George Wein Quotes
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For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them.
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Do not, on a rainy day, ask your child what he feels like doing, because I assure you that what he feels like doing, you won't feel like watching.
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I was doing community theater since I was about nine.
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I much prefer doing comedy. I get a little paranoid when the audience is not laughing.
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I hate auditions - when I'm doing them, I can't wait to get out the bleeding door.
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Personally, the first year when I started making enough money just from acting - by that, I mean not doing anything else but acting - was around 2003.
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I like writing about biology, not doing it.
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In the discharge of the duties of this office, there is one rule of action more important than all others. It consists in never doing anything that someone else can do for you.
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You don't repair that relationship by sitting down and talking about trust or making promises. Actually, what rebuilds it is living it and doing things differently - and I think that is what is going to make the difference.
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I'm a big champion of people doing things outside the system.
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Don't look for approval in what everyone else is doing; look for approval from Almighty God.
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I imagined that it might be awkward to talk to your wife about her performance, so going into it I was a little nervous. But doing it was actually a wonderfully inspiring experience.
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You know when you see those guys and their sideburns are just a little too high? You don't need to have sideburns, but don't have to have them right above the ear. I knew a guy that did that in high school and I was like, 'What are you doing? Just let them down a little.'
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I love doing kids' films.
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I can only focus on doing what's right.
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Occasionally, especially on video games and with a lot of the fighting stuff, to get what you feel is the proper sound, you have to imitate what you're doing, and occasionally I've gotten carried away and kicked over mic stands or punched things.
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I think female-centric films shouldn't be only about thriller or horror. Angelina Jolie has been doing all kinds of stuff.
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I love discovering compelling new ideas and doing what I can to help spread the word about them.
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There was a point in the late '90s where all the graduating M.B.A.'s wanted to start companies in Silicon Valley, and for the most part they were not actually qualified to do it.
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Mythology and science both extend the scope of human beings. Like science and technology, mythology, as we shall see, is not about opting out of this world, but about enabling us to live more intensely within it.
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I think most people's view is that selfies are just vanity and stupid, but I think they're really great.
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I mean, when you think about it, it's 'bombs bursting in air,' 'rocket's red glare,' it's all kinds of - you know a lot of national anthems are that way, too - all kinds of military jargon, and the land - there's only one phrase 'the land of the free,' which is kind of nice, and 'the home of the brave?' I don't know....Are we the only ones who are brave on the planet? I mean, all the brave people live here I mean, it's just stupid, I think. I'm embarrassed, I'm embarrassed every time I hear it.
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On balance, after weighing the arguments, I believe that the time has come for Australia to create a new sovereign wealth fund.
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I got more publicity for not doing a festival than for doing the festival.
