Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes
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I enjoy pushing my characters to the limit. No matter how far out there I go, I look for things that make the characters human.
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I found out that there was this project called the 'Great Green Wall' where they wanted to plant trees across the Sahara desert, and the idea was born that I wanted to create a support structure for that initiative.
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I just prepare myself to perform well, to support my teammates to play well, to try to get to the final, to the World Series.
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I have a general sense of mission, and I intuitively know when something is influencing that mission. I think this is what I'm supposed to be doing. Doors keep opening. In the end, it's the best use of my skills. I've finally consented to the idea that I'm an artist.
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I like films to be pure cinema, but I also like them to provide a snapshot of a family, a society or a character - something that can nourish you as a human being as well as an actor.
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I have always thought that writers come with any variety of attributes. Some are capable and some aren't.
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I've had a good life, and was born to and among people I've admired and loved.
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Filmmaking is a business and at the bottom line people who don't make fiscally responsible decisions end up going into another line of work.
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You do indeed have a past, but not now! And, yes, you have a future, but not now! You can consume your now with thoughts of 'then' and 'maybe,' but that will keep you from the inner peace you could experience.
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I think most Americans don't really care about politicians bickering in Washington.
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If we look at the fact that record covers are essentially advertisements for the music, we acknowledge a function and purpose to draw in the prospective buyer.
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But then, even with sex, I'm more in the school of less is more in movies.
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The first principle of a civilized state is that the power is legitimate only when it is under contract.
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Deterrence is still fundamentally about influencing an actor's decisions. It is about a solid policy foundation. It is about credible capabilities. It is about what the U.S. and our allies as a whole can bring to bear in both a military and a nonmilitary sense.
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To create a work of art is to create the world.
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I always wonder if my kids will say they're mixed or black.
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Maybe that's why I like gymnastics - because I like to fly.
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I wanted to keep pushing the musical ideas I had about jazz, music from Africa and the Caribbean.
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I said from the very beginning, I don't want a big house, I don't want big grounds, I don't want the trouble with the maintenance and all of that.
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The most rewarding thing is having a job that you love. It's not a luxury that everyone in this world enjoys.
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Race prejudice can't be talked down, it must be lived down.
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Mathematics... is a bit like discovering oil. ... But mathematics has one great advantage over oil, in that no one has yet ... found a way that you can keep using the same oil forever.
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Primitivism has become the vulgar cliche of much modern art and speculation. (p. 77)
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Thrift is of great revenue.
