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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Re-examining our reasoning is not something that has come naturally to American statesmen.
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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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I do love being on television and in peoples' homes. I'm not an actor, so there is a connection that's real.
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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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I started riding the whole 'fluffy' train, and it's a cute word and socially a lot more acceptable than someone saying is fat or obese. If you call a girl 'fat,' yo, she'll raise hell, but if you say, 'Aw girl, look at you, you're fluffy,' there's almost a sexy appeal to it.
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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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You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need.
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You have to respect your audience. Without them, you're essentially standing alone, singing to yourself.
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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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Any thing that proves that it is not in the power of Kings and Princes by their great armies to have every thing their own way is of such good example that without any good will to the French one can not help being delighted by it, and you know I have a natural partiality to what some people call rebels.
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The way you use the word 'God' does not show whom you mean - but, rather, what you mean.
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Though the general principles of statecraft have survived the rise and fall of empires, every increase in knowledge has brought about changes in the political, economic, and social structure.
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It's been incredibly frustrating. The US government gave permission for the doctors to live in America, in freedom.
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'Allegiance' is pretty much a book musical. You know, people talk and then they burst out into song.
