Lee Gutkind Quotes
When I talk with my students, I introduce a process of work I call the three R's: First comes research, then real world exploration, and finally, and perhaps most important, a fact-checking review of all that has been written.
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Simplicity is an acquired taste. Mankind, left free, instinctively complicates life.
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We're at maybe 1% of what is possible. Despite the faster change, we're still moving slow relative to the opportunities we have. I think a lot of that is because of the negativity... Every story I read is Google vs someone else. That's boring. We should be focusing on building the things that don't exist.
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I always said there's no way I'd work in America because I'm too weird and I'm too old, but somehow it's happened.
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In my early 20s, I didn't even know what the Groundlings was. I had no idea. But I know how to break down a script and work on the character.
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I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
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Instead of going out to dinner, buy good food. Cooking at home shows such affection. In a bad economy, it's more important to make yourself feel good.
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I don't think you'll ever be happy about anything unless you've done it.
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The best, most successful managers in the modern era are those who can keep a player happy even if he is not in the team. Given the size of the squads and the use of rotation nowadays, that's tougher than it's ever been.
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Most of those coming from the mainland are very destitute, almost naked. I am trying to find places for those able to work, and provide for them as best I can, so as to lighten the burden on the Government as much as possible, while at the same time they learn to respect themselves by earning their own living.
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My motivation and aspiration is the same, being number one or being number five. So that's the truth. And my goal is the same - it's to always be happy playing, it's to enjoy the game and improve always.
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People sometimes wear shirts that are really boxy, and you can see them over the top of their trousers, which doesn't look right to me.
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We think of stars as celestial beings. And once in a while, they smile at us from the pages of 'People' magazine.
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Intelligent analysis of the composer's intention and strict adherence to it automatically ensures sincerity.
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You don't have to do anything in the movies. You just sit there. Well, that's not entirely true. You do less.
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As a species, we can at times be dimwitted and cruel. But we're also capable of learning.
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Art is something special because it can come up with a way of approaching the truth that is a little to the side.
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I'm addicted to the hotel life. It's humbling and fly at the same time.
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I always wanted to be a snake. Every time I saw a snake on TV. I'd always say 'Why not me?'
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I've managed to completely reeducate myself into making eating secondary. I used to eat all the time because the food was there. Now I feel like a kid in school who is gaining points for behaving. And I love myself for it.
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Something struck me in Africa, in black Africa, where polygamy is legal: the solitary woman is the rule there, from at an extremely young age, and the children are always the mother's responsibility.
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I have got better things to do in working with my athletes who I feel are going to be involved in 2012.
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Actors are there to represent the human condition back to itself. It's never about the actor. It's about the content. That's what I strive for in my work.
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When I talk with my students, I introduce a process of work I call the three R's: First comes research, then real world exploration, and finally, and perhaps most important, a fact-checking review of all that has been written.
