Edward T. Hall Quotes
The best reason for exposing oneself to foreign ways is to generate a sense of vitality and awareness - an interest in life which can come only when one lives through the shock of contrast and difference.
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It is important to be well read, at least a little bit.
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I tend to have a pattern of playing misunderstood characters.
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I'll tell you sort of an odd story: My music taste changed on 9/11. And it's very strange. I actually intellectually find this very curious. But on 9/11, I didn't like how rock music responded. And country music collectively, the way they responded, it resonated with me.
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Looking up and out, how can we not respect this ever-vigilant cognizance that distinguishes us: the capability to envision, to dream, and to invent? the ability to ponder ourselves? and be aware of our existence on the outer arm of a spiral galaxy in an immeasurable ocean of stars? Cognizance is our crest.
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The more I talk about things, the more I understand myself.
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I was so opposed to the war in Vietnam that I initially refused President Nixon's urgings for me to go there.
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I don't want to be 'Halsey: America's Sweetheart,' or 'Halsey: Bad Girl.' If you can sum up my career in a clickbait headline, I've done something wrong.
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America is another name for opportunity.
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I'm a composer, man.
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My wife and I often visit Rosales and the Ilokos as a matter of habit or whim induced by nostalgia, homesickness - whatever draws pilgrims to worshipped sanctuaries. Or, perhaps, what compels moths to seek the votive flame.
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Our relationship with Mexico in this regard is unique for us, and in many respects unique in the world.
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I don't believe that human beings are necessarily monogamous.
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But acting just sort of happened and I found that I loved it. It was such a challenge.
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I feel like I'm a good actor, but I wouldn't call myself a gifted actor.
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I don't really see any barrier between teenage fiction and adult literature.
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Because women have been marginalised, they're more likely to behave like immigrants and continue to push themselves forward in order to avoid falling through the cracks, but I don't think a happy ending comes from matriarchy.
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I don't watch any horror films. I get scared very easily.
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The West is the fitting tomb for all the sorrow and the sighing, all the errors and the follies of the Past: for all its withered Hopes and all its buried Loves! From the East comes new strength, new ambition, new Hope, new Life, new Love! Look Eastward! Aye, look Eastward!'
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It's not my job to get really personal in how I express myself. I've met fans, and they've been lovely. But letting my personal life out there, I don't think is a good idea for me. I think the more you do that, the more you can be accused of encouraging that kind of attention.
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Movies, as evidenced by a chorus of protesting and celebrating Americans, influence broader trends.
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I keep my stuff updated all the time. Being in the security industry, I keep up to date with securities.
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The best reason for exposing oneself to foreign ways is to generate a sense of vitality and awareness - an interest in life which can come only when one lives through the shock of contrast and difference.
