Malcolm Gladwell Quotes
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I think it's very refreshing to see women in cinema having strength and their own independent storyline.
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There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain.
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There are always reasons for people's behaviour, and it's easy just to dismiss them and assume that we already know their story, especially if they're no good at showing their emotions. Life gives you all these knocks, it's so easy to form a shell to protect yourself. I've done it myself.
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In many of my plays, there was a kind of autobiographical character in the form of a son or young man.
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You mustn't upstage the bride.
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I started wearing all black around the time I got into Nirvana. I first heard 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' when I was about 12, and I remember jumping on my bed, so excited about it.
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Every group has its idiosyncrasies, but at a certain point we all are human.
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There's a fast-track if you can do the networking. For some personalities it works, but for mine it doesn't.
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I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.
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I always had to genuinely like the actors I worked with and use my enthusiasm and vision to give them confidence to push their creativity and their humor.
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I wouldn't say I was bullied, but I was definitely a bit of an outcast. It was more the kids thinking I thought I was cool. I started homeschooling in fifth grade, and I was much happier.
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I never believe them when they say that because you really have to sort of be aware of what's going on in the news in order to get the jokes on the show.
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I do try very hard to develop themes that are easily understood and that, hopefully, will paint vivid images of the legal principles and implications of the ruling that will stick in the Justices' heads and will help influence how they think about the case.
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I actually wanted to first direct and produce, but then I got this very cool opportunity to be in front of the camera once.
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I've always said that I benefit, as an actor, from not having the illusion of security.
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When I chose Mississippi State, of course I dreamed about being a big-time college football player. But I'm so grateful that actually became a reality - and it became a reality in a small town.
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NBA games are exciting to watch and have global appeal. They are very popular in China. I do watch NBA games on television when I have time.
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All great rebellions are born of private acts of civil disobedience that inspire rebel bands to plot together.
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I was a sheet metal worker, then a metal engineer, then a Pontin's bluecoat, then a comedian. You can achieve anything you want if you put your mind to it.
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I know when I make a decision, I'm increasing my own personal work day.
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God, that all-powerful Creator of nature and architect of the world, has impressed man with no character so proper to distinguish him from other animals, as by the faculty of speech.
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The big problem is just this kind of gigantic piece, of kids reading less and liking it less and so getting worse at it. It's kind of this terrible spiral: Since they're not so good at it they do less of it, get worse at it, do less of it. And it's really what I discovered five, six years ago when I started the 'Guys Read' thing.
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I'm learning to hunt with rifles, because if you think about it, hunting gets you the healthiest meat - organic, free-range food. It's a totally yuppie spin on what I thought was kind of a redneck occupation.
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If you take away the gift of reading, you create the gift of listening.
