Arthur Erickson Quotes
The essentially unchangeable established order of things slowly disappeared and was forgotten for a while completely.
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Good music is good music, regardless of where it comes from. I think that's a really important thing to carry with you.
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Acting is trying to be absolutely truthful; to get audiences to believe that you are a dean, when, actually, not only are you not the dean, but if you walked into the building they'd probably throw you out. That's very hard.
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The problem with writing a monthly book is that you're going through your work like a man running for a bus, red-faced and out of breath. There isn't time for reflection or critical self-examination.
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In the matter of justice, all should be equal in your eyes.
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See, I believe that it is not true that different races and nations are alike. I'm profoundly convinced that that's a total lie. I think people are different. Sardinians, for example, have stubby little fingers. Bosnians have short necks.
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Costume people are always saying they don't have clothes big enough for me.
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Let's just say I was really bad. Now I have grown into myself. I have changed.
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You can get any film now basically for free, and that's where I think the model we're talking about is - if you give people what they want, how they want it and when they want it, they're more likely to pay for it.
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I think it's important for people of colour to have similar opportunities to white people; that's what is most important.
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My center is giving way, my right is in retreat; situation excellent. I shall attack.
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I wanted to be less well-known in comedy.
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I'm an iPod person.
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A composition is always more than the sum of its parts. In other words, a really good piece of music is more than itself. It's sort of like a prism, which you can see from each facet a single totality.
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When they see me holding fish, they can see that I am comfortable with kings as well as with paupers.
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I started playing the trumpet when I was about eight.
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Jam! I love my jam. I've just had a batch of it come through, I've been making it.
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There is creative reading as well as creative writing.
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If you want a database, you don't go out and say you're going to write it. I see platforms as going in that direction.
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I trained myself, whenever I walk into auditions, to hate everyone in the room.
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The first years of life are not just important; they are more crucial to shaping children than any other time. Even before they speak, children are extremely sensitive to the messages adults send them.
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I think a lot of opportunities would have come easier to me if I had felt more comfortable and confident in my own skin and not terrified of the world around me.
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A leader is paid to do three things: Get the job done and get it done well. Plan ahead—be proactive, not reactive. Exercise good, sound judgment in doing all of the above.
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The essentially unchangeable established order of things slowly disappeared and was forgotten for a while completely.
