Zubin Mehta Quotes
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I'm not pessimistic about much of anything.
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I shouldn't say this, but I always love the sidekicks. I want to do a leading-lady role in a film - absolutely. But I find that a lot of times I get attracted to the sidekick role. They stand out a little more because they're quirkier, they're funnier, they're crazier.
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In America the young are always ready to give to those who are older than themselves the full benefits of their inexperience.
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Money is finite; it's limited by a number and what you can buy with it. Power has no limits if you're willing to go far enough in order to get as much of it as you can.
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What Washington needs is adult supervision.
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A good lie detector doesn't jump to conclusions but tries to understand the person across the table, her personality, and her motivations. Your goal as a lie spotter isn't to point the finger and say, 'You're lying' - your goal is to get to the truth.
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'SNL' can be a stressful environment, and I am panicking constantly, but I guess I keep it pretty internal.
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Literature is one of the most interesting and significant expressions of humanity.
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I mean, I think we're put here on earth to make your own destiny, to begin with. I don't think there's anything you can do this way or that way to change anything.
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For me, writing about hotels is like writing about being in a parallel universe. The sense of voyeurism, and the sense of removedness, and there are all these people silently above you and next to you.
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I am fortunate: my parents told me the world was my oyster, when they could have said I wouldn't make it for a lot of reasons - rural, girl, small African country. So, no regrets.
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As I see it, a green salad is an open invitation to carrots, onions, mushrooms, tomatoes, and the sprouts that grow in jars on my kitchen counter.
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But I'm not objective when I'm acting.
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I listen to 'deep dish house'.
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I'm not trying to be coy or manipulative or Machiavellian, I want to spark people's imaginations.
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People don't want to pay 8 or 9 dollars to go see a problem that they have in their life, on screen. They pay to get away from that. That's why they watch soap operas.
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I'm interested in morality and mortality, and 'Deadpool' kind of has all of these themes.
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I try to work on a film that my audiences would appreciate and enjoy their time in a theatre.
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An artist or a creative person of any kind goes about their work because it's their path, it's what excites them, it's what aligns their soul with who they truly are, who they showed up to be.
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With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.
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I should have loved freedom, I believe, at all times, but in the time in which we live I am ready to worship it.
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A publicly run health care program could compete with private insurance companies, which have a record of overcharging and underperforming.
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When would I stop being second choice? Would I ever be number one to the person I cared most about in the world?
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If you can sing together, you can live together.
