Ed Parker Quotes
An ounce of logic can be worth more than a ton of tradition that has become obsolete through the weathering of time.
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The conclusion that I have come to is that actually, no religion, whether it's Islam, Christianity or any idea based on scripture or texts, is a religion of 'anything,' really.
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I don't regret doing any of my films. All of them have been great learning experiences, and they have contributed to making me what I am today.
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I want to do roles that take women a step farther. I don't want to be slotted into anything. But if I get a brilliant role which requires me to be a mother, then I will do it. But I want people to see that a woman could be anything at whatever age, even if she is married or has two kids.
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Rarely do we stop and consider whether the most prestigious of institutions is always in our best interest.
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For every reason it's not possible, there are hundreds of people who have faced the same circumstances and succeeded.
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I kind of crave loneliness.
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There were sometimes from forty to sixty English machines, but unfortunately the Germans were often in the minority. With them quality was more important than quantity.
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We must think differently, look at things in a different way. Peace requires a world of new concepts, new definitions.
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Every artist says that he/she wants to do something challenging, and I'm not any different. If someone approaches me with a serious role, I'll be more than happy.
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I tried martial arts classes for three weeks, but I quit because you actually get hit. I just want to do the movie kind of martial arts.
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I love a mask. It's why I've got a thing about good writing. When you're acting, you're going into someone else's work. You're behind his words; it's not you.
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'Promiscuous' implies that I'm not choosy. In fact I'm very choosy. I just happen to have had a lot of choices.
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Oh the innocent girl in her maiden teens knows perfectly well what everything means.
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My message is: You don't have to give up being popular, fun, or fashionable in order to be smart; they can go hand and hand. Doing math is a great way to exercise your brain; being smart is going to make you more powerful in life.
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I went to acting school, but only for nine months. If you're an actor, you know, don't really need to learn how to do it.
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Eventually you just have to realize that you're living for an audience of one. I'm not here for anyone else's approval.
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All peoples are entangled in the net of the world market.
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I don't recognize my former self. Like I'm on the outside looking in at my life. Who is that guy?
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I did always think of Heinlein as a strict rationalist, although a dispassionate examination of his works doesn't support that.
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Every crowd has a silver lining.
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After winning the Oscar, I was committed to do 'Fried Green Tomatoes,' but I didn't know what the next thing would be after that. It was a scary time. But the advantage of TV is the regular work. All you need is a hit series, I guess.
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Everybody is wrong about everything, just about all the time.
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Everybody's part of the greater whole and skepticism and virtue are a part of that.
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An ounce of logic can be worth more than a ton of tradition that has become obsolete through the weathering of time.
