Samuel Alexander Quotes
The thing of which the act of perception is the perception is experienced as something not mental.
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When people think of performing they usually think of show-offs, but I think of it more that you disappear into somebody else.
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I write in a small office at home.
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If you don't enjoy it, then putting in the long hours is going to take their toll. If you don't enjoy it, then putting in the long hours is going to take their toll.
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You can't choose up sides on a round world.
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I've asked Jobs why he didn't get an operation then and he said, 'I didn't want my body to be opened. I didn't want to be violated in that way.'
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On the evidence I have on hand at home, social media isn't killing our children. It isn't killing families, either, because the constant long bloody phone calls that parents complained to their teenagers about in decades past are gone.
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I don't want to sound corny; everyone tells you what it's going to be like to have kids and you're like, 'Yeah, yeah, yeah, sure.' And then you have kids, and in an instant nothing in the world matters except for this stranger, because this person comes into the world and in an instant all your focus and priorities becomes these kids.
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Of all the hazards, fear is the worst.
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CEOs are worried they're going to get fired any minute. They're worried about their portfolios.
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I guess I have a certain willingness for audacity.
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Liars do look you in the eye. They do not always stutter, stammer, blush or fidget.
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Companies that are willing to share, to withhold in order to further the growth of the company, willing to try to get a better atmosphere through a demonstration of democratic principles, fairness and cooperation, a better product, those will win in the end.
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I do not live in the world of sobriety.
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My happiest moments of growing up in the Bronx were when my mom would bring home a new sports magazine from the candy store. I would jump out of bed and grab it from her. Then I'd rip the front cover right off and tape it to my bedroom wall.
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One of my dreams is to walk down the runway during Fashion Week!
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The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man.
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The science of operations, as derived from mathematics more especially, is a science of itself, and has its own abstract truth and value.
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Usually if I find a film that's challenging, that I'm intrigued by, I want to watch it again knowing what the ending is. I found that with something like 'The Godfather Part II.' I think it took me three watches to fully experience it in the way it was intended.
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I don’t know about five years from now. I have no plans for that. Maybe I’ll be forgotten by then.
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Acting is perception, and as long as I'm honest with myself in my work, someone will appreciate it.
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Fortunately, I don't spend too much time reading or worrying about what people have to say, but the goal for me throughout this whole process - throughout my whole life - is to try to be happy.
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Cinema is dominated by stars you like from the get go.
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I've always been able to just concoct a melody quite easily - it's just kind of instinct, really. You've got to channel your subconscious.
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The thing of which the act of perception is the perception is experienced as something not mental.
