- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
Better Quotes
On growth, progress and making things better.
These quotes range from finishing a piece of writing that finally feels worth sharing to teamwork producing stronger results than working alone, with a side note on technology's uneven effect on security. For more, see our Growth quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I often wonder when I make a film - I'm thinking of making a film of the Buddha - and I often wonder: If Buddha had all the elements that are given to a director - if he had music, if he had visuals, if he had a video camera - would we get Buddhism better?
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
You'd better get your laugh while you're making your point, or you won't be doing it very long.
- Care
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you're behind the times, they won't notice you. If you're right in tune with them, you're no better than they are, so they won't care much for you. Be just a little ahead of them.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Acting is like a game of tennis. The better your opponent, the better you're going to play.
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
As we get older, we get better at choosing in ways that will make us happy. We do a better job at picking activities that make us happy, and at spending time with people who make us happy. We're also better at letting things go.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I live my life pretty emotionally, for better and for worse. I'm pretty thin-skinned and transparent. I lead with my heart, and I wanted to make a movie that did the same.
- Do Your Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
You do your best with the realization that nothing gets you in ring-shape better than being in the ring.
- Perfect
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's no one of us that's perfect; there's no one of us that can't do just a little better.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I once stayed at a Ritz in D.C., paid for by a client, and when I asked to change rooms because mine smelled of smoke, the hotel immediately found me a better room, then paid for my dinner and drinks and even threw in a free massage to compensate me for the very minor inconvenience.
- External World
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- Nov 07, 2020
Joy makes us want to invest more deeply in the people around us. It makes us want to learn more about our communities. It makes us want to be able to find ways of being able to make this a better external world for all of us.
- Next
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's nothing like getting caught flat-footed in an emergency to convince us to better prepare for the next one.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know that we have to get in there and do something if we want to change the system and get a better government. But the whole task is very daunting. If I join either the Congress or the BJP, I will be forced to follow their systems and then I may not be able to do anything significant to change things.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Yeah, even a black comedy. Where it's a little eerie. I'd love to do that. But there are about three really fabulous ones on the air now and I don't know if I can do any better than that. I'd like to sort of forge new ground.
- Nov 07, 2020