Eleanor Catton Quotes
I believe really strongly in imitation, actually: I think it's the first place you need to go to if you're going to be able to understand how something works. True mimicry is actually quite difficult.
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Throughout my Enterprise career, I have been primarily operationally focused.
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I wanted to study to be a dental hygienist, marry a rich dentist, and hang it up.
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Every generation comes with a unique athlete, I don't think anybody wants to be the next Nadia; they want to be themselves.
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Fortunately there is more wealth in the world than there was at the time of the global economic crisis of 1929 - Chinese, Indian, Arab and Russian.
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The mind is but too naturally prone to pleasure, but too easily yielded to dissipation.
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It comes down to a question of attention: it's difficult to use the Net distractedly, unlike the television or the radio.
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It's not a lack of confidence, because I can't argue with the fact that I've taken some good pictures. But it's just a raw fear that you've taken the last one.
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Time and again we see leaders and members of religions incite aggression, fanaticism, hate, and xenophobia - even inspire and legitimate violent and bloody conflicts.
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For everybody that does something bad there's gotta be someone that does something good.
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I do think one should have clean feet.
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A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.
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The vegetable life does not content itself with casting from the flower or the tree a single seed, but it fills the air and earth with a prodigality of seeds, that, if thousands perish, thousands may plant themselves, that hundreds may come up, that tens may live to maturity; that, at least one may replace the parent.
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Just because you have a disagreement with your friends or family members does not mean there are not plenty of other areas on which you see eye to eye. It just means you have a difference of opinion.
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But all bubbles have a way of bursting or being deflated in the end.
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Take the time today to understand your contribution to any bad event you've just been through.
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In an unconstitutional partnership with the state, the church can impose the most irresistible, if covert, controls conceivable.
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I'd say when it comes to being who you are, just don't be afraid to try things.
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How could man rejoice in victory and delight in the slaughter of men?
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A winner-takes-all economy that offers only limited access to the middle class is a recipe for democratic malaise and dereliction.
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Even with the darkest and most distressing subjects in movies there's always going to be humour not far away, just under the surface. And it does help otherwise we'd just get ourselves into a massive trough of depression if there wasn't humour just around the corner.
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Every man has the basis of good. Not only human beings, you can find it among animals and insects, for instance, when we treat a dog or horse lovingly.
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I'm feeling pretty fortunate. I've been having lots of lovely auditions and meetings, so I'm savoring the moment.
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I believe the important part of directing really is finding the right people for the right roles. Sometimes you go for what's expected, and sometimes you go against type because you think that'll really bring something different to the movie.
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I believe really strongly in imitation, actually: I think it's the first place you need to go to if you're going to be able to understand how something works. True mimicry is actually quite difficult.
