Eli Siegel Quotes
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I had such an amazing time filming 'Major Movie Star.' I loved everyone in the cast. They all brought their own spirit to the film, and I hope that is what will be seen on screen.
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When I'm in 'Man vs. Wild' mode, it's not pleasure. Every sensor is firing and I'm on reserve power all the time and I'm digging deep - and that's the magic of it as well, and that's raw and it's great.
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I was on Kanye's Yeezus tour as a dancer, but really, I was a Vanessa Beecroft model. I was one of the three 'dancers' who couldn't dance and was more of an accessory than an individual. Vanessa was pretty involved. Her style is about a lot of standing. It's very simple but haunting.
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Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come.
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I've been a big astrophysics nut since I was 12. I have always had a real soft spot for the bizarreness of quantum mechanics. But I gave up on being a scientist in high school - I'm just not that good at math.
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I am not going to talk about my personal life anymore. You have to learn that lesson sometime.
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Like I said, I'm just trying to continue to improve and get better.
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I've never had a problem with people paying attention to what you're doing and say they find that they liked it.
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As a young boy, scouting gave me a confidence and camaraderie that is hard to find in modern life.
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All bad qualities centre round the ego. When the ego is gone, Realisation results by itself. There are neither good nor bad qualities in the Self. The Self is free from all qualities. Qualities pertain to the mind only.
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My physical transformations - like changing my hair - are usually a reflection of what's inspiring me at the moment.
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When you're doing some things that are damaging you, you don't really realise it at the time.
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Husbands and wives, have fun with each other. I'm convinced it makes all the difference in the world.
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The fight scenes are pretty easy and come pretty naturally for me, to be honest.
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The only way you're going to have a good relationship with anyone is to have a good relationship with yourself.
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The most marvelous experience of life is to transform life according to reality, not imagination.
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Some chick came up to me and said something, so I kicked her in the box and shoved her.
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Πειθαρχία γάρ ἐστι τῆς εὐπραξίαςμήτηρ, γυνὴ σωτῆρος.
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So if waiting is an aggravation, it is at least partly because we do not like being reminded of our limits. We like doing -- earning, buying, selling, building, planting, driving, baking -- making things happen, whereas waiting is essentially a matter of being -- stopping, sitting, listening, looking, breathing, wondering, praying. It can feel pretty helpless to wait for someone or something that is not here yet and that will or will not arrive in its own good time, which is not the same thing as our own good time.
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I always want the audience to identify with my character in some way. I mean, sometimes you'll get characters that aren't very identifiable. Sometimes you can't relate to your character at all. I think it's important to keep the audience interested. But the best advice that I've gotten is to live in the moment.
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The only duty an artist has is in the quality of the art. There is no moral obligation to denounce. An artist confronted with a tremendous injustice sometimes feels inclined to say something. Denouncing the situation is the artist's choice.
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It is necessary to meditate early, and often, on the art of dying to succeed later in doing it properly just once.
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The resolution of conflict in self is like the making one of opposites in art.