director can say to an actor - I know this as an actor - is when you ask them a question, they say, I don't know - 'cause it means there's some space there for you to find out. And it means that there's going to be a process.
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Kurt and I weren't the closest of friends, but I knew him well enough to be devastated by his death. For such a quiet person, he was so excited about having a child.
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Man must use what he has, not hope for what is not.
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I am from a city (Glasgow) that is not unlike Liverpool. I am joining the people's football club. The majority of people you meet on the street are Everton fans. It is a fantastic opportunity, something you dream about. I said 'yes' right away as it is such a big club.
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The more clearly defined and keenly desired your goals, the more of your natural creativity will be released for goal attainment.
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That's the thing about acting - it does have the feeling of downhill skiing. When it's really all going right, you know your lines, you know what's important to your character, you pick the strongest reactions possible to elements in the story. But then you let it all go and you're in the moment and stuff happens. It surprises you and it's super strong; it's like you're living life in a slightly heightened way in the time between "action" and "cut."
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I find that I get very excited about what my students are up to and that I get to be the hurdle they need to jump over.