Malin Akerman Quotes
New York reminds me a little bit of Canada and my upbringing. Los Angeles is like living in a vacation, and you have to pinch yourself every once and a while.
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I know what it takes, and you have to fight for yourself and what you believe in.
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I went to college in Pittsburgh at Carnegie Mellon University... studied acting there. Then I went to New York for about five years. I moved out here about 10 years ago.
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Every person that's in the NBA should experience playing in New York at least once in their career.
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I love New York - maybe more than Los Angeles or London. I think I'm happiest in New York.
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America is our biggest market, and I really do believe if you can make it in New York, you can make it anywhere.
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Until you value yourself, you won't value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it.
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I hope to do multiple characters throughout my life that are separate from me. I think it's a cop-out if you play yourself in everything.
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Altruism raises your mood because it raises your self-esteem, which increases happiness. Plus, giving to others gets you outside of yourself and distracts you from your problems.
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Let the tech firms and consulting firms build your skills, but be sure to ask yourself, 'Am I maximizing my impact?' 'Am I living up to my values?'
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But I think it is always difficult to have high expectations of yourself or anyone else.
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The people you surround yourself with influence your behaviors, so choose friends who have healthy habits.
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What happens with every role, you have to trick yourself, you have to creatively find ways to explore the mental state of your character.
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The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white. Neither need you do anything but be yourself.
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Writing for the theater, you find yourself living a nocturnal life.
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New York is rich in culture, cuisine, and commerce.
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How absurd and delicious it is to be in love with somebody younger than yourself. Everybody should try it.
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You don't want to love - your eternal and abnormal craving is to be loved. You aren't positive, you're negative. You absorb, absorb, as if you must fill yourself up with love, because you've got a shortage somewhere.
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What I love about New York is just the electricity I feel right away.
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New York is a city where people are ambitious. They want things.
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And unless you think there is a serious chance you're going to jail, don't listen to your lawyer.
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My books have occasionally been of mixed success. It's not like I have gone from triumph to triumph. I have had a couple of books do very, very well and a couple do very, very badly.
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The manager has a short-range view; the leader has a long-range perspective.
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Accidents on big mountains happen when people's ambitions cloud their good judgment. Good climbing is about climbing with heart and with instinct, not ambition and pride.
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New York reminds me a little bit of Canada and my upbringing. Los Angeles is like living in a vacation, and you have to pinch yourself every once and a while.
