Dana Goldstein Quotes
Just to deliver one high-quality 45 minute lesson requires many hours of planning in advance.
Quotes to Explore
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Women I admired growing up - Debra Winger, Diane Keaton, Meryl Streep - were all beautiful and thin, but not too thin. There are a lot of actresses who are unhealthy-skinny - much, much too skinny. You can't Pilates to that.
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I don't think there's any dearth of talent in India - we've always had the best juniors in the world.
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When I arrived at Barcelona, I was following a dream, but I now realize sometimes it's better to be content with what you have rather than follow a dream which nearly kills you.
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Trials by the adversarial contest must in time go the way of the ancient trial by battle and blood.
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Any time you have an injury, it's going to be tough.
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In the 1990s, it's OK to do comedy about the Chernobyl disaster or the Space Shuttle blowing up. It's acceptable to ridicule the Pope or the President of the United States, but God forbid you do a joke... about gays. The gay community is the last sacred cow in this society.
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It is totally unacceptable that there are countries with no paediatric cardiac surgeries.
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The only shoes that look futuristic are Crocs, but they would be terrible to use in a futuristic movie.
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I believe things happen that can't be explained, but so many people seem intent on explaining them. Everyone has an answer for them. Either aliens or things from the spirit world.
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Yes, the state must intervene to prevent the exploitation of poor Indian women who are enticed or coerced into surrogacy, as well as to protect the rights of surrogate children. However, it should also be empathetic to individuals with alternative lifestyles who are well within their legal and human rights to demand access to surrogacy services.
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Before we come to a challenging situation, before the universe squeezes us, how much of our effort is geared toward the reason we came to this world? The more focus we have on the front end, the less focus we end up needing on the back end.
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I'm at Miramax now, where I've actually been treated like a Prince.
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Fundamental preparation is always effective. Work on those parts of your game that are fundamentally weak.
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Much like addictive drugs, power uses ready-made reward circuitries in the brain, producing extreme pleasure.
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I've spent a lot of years living with normal people. If I take a private jet to go to a meeting in Milan, well, that's my business; I can do it. But I don't live for it.
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Invest in people who will take care of you when you're old.
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The dynamic of a relationship changes when one person gets sober.
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I think the greatest star in American at the moment is Kevin Costner.
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It is not enough to win a war; it is more important to organize the peace.
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As a visual storyteller, a lot is learning what to include so you're not being redundant between images and text.
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I wonder if my shrink (sorry, psychiatrist) was a woman not a man I'd be in a better or worse state?
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Every night I go over what I did in the day, in ethical or moral terms. Have I treated people properly? Did I tell the truth?
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Severities should be dealt out all at once, so that their suddenness may give less offense; benefits ought to be handed ought drop by drop, so that they may be relished the more.
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Just to deliver one high-quality 45 minute lesson requires many hours of planning in advance.
