Ari Graynor Quotes
I don't know what I would have done without acting. I officially fell into it around age 6 in a class play that reimagined 'The Ugly Duckling.' My joy in performing was so boundless, you would have thought I'd just won a Tony.
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It's impossible for China to keep 10 to 15% growth annually. The economy needed to slow down, and we have to learn to slow down.
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I remember someone once said there is a practical aspect to my designs, and I remember thinking, 'That doesn't sound so creative,' but that is actually the truth. There is a practicality to it. I don't design just to design. There is a reason and, hopefully, an interesting reason behind it - that is where my creativity comes in.
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There is one day that is ours. Thanksgiving Day is the one day that is purely American.
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Cleanliness becomes more important when godliness is unlikely.
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An actor has to embody a role.
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I feel very, very, very intent on only releasing things that I believe are fully worthy.
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Note to self: Never ride a motorcycle in stilettos and a miniskirt.
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I'm an all-things-in-moderation kind of person. I do eat a warm donut occasionally. I especially enjoy a cider donut when I'm apple picking. I don't think there's anything wrong with that.
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To the soldier, luck is merely another word for skill.
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I'm a terrific mimic, and you can feel my funny bone.
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Comic strips are like a public utility. They're supposed to be there 365 days a year, and you're supposed to be able to hit the mark day after day.
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Each time I free a child, I feel it is something closer to God.
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I've made Umno more democratic, more inclusive. Of course, by doing that, I'm putting myself at risk.
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To appear on the stage drunk, to have them leave there and remember me making drunken mistakes, that was death.
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You try to live the experience but keep your feet on the ground, not let it go to your head, because that's when you start making mistakes.
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The more desperate you are, the more mistakes you make.
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I can watch a movie and go, 'Oh, my god, that person is acting.' If you just listen to what the other person is saying, your response will always be genuine.
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At the age of 6, a teacher full of ambitions, who taught in the small public school of Biran, convinced my family that I should travel to Santiago de Cuba to accompany my older sister who would enter a highly prestigious convent school. Including me was a skill of that very teacher from the little school in Biran.
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Isn't it the moment of most profound doubt that gives birth to new certainties? Perhaps hopelessness is the very soil that nourishes human hope; perhaps one could never find sense in life without first experiencing its absurdity.
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The name Jack was given by an American tourist.
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A lot of the fun lies in trying to penetrate the mystery; and this is best done by saying over the lines to yourself again and again, till they pass through the stage of sounding like nonsense, and finally return to a full sense that had at first escaped notice.
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A tendency to focus on art over business has meant that too many designers have failed to make the most of their critical acclaim.
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I have fans, and I have family that love me, and I have my music, and I have my breath going in and out.
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I don't know what I would have done without acting. I officially fell into it around age 6 in a class play that reimagined 'The Ugly Duckling.' My joy in performing was so boundless, you would have thought I'd just won a Tony.
