Alek Wek Quotes
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Speakers who talk about what life has taught them never fail to keep the attention of their listeners.
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There are really two kinds of optimism. There's the complacent, Pollyanna optimism that says, 'Don't worry - everything will be just fine,' and that allows one to just lay back and do nothing about the problems around you. Then there's what we call dynamic optimism. That's an optimism based on action.
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It's healthy to have interests besides books.
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I don't know about you, but I think blankets are the best, especially your own personal blanket.
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He who would not be idle, let him fall in love.
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I was a very physical child... I was a tree-climber; I was a tomboy.
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A lasting architecture has to have roots.
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As a business person, I want the world to share the prosperity together.
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I do not play golf regularly, but I feel that hitting the moving ball in cricket is tougher than hitting a stationary ball as in golf, which requires more concentration and steady hands.
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I want to have an impact on my son.
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So it's joyful to me, in my 71st year, to be able to be in a play that is absolutely right for my age and my experience, and that is a popular success. What more could you ask as an actor?
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With a film, you just don't have time to build sympathy for the character. But I think we're moving away from that in TV. With TV, you have a little more leeway to allow them to rise and fall and rise again and be much more complicated beings.
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While I have never been more excited about SecondMarket, I have chosen to move on from day-to-day management of the private company/fund business so that I can focus 100% of my energy on our digital currency business.
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I don't want to be liked. I want to be respected.
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It wouldn't bother me at all not to play on my own album.
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Bragging about yourself violates norms of modesty and politeness - and if you were really competent, your work would speak for itself.
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I love a man who can wear my underwear.
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I think I still have that same drive and determination, the same curiosity and passion for filmmaking that I did when I first started. Every film brings with it unique challenges and experiences, and I approach every one with the same enthusiasm.
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How do you give smart, accomplished, ambitious women the same opportunities as men to reach their goals? What about universal preschool and after-school programs? What about changing the corporate mind-set about the time commitment it takes to move up the ladder? What about having more husbands step up and take the major load?
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I'm very kinesthetic, and when you're that way, you just feel it in your body. I know that other actors think with the logical part of their brain, but I wear my character inside my body, even when I'm away from the set.
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I've been in this business a long time, and I'm very clear on what is real and what is fleeting.
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Combinatory play seems to be the essential feature in productive thought - before there is any connection with logical construction in words or other kinds of signs which can be communicated to others.
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It's easy to not feel misplaced if this tidal wave of appreciation is coming your way.
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The beauty of reading is that it lets you travel in a way you could never know.
