Emile Chartier Quotes
When we speak, in gestures or signs, we fashion a real object in the world; the gesture is seen, the words and the song are heard. The arts are simply a kind of writing, which, in one way or another, fixes words or gestures, and gives body to the invisible.
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Every great work of art has two faces, one toward its own time and one toward the future, toward eternity.
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In the late '90s, I spent a lot of time on reservations, and there was a level of poverty and injustice that I had not witnessed before. I was shocked by it. This is federally controlled land, and there was an insidious mix of apathy and exploitation.
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I'd never read 'Lord of the Rings' until I was asked to play Gandalf, so I didn't really know it was a frightfully famous book.
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Jessica Lange was my biggest crush when I was a kid.
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At the end of the day, the position is just a position, a title is just a title, and those things come and go. It's really your essence and your values that are important.
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A well-designed 401(k) plan is an enormous competitive edge when recruiting and retaining employees.
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There are people who want me to do a cologne. They want to call it 'Patrick.' I was offered a fortune to make exercise videos. Posters, all kinds of stuff – something like $10 million worth. It's insanity. I'm not going to do any of it.
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I'm not quite as cool as I would like to be, really.
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Let the novelists fret about consistency - story writers should feel free to jam; to get things right in new, surprising ways by allowing themselves, now and then, to get things wrong.
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I don't think that's healthy for the country when anyone thinks their morals are better than anyone else's.
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Public figures will get public criticism, and they should be tolerant enough to take it.
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I have plenty of investments that I wish I'd never made. But the model is to lose money on a lot of investments and then make 1,000X or 10,000X on an investment.
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In Russia we only had two TV channels. Channel One was propaganda. Channel Two consisted of a KGB officer telling you: Turn back at once to Channel One.
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Nothing was more up-to-date when it was built, or is more obsolete today, than the railroad station.
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I've got about 5 million followers on Twitter, and if I tweet anything, there will be faux outrage.
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I love my fan base because they never high-five me; they always get really shifty and hide. Adam Sandler's fan base are like, 'Hey!' and high-five him and want to hang out, but mine go behind pillars and get really freaked out.
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I would have to be able to come and go as I please. I could not sit in some office.
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I'm not as hopeful as I was when I was young.
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Delay is the deadliest form of denial.
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Part of your heritage in this society is the opportunity to become financially independent.
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People shouldn't come expecting to see the Muppets because they are not here. This is something else.
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I only have one job, and that's being a storyteller.
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When we speak, in gestures or signs, we fashion a real object in the world; the gesture is seen, the words and the song are heard. The arts are simply a kind of writing, which, in one way or another, fixes words or gestures, and gives body to the invisible.
