Murray Gell-Mann Quotes
Enthusiasm is followed by disappointment and even depression, and then by renewed enthusiasm.
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There are parents who are really angry that I decided to portray people who have come into the country illegally as decent human beings.
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If America is truly Israel's greatest ally, we should not be asking it to put its citizens and future at risk by forcing the establishment of a hostile Palestinian state as the only option.
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I walked in thinking, 'I have ten movies under my belt and now they want me to go back to making commercials?' I said, if I do that, I want it to be funny.
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Truth is on the side of the oppressed.
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I do think that I can sing, though I actually like voices I can't imitate.
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We cannot say no to what has already been approved by the citizens.
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The length of exposure (one minute in sunlight) is still too long for the portrait. It was fifteen minutes when I first began my work. Progress may continue.
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There's something about the expanse of nature that forces you to think clearly.
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Everybody comes to film differently; everybody has different backgrounds. Just find whatever your lane is naturally. Don't try to force yourself into someone else's vision or try to tell a story that you're not passionate about.
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An inspiring word for me is to think of myself as limitless.
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Our central theme is, How good you can get? How hard can I go to see how good you can get?
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I always feel like I want to do my career my own way.
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Un homme se définit aussi bien par ses comédies que par ses élans sincères.1
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Apolo is going to have to keep skating so he can add more gold to his entourage.
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Most people regard getting their way as a matter of simple justice.
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At Mardi Gras, the different tribes will basically play war games, and so my brother is what you call a Flag Boy, which is more of less like a tribe's diplomat. He carries the game's standard and is really the line of where the game starts.
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I could never dream of being cool.
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It is important to always look forward.
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A record like 'Price of Fame' - when you do get this success, how do you treat it, or how do you let it treat you? How does it affect your family and friends and the people around you? ... And I don't mind telling people what I've been through when it comes to the pressure I put on myself of wanting to be the best and the greatest.
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I like Instagram - it's a good way to keep up with my friends without having to text or call all the time, and I really like Snapchat.
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Last summer was probably the biggest disappointment of my career, but now I have something bad with which to balance the good. I will no longer take anything for granted.
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I love myself and I am a good person.
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The sum and substance of female education in America, as in England, is training women to consider marriage as the sole object in life, and to pretend that they do not think so.
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Enthusiasm is followed by disappointment and even depression, and then by renewed enthusiasm.
