Lea Salonga Quotes
'Allegiance' is pretty much a book musical. You know, people talk and then they burst out into song.
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After all, film is so porous, and to my mind, so oddly occult, that I think that film itself absorbs odd energies like a living skin.
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With actors like Steve McQueen, Paul Newman and Harrison Ford, what made them such icons is that even in dramatic movies, their characters had a sense of humor.
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I've always thought that I'm sexy in my own right, but not in a way that people thought was bankable.
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Power is the by-product of understanding.
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Just being the seeker, somebody whose open to spiritual enlightenment, is in itself the important thing and it's the reward for being a seeker in this world.
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As independent filmmakers, we are actually deeply dependent on each other. The Spirit Awards are a public expression of those bonds, the intricate set of relationships and histories that we filmmakers depend on to make our most personal work.
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I wanted to see how flavors, spices, and grains traveled back and forth along the Silk Road and were interpreted by a multitude of cultures' palates.
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Without being aware, I think I was being indoctrinated into what was called Vitalism, the idea that what makes life worth living, the good life, consists of accepting challenges, solving problems, discovery, personal growth, personal change.
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My first audition happened to be for 'Kindergarten Cop,' and I took that role. I was only starting to learn English at that point. Spanish is my first language, so they made me a speaking character in the movie. I didn't really know I was shooting a movie. I was just having a lot of fun with 30 kids my own age.
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Becoming a vampire means completely changing your identity.
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Anybody that's been in an election, you're always looking to get the upper hand.
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Circle are praised, not that abound, In largeness, but the exactly round.
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Fear is not a friend of mine. But it's something to have a healthy awareness of.
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To prosper and advance, the American business sector is going to need a financial system oriented toward business, not 'home ownership.'
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Reading galleys on the subway is the closest the publishing industry comes to having a standardized mating call.
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Through this experience we have been warned - learn everything, don't forget anything!
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I think we have to keep working enormously hard to see that every single Indigenous child - every Australian child - has true equality of opportunity. We've got to work harder at it. I think, you know, the heartland issue for us is the gap; the gap in life expectancy in this country.
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The cruelest thing a man can do to a woman is to portray her as perfection.
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I believe we need to ensure there are no refugees placed in Arizona with connections to terrorist organizations.
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I was hoping that I could say stuff about mental illness that maybe people didn't know. You know, speak up for bipolar disorder and let people know a little bit more about it that they may not have known.
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Before we ever had a script or anything, I was attracted to the idea of playing a character that housed within himself two opposing traits.
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Michael Bloomfield was the antithesis of a collector ... he didn't care how old a guitar was; all he wanted was something that sounded good when played it ... and he cared nothing about the collectibility of an instrument ... his philosophy was "A good player can make any guitar sound good" ... to Michael, a guitar was just a tool.
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'Allegiance' is pretty much a book musical. You know, people talk and then they burst out into song.
