Ansel Elgort (Ansølo) Quotes
I don't want money to ever drive my career. I want my career to be driven by what I want to do in art.
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I'm optimistic about people and about the planet and about nature. I think it's resilient, like people are.
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When one takes action for others, one's own suffering is transformed into the energy that can keep one moving forward; a light of hope illuminating a new tomorrow for oneself and others is kindled.
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You enter a state of controlled passivity, you relax your grip and accept that even if your declared intention is to justify the ways of God to man, you might end up interesting your readers rather more in Satan.
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I've never had a study in my life. I'm like Jane Austen - I work on the corner of the dining table.
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It's a funny thing about rap, that when you say 'I' into the microphone, it's like a public confession. It's very strange.
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We didn't push the Russians to intervene, but we knowingly increased the probability that they would.
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The director had come to Madrid to court me.
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We'll always be fascinated by people who live above the law.
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I live with my family. I moved to L.A. eight years ago, and it's the same room. But I'm looking now. I might get a condo.
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There can be no defence like elaborate courtesy.
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A certain number of people seek power over other people in a desperate attempt to find themselves. They fail, for self-discovery is spiritual in nature, not social or political. Authoritatively telling other people what to do is their distraction from an inner emptiness they can never fill.
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Certain thoughts are prayers. There are moments when, whatever be the attitude of the body, the soul is on its knees.
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To be on the set with the actors, with the location, every day changes; every day something can go wrong.
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You have to be brave when you've got a kid.
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It was never about winning medals or being famous.
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An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises.
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If there really is a God, then he really looks after me.
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We live a happy life, and we don't take anything too seriously.
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It's amazing that this is still news to people, but that affects the final outcome of the film. When people are treated well, and they're made to feel valued, they give 110 percent.
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In my standup work, I always do these characters, older people who are just off to the side. It's easier to write a story about the guy who made it to the top, but the middle is so much more interesting, so much more murky.
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I am thinking of aurochs and angels, the secret of durable pigments, prophetic sonnets, the refuge of art. And this is the only immortality you and I may share, my Lolita.
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Not having money to spend doesn’t mean we can’t have well-spent moments every day.
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I don't want money to ever drive my career. I want my career to be driven by what I want to do in art.
