Charles Eisenstein Quotes
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I would be very happy doing movies. I love to work and I think I'm a little different.
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Spaces I love to do - the uglier the better - tend to be really old, dated basements - especially from the '60s to the '80s. I love those.
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It used to be that watching a film was a very special occasion, the same way flying was. Before, if you took a flight from New York to L.A., most of the windows would be open. Now, we get on planes and we just close them because we're so used to what it feels like. I think the same thing has happened with cinema.
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I strove with none; for none was worth my strife.
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In high school, we used to sign to each other during the game, signaling different plays and stuff like that. It was kind of fun. It was definitely unique.
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All I ever wanted to do was stand-up. It kind of charges me and gives me a rush.
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Guys know how to read each other's signals. They know how to telegraph love for one another without throwing their arms around one another.
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Fleetwood Mac were really accessible musically, but lyrically and emotionally, we weren't so easy. And it was our music that helped us survive. But all of us were in pieces personally.
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You can't study comedy; it's within you. It's a personality. My humor is an attitude.
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I'm a very early riser, and so I like to get up and try hard to write before the day even really gets started. Just me and a pot of coffee - I find I can get a lot done that way.
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Fear has disappeared. No more fear. In Asia, it is different. They've discovered again the fear and the psychology of the characters. Without psychology, the horror film doesn't exist.
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I'm not involved on any social media; it's really not my style.
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Female artists I love the most are Fiona Apple, Paramour and Regina Spektor - those girls that really write amazing songs themselves, and they're younger and cool. I'm not quite sure I could ever write songs like any of them, but if I could, I would.
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Societal good comes first for me.
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I'm an artist, but I'm also a businesswoman, and sometimes you have to play hard.
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You're only as good as the sum of your parts, and one person can't be a team.
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Anorexia and bulimia seem to be getting much more common in boys, men, and women of all ages and socioeconomic backgrounds; they are also becoming more common in racial groups previously thought to be impervious to the problem.
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We need to separate the process of evolution - which is, indeed, a self-serving process - and the actual motivations of animals.
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I'm not crazy about having lots of time to myself. Whenever I come back from filming away, I immediately want to go and see my friends and my family and re-establish my life. I can fill time when I'm alone, but I love being around other people.
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We continue to be bullish on China.
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Surveys show that while many people are open to the idea of an autonomous vehicle driving them to work, far fewer are willing to let one drive their child to soccer practice.
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No matter which concern, problem or life-issue we may want to work on, risking and beginning to talk about it with a safe person or persons is a way out of the unnecessary burden of remaining silent. And when we tell our story from our hearts, bones and guts, we discover the truth about ourselves. Doing so is healing
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Joint consumption doesn't create intimacy.
