Chris Pine Quotes
Any actor wants to do interesting roles, different roles. It's not all that much fun to do the same thing over and over again.
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The thing that I'm most passionate about, I'm writing a book called 'Jab Jab Jab Jab Jab Right Hook,' and it really focuses on how to story-tell in a noisy, ADD world.
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You had to go to a different part of town from where I was to get Muddy Waters singles. I had him on singles.
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Whenever we've seen the kids in the most disadvantaged context truly excel, always it's been in classrooms and in whole schools where there is a clear vision of where the kids have the potential to be.
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There's nothing wrong with a thick eyebrow; Frida Kahlo had them.
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We have to stop rewarding bad behavior.
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Having a book censored means something. It means you have deeply offended one or more people who felt they needed to protect unsuspecting readers from your inflammatory words, thoughts, and images.
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A horse is a thing of beauty... none will tire of looking at him as long as he displays himself in his splendor.
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The hypothesis that economic organization is the resultant of a series of historic accidents is intructive in that many organizational innovations appear to be the result of trial and error.
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If someone is alone reading my poems, I hope it would be like reading someone's notebook. A record. Of a place, beauty, difficulty. A familiar daily struggle.
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Village cricket spread fast through the land.
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At the beginning of a new project, often before I do any actual writing, I collect photos, quotes, song lyrics, and even objects that relate to the characters or the world I'm creating.
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Every once in a while, something happens to you that makes you realise that the human race is not quite as bad as it so often seems to be.
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I always fall in love with qualities of people I work with.
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My inherent belief is that motherhood is pious, and I am humbled by it.
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I think it's a mistake to go after someone just based on looks. But I always respond to people who don't act that interested in me.
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The poet speaks to all men of that other life of theirs that they have smothered and forgotten.
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We really tried hard not to make it a cricket book, it appeals to a much wider community.
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You want all your books to stick around after you've gone.
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I'm not a fast reader. I like to linger over each sentence, enjoying the style. If I don't enjoy the writing, I stop.
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Not many of my friends I had from college are playing in this league. Everybody knows it's a privilege, so you definitely don't knock it because you never know where you may end up.
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When writing about historical characters I try to be as accurate as possible, and in particular not to misrepresent the view they held. With a real historical figure you have to be fair, and this is not an obligation you have in dealing with your own creations, so it is quite different.
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My first love of jazz came from joining the Chilliwack Middle School band - it was like an 18-piece jazz band, and I wanted to join just because the older kids looked like they were having so much fun.
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Any actor wants to do interesting roles, different roles. It's not all that much fun to do the same thing over and over again.
