Christine Comaford Quotes
The more we can address an issue the moment we perceive it, the calmer and more present we are, and the easier it is for others to follow our lead.
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People speak of the fear of the blank canvas as though it is a temporary hesitation, a trembling moment of self-doubt. For me it was more like being abducted from my bed by a clown, thrust into a circus arena with a wicker chair, and told to tame a pissed-off lion in front of an expectant crowd.
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Wong Kar-wai and Ang Lee are two Asian directors I'm really fond of.
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The most annoying and full-of-crap thing a writer says is, 'I write only for myself, I don't care if anyone reads it.' A writer without a reader doesn't exist.
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Living in New York for 10 months was incredible; it was everything I thought it was going to be and more.
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I just miss - I miss being anonymous.
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I grew up being into sports and I wasn't trained to move my body in the right way for dancing. I'm the last one to get any moves correct. In rehearsals it's always, 'OK, one more take for Zac.'
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I'm not very interested in myself. I do have a deep moral belief that you should always look out at other things and not be self-centred.
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Major organizational changes create uncertainty.
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I think sometimes when you play those extra shifts, it gets you into the game a little bit more and gets you a little bit more involved.
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Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset.
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It feels good when you come to a place like Oklahoma to charge up the batteries. I need that.
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Most of the time I spend looking for the 25th hour in the day, the ninth day in the week, the 32nd day in the month and the 367th, eighth or 70th day in the year because I feel I have a very rich life.
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Despite what Pope Benedict would have us believe, sex without love can be fucking amazing.
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Resolved to die in the last dike of prevarication.
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Only straight discovering in the nearest stone or tree, sound or thought, the shelter of His often desecrated goodness, the treasury of His waiting form man's heart to affiliate with His will - this is the rapture of faith. It is an echo to a pleading voice, a reply to the inconceivable in all beauty.
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We do not want a religion that deceives us for our own good.
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Ironically, I think some of the inspiration around Stitch Fix is really what was great about stores in the heyday of stores.
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When I'm playing live, I'll rip out a ballad from my album, and I'll play that solo on the piano, which feels really good because it kind of takes me back to when I was younger.
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Bad as was being shot by some of our own troops in the battle of the Wilderness, - that was an honest mistake, one of the accidents of war, - being shot at, since the war, by many officers, was worse.
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Everyone makes mistakes. Everyone fails at something.
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'I’ll tell you,' she said softly. 'But you won’t like it.'He looked away from her. 'I asked for the truth. Whether I like it or not, I have to know.'
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I turn a lot of stuff down - big, big movies, the kind I wouldn't want to go to the cinema to see.
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The more we can address an issue the moment we perceive it, the calmer and more present we are, and the easier it is for others to follow our lead.
