Michael Stipe (John Michael Stipe) Quotes
But I think the one thing that I can say about us is that we're very consistent about certain things and part of that is our desire to do the very best work that we can and not rest on our laurels, or not allow formula to come into what we do.
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I've always loved to help people, young people in particular.
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I don't see myself as ever being like anybody else.
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When you promise something, you must fulfill it.
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Being a model, you're always the product of somebody else's vision.
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I'm not shy about trying to find what truth there is in any genre, whether that be an action piece, a sci-fi piece, a small indie film, or a play. I'm open to it all.
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The most important thing is to just be good at what you do. You do a good job playing the character, and people will be taken up with your character, not your clothes.
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I did not love reading, spelling, math and science. I struggled. I was a terrible speller.
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I don't usually watch a lot of TV, but 'Mad Men' changed my perspective. I admire Matthew Weiner who came up with the idea and wrote such a great TV series, and the broadcasting company for being bold enough to air such a series.
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I'm an entrepreneur.
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I love reading religious authors. Especially in the sort of circle I move in, people tend to be more secular, and I love reading books by just really smart people of religious faith. It's always a really cool perspective.
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The last romantic novel I think I read was 'Tess of the d'Urbervilles.'
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I don't think it is so difficult to solve the problems between Cuba and the United States; it all depends on whether there is a dialogue, a discussion, or if the prejudices and hatred of people like the extremists and terrorists from the Cuban community, who try to impose their policies, prevail.
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If you want to be happy, make others happy!
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One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries.
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We already have - thanks to technology, development, skills, the efficiency of our work - enough resources to satisfy all human needs. But we don't have enough resources, and we are unlikely ever to have, to satisfy human greed.
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I feel like, when I'm 100% healthy, I can do anything.
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There is a quite a lot of effort involved but I find action sequences some of the quickest to write and the most fun.
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I really don't have an ear for pitch. I can't sing at all, I can't hum melodies and I can't write riffs.
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For me, embracing my own power is about embracing my right to be an individual.
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My prayers are being answered for my career. These are prayers I've been praying for as a kid.
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I have no pity for myself either. So let it be veronal. But I wish Hercule Poirot had never retired from work and come here to grow vegetable marrows.
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I've worked hard over the years, I've been injured and I've worked hard through it, and I've made it.
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When I didn't get a job, I thought, 'Don't worry, there'll be another one.' I still live by that now. Nothing really fazes me any more.
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But I think the one thing that I can say about us is that we're very consistent about certain things and part of that is our desire to do the very best work that we can and not rest on our laurels, or not allow formula to come into what we do.
