Hank Green Quotes
I don't think any of us are blameless when we all, more and more often, see ourselves not as members of a culture but as weapons in a war.
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I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.
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In the '60s not everybody was wearing flowers in their hair and flowing caftans.
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Your private life is really very important for you. You know, all of us, you know.
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You know, people always ask, 'What are you like offstage?' And I always say, 'Well, I'm completely normal and mellow.'
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Ability is nothing without opportunity.
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As a writer, I've always felt it's my job to be extremely careful when writing about victims, especially women.
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One extends one's limits only by exceeding them.
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There's not one major greatest influence on my career. It would be film and great artists and great imagineers - Jim Henson, Walt Disney, Charlie Chaplin, people who understand the joy of the imagination.
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Perhaps too much of everything is as bad as too little.
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In some extremely important ways, people are what you expect them to be, or at least they behave as you expect them to behave.
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My screenwriting credits in my career are probably not dissimilar to some other ones in the sense that a lot of the scripts you write don't get made, and the ones that do get made are certainly - as a writer, they're not your vision.
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I've always been drawn to storytelling, and acting is the most immersive form of storytelling you can get involved with! You're actually in the story when you're acting.
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Have the pride of the brown girl and know that you'll figure out your own beauty in time.
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I truly believe that when a person makes a concrete decision and takes action towards a goal that they've set, that the universe will step in and provide opportunities.
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Someone's energy and aura and soul are so much more important - they don't compare to what you have on.
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Against what should fire be opened? Against the obstacles which may delay the march of infantry. The first obstacle is the enemy gun. It will be the first objective assigned to artillery masses.
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'You're still the same girl. What people do doesn't change their nature.'She shook her head.… 'What they do is their nature,' she said.
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From the newest arrivals to our Native American brothers and sisters, we are one America.
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You find yourself in the world, without any power, immovable as a rock, stupid, so to speak, as a log of wood.
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Life doesn't always go according to plan, and we don't always act in a way that represents who we are. What matters is that these moments become teaching moments.
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Those who will not worship at the shrine of money, need not hope for recognition. On the other hand, they will also not have to think other people’s thoughts or wear other people’s political clothes. They will not have to proclaim as true that which is false, nor praise that as humanitarian which is brutal.
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I've slipped on occasion into the realm of irresponsible invective, but I try to avoid it and generally recant when I fall short. Because name-calling does nothing to improve understanding or move the political debate forward.
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I would like to do a science fiction film some day. Star Wars seems really to have destroyed the genre, which at one time offered great musical opportunities.
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I don't think any of us are blameless when we all, more and more often, see ourselves not as members of a culture but as weapons in a war.
