Gaston Rebuffat Quotes
Consider what you want to do in relation to what you are capable of doing. Climbing is, above all, a matter of integrity.
Quotes to Explore
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There's nowhere like Detroit; it's a modern necropolis: all these art deco masterpieces crumbling away.
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I'm neurotic about children. I see dangers everywhere - sharp corners, stairs.
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Really, life is complicated enough without having a bunch of Senators deciding what we should do in the privacy of our own homes.
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Michael Lewis has the amazing ability to take complex formulas and concepts and turn them into page-turners.
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We had a great dramatic society in school, and that's where I first got exposure both as an actor and director.
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I don't necessarily like being defined by my profession.
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In the happy scenes there were really fun times. Sean would say really funny stuff because he likes to improv. I would want to laugh, but you are not allowed to do that during the take.
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Incentive schemes, whereby people who have done the most good for humanity are rewarded 20 years into the future, would create the expectation that doing long-term good is valuable.
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I enjoy playing characters where the silence is loud.
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Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die.
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Every performer can get better. It's not about staying with what God gave you and doing nothing with it for the rest of your life.
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Fear has been a big battle, it runs rampant in my sport so I love to overcome that, to challenge it head on, because there is nothing that feels as accomplished as overcoming a fear, and something that has blocked you in such a big way.
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In Washington, there's always an effort to label people.
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I like America. I don't want to hurt America.
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'Don Quijote' by Cervantes. I read the original Spanish version when I was in high school. Such a classic!
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I was at a public school until I was in sixth grade when I moved to New York.
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The art of love is who you share it with.
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I think coming off of "Blame", I've been talking a lot about directing. It's something that I really love and connect with. I truly consider it what I was born to do. That kind of loops in with filmmaking on the whole, because when you create something, you're also wearing a lot more hats than just director. At the same time, I also think acting is something that's very powerful in my life.
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It has too often been too easy for rulers and governments to incite man to war.
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Appreciation in advance brings everything you want to you.
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I'm a complete supporter of Obama and kind of in love with him.
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The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it.
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Things are different in the international relations between states. In this respect, I am neither a friend, nor bride or groom [of the West].
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Consider what you want to do in relation to what you are capable of doing. Climbing is, above all, a matter of integrity.
