Lisa Hanawalt Quotes
Humans are generally much trickier to draw because we're so used to looking at and analyzing human faces. The slightest tweak makes a huge difference in how we perceive that character.
Quotes to Explore
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Can you imagine being Leonardo Da Vinci in the 1400s trying to describe his ideas for machines that would allow humans to fly to the average person of his time? This is hundreds of years before the invention of electricity, the internal combustion engine, and many other things we take for granted today.
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People think I look odd onstage. But the way I deal with being incredibly nervous is by concentrating really hard.
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I like to see myself as a bridge builder, that is me building bridges between people, between races, between cultures, between politics, trying to find common ground.
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All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.
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If somebody says they really like my playing I say thanks a lot.
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Man can never be a woman's equal in the spirit of selfless service with which nature has endowed her.
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The gravest risks from al Qaeda combine its affinity for big targets and its announced desire for weapons of mass destruction.
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The thing I hate most in acting is asking permission to do things. What you really want to do is say, 'This is my need; this is what's going to get me further; this is what's going to be alive. I don't ever say, 'Do you mind if...?' I just come in and do it.
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Ringside seats mean you hear the breaking of ribs, the splattered cartilage of what was once the boxer's nose, the dislocation of the jaw, the horrifying 'ugggh' that the boxer utters milliseconds after receiving a crushing left hook to the solar plexus or kidneys or head.
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I am quite looking forward to working with Shah Rukh Khan.
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The left-brainer and the economist in me says watch what people do, not what they say.
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What have we achieved since the end of the Second World War? We have allowed petty, bourgeois regimes in which everything is average, mediocre.
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If the sun comes up, I have a chance.
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There is a very deep conviction in the heart of the people who work in al-Jazeera that if it changes its editorial line, it will very quickly lose its audience. Al-Jazeera has its own style; it has more than 3,500 employees, and I don't think anyone will have the attitude of changing it because they will lose.
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I am the son of a freedom fighter, and a son of a freedom fighter automatically imbibes the value of democracy.
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Each day, you can awake and focus on small, easy goals you can accomplish in the short term - goals that, over time, will lead you to your long-term goal.
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I'm a driven person, but I'm also cautious, and I overthink things sometimes.
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The way positive reinforcement is carried out is more important than the amount.
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There's something about actors - not stars, but actors - if they have the character, and someone is pushing and shoving them to be the best they can be, they enjoy that.
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Good musicals, a strange world, seem so easy. People say, 'Ohhh, it's magic.' Nothing's magic. A thing doesn't jell. Adapt. Change the rhythm. Shorten the scene. Rewrite the character. Maneuver the waters. Seeming easy is why so many shows aren't good.
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You can do anything in this world if you are prepared to take the consequences.
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As a writer, as a creator, I'm giving you my experiences. But just take what I give you. You ain't got to pry beyond that.
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I take all of my life lessons, which some people might call 'mistakes,' and apply them to my future so that I keep growing.
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Humans are generally much trickier to draw because we're so used to looking at and analyzing human faces. The slightest tweak makes a huge difference in how we perceive that character.
