Clint Mansell Quotes
You're always looking for something in life that's going to be a new challenge or something that's going to bring something different to ask of you. Hopefully I can just find projects, whatever they might be, that inspire me to do some good work.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm optimistic about people and about the planet and about nature. I think it's resilient, like people are.
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I never thought I would be standing here, married to an All-American guy, living in Oklahoma. What a country.
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I think as an actor you're used to having to travel, so wherever the work, is you're willing to go.
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When you're in your 20s, your 30s, even, you have - at least, I had - vast ambitions, and you sit around mooning about these things, and you're depressed, because you haven't done them. And it takes you a long time to come to the realization that if you can't be John Updike, well, then, you can't.
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I always knew I would make the record that I made in 'Carter Girl.'
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Our guiding principle was that design is neither an intellectual nor a material affair, but simply an integral part of the stuff of life, necessary for everyone in a civilized society.
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I don't believe we have defined health care reform very well in this country.
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I am an observer, I like to watch people. I am into psychology and people - how they act and such.
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I don't know how anyone could stop working.
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Those who get stuck doing the same things for too long are bound to get left behind the strong who press on and re-invent themselves.
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Too often in our communities many families have not even been aware that certain charities exist; and at the same time, there are many who are willing to volunteer their energy and their resources to help these charities, yet they do not know these charities even exist.
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The list of problems that we all experience may be endless, but I honestly cannot abide by the rule that, 'He who yells louder is heard.'
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There is a misconception that young Muslim women are oppressed. That simply isn't the case. I choose to dress modestly and choose to cover my hair with a hijab; not all Muslim women make that choice, and that's okay. We are all different!
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The joy of winning is not as dramatic as the losses were, because I expected us to win.
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I never said I wanted to be a lead actress; I never said I wanted to be a film actress. This need to trump everyone bewilders me. I'm only 25. I'm not better than anyone. I just want to watch other people and learn to be good.
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Any beast can cry over the misfortunes of its own child. It takes a mensch to weep for others' children.
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I would like to have the original ending to my Lord of the Rings instead of the one they released. In my original cut I had the victory at Helm's Deep as the final sequence.
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It's well worth making your own harissa, but there are some very good commercial varieties.
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Life is something to do when you can't get to sleep.
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Now to explore the limits of the one competitor above everyone else you've always loved to face: Steve Prefontaine.
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Dogs, to me, are like children. They are the closest thing to God. They are so pure in their love, and all they do is aim to please.
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I like rhyme because it is memorable, I like form because having to work to a pattern gives me original ideas.
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He asked my religion and I replied 'agnostic'. He asked how to spell it, and remarked with a sigh: 'Well, there are many religions, but I suppose they all worship the same God. This remark kept me cheerful for about a week.
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You're always looking for something in life that's going to be a new challenge or something that's going to bring something different to ask of you. Hopefully I can just find projects, whatever they might be, that inspire me to do some good work.
