Elias Canetti Quotes
It amazes me how a person to whom literature means anything can take it up as an object of study.
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I have to protect myself because people think that because you come into 25 million homes every week, they know you. I walk the line between being gracious and being rude.
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Networking is never easier than when people are coming to you.
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If you ever meet an actor who's the child of actors, they'll never tell you that they wanted to be a star. But what I did realise early on was that I just wanted to be in that tribe.
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Early in the morning, it's super tough for me to eat right away, but I still need energy for practice. I try to start out with a protein smoothie, a green juice, or some sort of fruit.
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Above all, I try to create an emotion to which others can respond.
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Ruby inherited the Perl philosophy of having more than one way to do the same thing. I inherited that philosophy from Larry Wall, who is my hero actually. I want to make Ruby users free. I want to give them the freedom to choose.
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There's nothing funnier than the human animal.
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My writing books with positive gay characters has come more out of anger than anything else: anger at not having been able to find honest, accurate books about people like myself as a teen, books that show we're as diverse as straight people and that we can lead happy, healthy, productive lives just as straight people can.
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With these big superhero movies, everybody is so tight-lipped about everything, there's a certain amount of just going on faith.
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If the stars should appear but one night every thousand years how man would marvel and stare.
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Passion is in all great searches and is necessary to all creative endeavors.
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Wait for those unguarded moments. Relax the mood and, like the child dropping off to sleep, the subject often reveals his truest self.
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I got in the school band and the school choir. It all hit me like a ton of bricks, everything just came out. I played percussion for a while, and stayed after school forever just tinkering around with different things, the clarinets and the violins.
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I started writing when I was 9 years old. I was like this weird kid who would just stay in my room, typing little funny magazines and drawing comic strips.
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My parents don't have any showbusiness links. They are so far away from it.
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I couldn't imagine having to write a paper and have to think about what song I am going to sing.
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In the morning, I use a Philosophy cleanser and Olay Regenerist Daily 3 Point Treatment Cream, which sinks in well and feels firming. I rarely wear foundation, so cotton wool soaked in warm water is often enough to cleanse at night, but I take off eye make-up with Klorane's cornflower-infused remover.
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The part which American friendship played in helping us to win the freedom we enjoy in this part of Ireland has been gratefully recognized and acknowledged by our people.
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Working on a film is so great because you have the luxury of more time when you're on a movie than when you're on television.
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You can't read when you're traveling with other people; it always feels a bit rude.
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It is time we had a defense budget that lives within its means, accounts for what is truly required in Iraq and provides the best possible support for all our troops.
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I really do know football.
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I'd say my greatest fear is fear itself.
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It amazes me how a person to whom literature means anything can take it up as an object of study.
