Esther Perel Quotes
We know desire is rooted in absence and yearning. What you don't have is often ten times richer than what you actually experience. An affair is a perfect erotic plot because it fits the erotic equation of psychotherapist Jack Morin: "Attraction plus obstacle equals excitement.".
Quotes to Explore
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It is better not to express what one means than to express what one does not mean.
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For as long as I could remember, the person in E23 pasted the same Halloween decoration, a witch with a giant wart on her crone's nose, but whenever kids rang, the tenant wouldn't answer. At first, kids figured they'd just missed the guy: bad timing. But it seemed impossible that all of us missed him every year.
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There are essential elements for our public schools to fully develop the potential of both students and educators. They should be centers of community, where students, families and educators work together to support student success. They should foster collaboration.
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In documentary films, you're a storyteller using found objects. You still have to have a story arc and all the elements that make a good story. It really helped me mature as a storyteller.
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A new era of responsibility is here.
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Violence is one of the most fun things to watch.
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I am always a beginner. I only try to include different parts of life; the pastoral, the tragic, et cetera.
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There is inspiration all around us.
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Back home, almost everything I did, I did in Hebrew. I went to drama school in Hebrew, my whole career was in Hebrew, and to switch languages was something that was fascinating and more complicated than I expected it to be, even though I've been speaking English since I could speak.
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I liked George Weiss when he was with the Yankees. He loved the Old Timers' Day. He loved it. And he invited all these people to come, all these players to come.
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Let me show you the work of the humble. Listen.
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Michael Mann's always been one of my heroes.
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Growing up in Texas, mum had five girls to feed on a very limited budget, so we'd end up eating the same thing until it was gone - some weeks it was carrots.
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'Thank you power' is writing down the moments that are good in your life so that you can go back and reflect on them - so you've got this sort of repository of good stuff in your past.
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I like reading history, and actually most authors enjoy the research part because it is, after all, easier than writing.
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I love all food. All of it. I wish I could be a professional eater.
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I grew up watching movies and being amazed at the animatronics you'd see in stuff like 'The Dark Crystal,' and all those kinds of movies. So, I'm always enthralled with how they can make it all work, behind the scenes, with the visual effects.
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To stay interested in acting, I have to keep trying stuff I've never done before.
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Think of a musical as a string of pearls. If you don't have a string, you can't put the pearls around your neck.
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Ecstasy is not really part of the scene we can do on celluloid.
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Those who make no mistakes are making the biggest mistakes of all - they are attempting nothing new.
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In the ordinary church, it is suppressed by respectability, by a desire to appear better than we really are.
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We know desire is rooted in absence and yearning. What you don't have is often ten times richer than what you actually experience. An affair is a perfect erotic plot because it fits the erotic equation of psychotherapist Jack Morin: "Attraction plus obstacle equals excitement.".
