Ralph Bakshi Quotes
I'm the first to admit that I can't be as good as Tolkien, and a movie can never be as good as Tolkien.
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I'm such a stereotypical female learner in that I love social studies and love literature, and I always struggled with math and science.
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I just want to stay creative, share my ideas and see where it all leads.
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I'm not a really religious person, but those moments onstage feel like some sort of religious experience because no one holds back, especially 'Stay With Me' when I finish the show. It kind of turns into an anthem when I perform it live, and it feels like there's a lot of love in the room.
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Look at the sky. We are not alone. The whole universe is friendly to us and conspires only to give the best to those who dream and work.
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You have family-owned businesses that have been around for 500 years. You cannot name a corporation that survives intact for even a few decades.
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Nashville, I think, for me, personally, would be where I want to live and work. L.A. is a whole other world and has a whole other vibe to it, so I would like to come out here for work for a couple of months, but L.A. is just not really my scene, per se.
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Too often, I've put my career and helping others ahead of my own needs.
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I don't see a white woman. I see a black woman, even though my mother is white. Knowing that has made my life easier, I think.
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We need to take music out of the ivory tower - both for musicians and for the public. Otherwise, classical music will not survive the 21st century.
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Anyone who has played the game professionally, you're always taught that the ball is the most important, most precious thing, so when the ball hits the ground, it's always a mad scramble. It's amazing how many times there is a fumble, and the person who recovers it initially doesn't walk away with the ball.
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As an actor, I still don't really know exactly what I am doing most of the time.
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I had rather have a plain, russet-coated Captain, that knows what he fights for, and loves what he knows, than that which you call a Gentle-man and is nothing else.
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And so, the youngsters you have today, even though there are far fewer of them - in World War II 16.5 million men and women in uniform, today roughly a million in uniform in spite of the fact that the country is almost twice as large a population as we had in World War II.
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As soldiers in Israel's army, one of the most grueling training regimens we had to endure was a long march while carrying a comrade on a stretcher.
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It's so lovely to know that people who you would never think know about Bollywood, they know about Bollywood.
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I am capable of much more. I guess every artist feels that way. If you are satisfied, you begin to stagnate. I want to grow as an actress every day. There are so many things you can learn, and you can improve upon your skills and abilities every day.
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When I was a kid, there was always food to be had on the street in Jerusalem, but anything above a falafel stand was mediocre or worse.
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Music has always been an important thing to me in my life and understand I've worked in the music business.
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People will always challenge you on an idea as long as it has not been concretized by somebody else.
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I've done 20 takes of a Vine before it goes out.
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My wife and I came to Canada for the 1994 Commonwealth Games and we really liked the B.C. lifestyle and environment. The following year we applied to become permanent residents. We moved here in 1996 after the Atlanta Olympics.
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My dad was a good athlete. My mom had longevity. There were some athletic genes that certainly got passed down.
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If you're a painter, you don't go, 'Abstract's really selling, so that's what I'm going to do.' If you're really truly an artist, you have to think what you're meant to paint.
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I'm the first to admit that I can't be as good as Tolkien, and a movie can never be as good as Tolkien.
