Madeleine M. Kunin Quotes
Somehow I got the feeling at an early age that I had to do something important with my life.
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Women can't be afraid to look like action heroes. It's not always pretty, but when it's on the screen, it translates well to the audience.
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If I get involved in a charity, I really want to be a part of it. I don't want to just put my name on your pamphlet.
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I really enjoy getting to go and play on other people's shows for an episode or two. It adds such variety to my repertoire.
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There's guys like me who aren't going to the theater, so distributors are leaving money on the table.
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Bodhisattva is enlightened in the Buddhist philosophy, religion, tradition. He's enlightened. It's fine - I don't really fight it - but many people use the term 'zen' and terms like 'nirvana,' 'enlightenment' in an almost superficial way. It's not that complicated.
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The essence of the beautiful is unity in variety.
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I'm not into things that feel like a sequel. There's just something magical about when something happens for the first time.
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The harder you work, the luckier you get.
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There's no doubt in the world that directing makes you a better actor. Me, anyway. There's no doubt in the world that it makes me a more collaborative actor.
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I think that it's important for every single person, no matter what they do in life, to participate in the well-being of humanity and the planet. Don't let a year go by knowing you didn't make an effort to do something - no matter how small - outside your own problems and drama.
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Technology is vital. We have to have development in new technology if we're going to solve these environmental problems without throwing humanity back in poverty.
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The goal is to divide my time between stage and film.
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If I were dead, then nobody in England would have to fuss about the cost of my security and whether or not I merited such special treatment for so long.
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Instantaneous and mass communication is the mother of mass naivety. Should we then lose hope? Is there any hope? But to lose hope is as dangerous as to nurture false hope. Where then can we find hope that is responsible?
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I think it's OK to be confident in yourself.
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Babies are smart. They can tell the difference between a responsive face and a blank face, wiped clean of emotion.
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I started off thinking that I just needed one shot to prove myself, but then I realised that I was only going to learn about acting by doing it.
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I have won the most national titles as a German, so what should I do after that? Lay back and take it easy? That's not how I am.
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'Good English' is whatever educated people talk; so that what is good in one place or time would not be so in another.
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The earliest example known to me of replaced body parts is exemplified by a Mayan skull dating back to 1400 BC. In this skull, false teeth made of stone had been implanted.
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So I've had really great assistant directors for my last seven movies.
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I never made a mistake in grammar but one in my life and as soon as I done it I seen it.
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I used to listen to 'Perfect Day' by Hoku every single day in high school! 'On this perfect day, nothin' standin' in my way... Don't you try to rain on my perfect day.' It pumped me up when I was feeling down or defeated, whether it was from the cool kids making me feel left out or feeling overwhelmed with homework and mean teachers.
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Somehow I got the feeling at an early age that I had to do something important with my life.
