Confucius Quotes
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Where having been an actor was extremely helpful to me was in casting. That's where I think a director who has acted can really shine, and casting is the most important thing you do.
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And it's one thing to give people freedom and something else to deny the rights of Christians to assert their faith in order to keep Hindus from feeling upset.
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No matter how far a person can go the horizon is still way beyond you.
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My uncles and other relatives are against encouraging girls in every aspect, and that includes sports. I hardly interact with them. My parents are more open. They back me all the way.
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Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.
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I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts.
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Trinidad may seem complex, but to anyone who knows it, it is a simple, colonial, philistine society.
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I do comedy to give people an ephemeral escape from the tragedy that permeates everyday life.
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When someone has the desire to go to school and has the ability but can't get into our schools, that's wrong. Education drives the economy and the quality of life.
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I've got that Beethoven energy, that Stravinsky energy. And it's all a gift from the Creator.
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I'm a hoot and a half, I like to think.
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My friends told me that it's the hardest thing to separate the personal life from their work.
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Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
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I have a difficult time sitting down for long periods.
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Cricketers have a very short shelf life. On an average, you make money through cricket for five years, but you need to survive for sixty years.
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My passion for ideas is not matched with a passion for partisan or electoral politics.
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The independence project in Catalonia is... a peaceful revolution, carried out in suit, shirt, and tie.
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I love to perform live.
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I suppose women are attracted to the bad-boy image sometimes because it's fun to have an adventure. It's like eating junk food... it's fun at the time, but ultimately not the best choice.
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In management terms, directing opera certainly prepares you for a film set: the magnitude of it, the experts in other fields that you have to call on. Both are massive ensemble jobs in which there's incredible pressure to get things done on time and on budget - so much so that making the wrong decision may be better than making no decision at all.
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I was always the class clown and got kicked out of class at least once a day for just being a goofball. Not suspended or anything, just sit outside and look at the tree on the bench. I got benched a lot. You keep one foot on the bench and try to get as far away as possible.
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When I started out I was a failed actor.
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An inch of time on the sundial is worth more than a foot of jade.
