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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We cannot say no to what has already been approved by the citizens.
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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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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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Being interested in other fields and meeting experts outside entertainment - whether it's a two-hour conversation with John Nash that turns into 'A Beautiful Mind' or talking to people in architecture or fashion, CIA directors or Nobel laureates - has given me a better sense of which ideas feel authentic and new.
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Food, to me, is always about cooking and eating with those you love and care for.
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People are expecting me to still be fourteen years old. It cracks me up, especially when people see me walk by with my husband. They're like, 'What? You're married? You're not old enough to be married.' Thank you. I'm glad that you think that.
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There's a lot of work to be done in the polling world, and a need to continue to rethink how we do what we do. We also need to be more open to the idea that any one input - in this case, polls - may not be the only way to hear what people are saying.
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Certain remakes are great. Carpenter's The Thing is better than the original.
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You'll find superstition a contagious thing. Some people let it get the better of them.
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A turtleneck is about sophistication.
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Disney made a fortune out of inventing the businessman's idea of the imaginary as the contradictory of the businessman's idea of the real.
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I'm not accomplished enough to over-analyze something, because I don't have the background as far as people who write and know how to break down a character or story and stuff. I mostly go by gut instincts.
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The key to intimacy is the commitment to honesty and to the radical forgiveness necessary in order for honesty to be safe.
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I'd feel bad pretending my life was anything other than pretty good, so I do the role as well as I can and then I go home, have a cup of tea, see my family and friends, and appreciate what I've got.
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My dogs are crazy. They're always getting into some kind of trouble... but then again, they're my most loyal friends.
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But these realities will make themselves felt soon enough and while I am certainly not asking you to close your eyes to the experiences of earlier generations, I want to advise you not to conform too soon and to resist the pressure of practical necessity.
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Enthusiasm is followed by disappointment and even depression, and then by renewed enthusiasm.
