Daisaku Ikeda Quotes
A person fully awakened to the jewel-like dignity of their own life is capable of truly respecting that same treasure in others.
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If you think about it, you can have the best CGI, but you can always tell that it is CGI. Your brain can spot that is not real even though you think it looks cool. Your brain knows the truth, so you don't jump and you don't scream. It was very important for me to expose the audience to real elements.
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Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slave.
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Privacy is not explicitly spelled out in the Constitution as freedom of speech is in the First Amendment.
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Were there none who were discontented with what they have, the world would never reach anything better.
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Nothing exists except through language.
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We love a tale of heroes and villains and conflicts requiring a neat resolution.
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I'm pretty much a thrift shop gal. Flea markets on Sundays.
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We only have a certain amount of energy for each day. If we use it for the wrong purpose, if we focus on the negative or dwell on whoever hurt us, then we're not going to have the energy we need for the right purposes.
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I have this board in my house that lists out all the things that I love about myself. It's a board of affirmations, and it serves me well.
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Symbolism is alright in 'fiction,' but I tell true life stories simply about what happened to people I knew.
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I don't like to direct myself.
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I'm ready for a different America.
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I have to entertain, because if I don't entertain you, you're not going to continue reading. But if I'm not out to enlighten, or change your mind about something, or change your behavior, then I really don't want to take the journey.
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Sometimes I worked with just a background of a rock or a tree or black velvet, and just had to imagine the whole thing.
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I was a little nervous backstage. But I had this book, Gandhi. I just read his quotes, closed my eyes and focused my thoughts. Presently, this book is my prized possession.
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Any business owner can tell you that if their company isn't performing profitably and up to standards, one of two things will happen: either you make changes to improve its efficiency, or a competitor will drive you out of business. Market forces have a way of cutting to the chase rather quickly.
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You make yourself do the physical aspects for a Christopher Nolan film!
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My philosophy was, if I just do good work, someone will like it enough to employ me. It never made me famous. And I'm way, way too old now, mate. That boat's sailed.
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We try to keep our audience involved. It is a show, but we want to make sure that everybody - us, them - has a good time.
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Men think a woman should not have an opinion.
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Most of your competition spend their days looking forward to those rare moments when everything goes right. Imagine how much leverage you have if you spend your time maximizing those common moments when it doesn't.
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An adventure may be worn as a muddy spot or it may be worn as a proud insignia. It is the woman wearing it who makes it the one thing or the other.
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I've been playing piano my whole life, but I'd never tried to understand how compositions are made, really. Try to imagine if you'd loved paintings your whole life but had never painted one. My aspiration now is just to understand.
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A person fully awakened to the jewel-like dignity of their own life is capable of truly respecting that same treasure in others.
