Catherine Ponder Quotes
We should praise the qualities we would like to see in others, declare that others possess them already, and then watch how quickly these persons will respond.
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We need fundamental change. In the past, national development led to people's happiness but now the link between national growth and improvement in people's lives has been severed.
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The situation is quite serious - groundwater is important source for water use, including drinking water, and if it gets contaminated, it's very costly and difficult to clean.
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The mainstream sort of presentation of the civil rights movement was not something that I directly inherited.
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So if I get these actors for 30% of their price by coming in so late with an offer when they know they are not getting another offer then I do it this way.
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Among those who are satisfactory in this respect it is desirable to have represented as great a diversity of intellectual tradition, social milieu and personal character as possible.
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I had to give myself permission to act, then others agreed.
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There must've been some part of me that wanted to make my mark. But there was never a defining moment.
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Fundamental preparation is always effective. Work on those parts of your game that are fundamentally weak.
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People think artists like 50 Cent don't have charisma, but it's just a different kind of charisma, a bully charisma, which is kinda frowned upon.
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I could have been bigger, but I wasn't controversial enough. I didn't do drugs or wreck rooms. There were no dramas in my private life.
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They don't call me spontaneous and irreverant for nothing.
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I do feel like my improv training has helped me throughout my entire audition process only because the idea of 'yes and-ing' applies to everything.
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It feels good when guys reach out to be inspired - and you have shown people an example of how you can come back and be better than you were before when adversity strikes; and when the world predicts the opposite, you show them you not only can be successful but be great.
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Well, I had an immense respect for Cirque du Soleil when I first say them in the '80s on a television show and just thought, you know, this group is really reinventing the circus, as you know. Because there wasn't three rings. There were no animals.
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I don't know why my smile has become a signature pose. I think it's a nice change. I think people want to see happiness, so a smile is what can bring that. I didn't make it my trademark on purpose.
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I was always the kid at school who thought it was a good idea to set off the fire alarm. And much as I'm aware that that's a trait which also propels other things which are good, I wish I could just pause and go, 'Is this really what you want to do?'
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My desire is to let go of my ego and let in His direction.
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I played basketball and baseball up until college, yea. Then I lost my discipline and started chasing girls and whatnot.
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how beautiful is the universewhen something digestible meetswith an eager digestionhow sweet the embracewhen atom rushes to the armsof waiting atom
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In my work, I have never had any use for anything that I have known in advance.
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It has got to the point in this country where men believe they are men, just because that is their birthright. If that is true, then, by the same logic, an animal held captive in a zoo is still a free wild beast.
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Ride it when you retire.
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It's thought of as an eccentric thing for an actor to really try to maintain quality control through the whole career. Most people think, 'You just work. You just keep working.' And in some ways I wish I could be a guy who's just a workhorse.
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We should praise the qualities we would like to see in others, declare that others possess them already, and then watch how quickly these persons will respond.
