Chris Van Allsburg Quotes
I think, for the most part, our culture embraces that artists are born, not made.
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So I feel a responsibility to help first-time film-makers in Brazil, but also to increase the dialogue between film cultures which are really wonderful and so much closer to us than what we do see on our screens.
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If you're in a film that you're proud of and you care about, then you're always happy to talk about it.
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I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.
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I was never conscious that I was becoming an icon or I'm not an icon, because my family, my kids, my husband keep me down-to-earth.
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It lies in human nature that where you experience your first laughs, you also remember the age kindly.
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As much as possible, location-specific information should not be collected in the first place, or not in personally identifiable form.
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Knitting not only relaxes me, it also brings a feeling of being at home.
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Vin Scully has been my broadcasting idol for a long time. He is so humble - he has the exact same work ethic that he had 65 years ago. His family is what he cares about the most, and at the heart of his whole being is his marriage and kids.
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I went to the Technion and studied with Avram Hershko. I found it more exciting than practicing medicine.
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What I really enjoy the most is seeing what the crowd likes. I enjoy making people laugh.
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My music is best understood by children and animals.
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Since belief determines behavior, doesn't it make sense that we should be teaching ethical, moral values in every home and in every school in America?
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Rome will exist as long as the Coliseum does; when the Coliseum falls, so will Rome; when Rome falls, so will the world.
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Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
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It's a sin to be tired.
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When I had cancer, people were surprised at how cheerful and upbeat I was, but I couldn't let myself go to depression - to go there, that defeat would allow everything in. If you look too far into the abyss, you might never come out again. You can stand on the abyss and peep but not give in to sadness.
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Passion is in all great searches and is necessary to all creative endeavors.
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In Benin, there's a thing that family members wear the same pattern of traditional African clothing.
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In some extremely important ways, people are what you expect them to be, or at least they behave as you expect them to behave.
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I actually didn't always want to be an actor.
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My opinion is that I follow what the Lord says. Or I try to. Others are following what they want to do, basically. They are living for their self. I am living for God.
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And rely on Him with 100 percent of your faith for 100 percent of your life throughout 100 percent of your tomorrows. He will give you a peace no thief can ever steal.
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Pink is not a color - it's a culture to me.
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I think, for the most part, our culture embraces that artists are born, not made.
