Asa Butterfield Quotes
I did a film, 'X+Y', in which I played somebody on the autistic spectrum. It's a subject I didn't know very much about, but being an actor gives yourself the opportunity to really immerse yourself in that world and learn things. It's one of the great things about what I do.
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Well Sid Pollack was... He was I would say probably, probably the most influential on me.
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I was not meant to go deer hunting every fall.
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Every time I step onto an airplane, I turn to the right and take a good, hard stare into the maw of the engine. I don't know what I'm looking for. I just do it.
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The fallacy of the neoclassicals is their tenet that total employment, though hit by shocks, can be said always to be heading back to some normal level.
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Europe believes that providing clear labelling for genetically modified food is a consumer right, but such practice is absolutely opposed by the vast majority of states in the U.S.
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The science of life is changing hearts and minds.
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Incommensurables cannot be compared.
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I find my earliest memories covering the anachronistic features of a previous incarnation. Clear recollections came to me of a distant life, a yogi amidst the Himalayan snows. These glimpses of the past, by some dimensionless link, also afforded me a glimpse of the future.
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Everyone has an idea that they think would be a great movie. Everyone has a cousin who they think you should work with.
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We advance on our journey only when we face our goal, when we are confident and believe we are going to win out.
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The good news is when you open up in Vegas, you have a lot of friends, because they all come over to see your opening night.
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You're either with me or you're not. And if you're not, you're out.
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Oh my God, Betty White is actually everything that you would expect her to be like.
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Work means independence. It allowed me to shape my life on so many levels.
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I can't do choreographed movement. It has to come from my heart... and my pelvis.
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They all hope I will go broke and I wouldn't like to cause them displeasure.
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Use the same measure for selling that you use for purchasing.
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You cannot be a leader, and ask other people to follow you, unless you know how to follow, too.
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We've always kind of tried to keep the mystique. We don't wanna give everybody everything. You give 'em too much, it's just white noise. When we do say something, we want it to be an event. When we go out and do things, we want it to be an event and kind of keep everything else behind closed doors.
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Everybody loves to talk about calmness and peace, whether in a family, national, or international context, but without inner peace how can we make real peace? World peace through hatred and force is impossible.
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Don't think about anything for too long. Even if it's off-the-wall, go for it. You'll have a lot more fun in life.
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How can you help the human race progress?
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I did a film, 'X+Y', in which I played somebody on the autistic spectrum. It's a subject I didn't know very much about, but being an actor gives yourself the opportunity to really immerse yourself in that world and learn things. It's one of the great things about what I do.
