- Peace
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- Nov 07, 2020
Never Quotes
Quotes on what never happens.
This page gathers quotes centered on absence and limits - books that stayed unpublished, and a pointed line arguing that secrecy is fundamentally undesirable, merely tolerated when unavoidable. Related reading includes Life Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are some who want to get married and others who don't. I have never had an impulse to go to the altar. I am a difficult person to lead.
- Nov 07, 2020
Your joys and sorrows. You can never tell them. You cheapen the inside of yourself if you do tell them.
- Nov 07, 2020
I never said, 'I want to be alone.' I only said, 'I want to be left alone.' There is all the difference.
- Heart
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are many things in your heart you can never tell to another person. They are you, your private joys and sorrows, and you can never tell them. You cheapen yourself, the inside of yourself, when you tell them.
- Remember
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I did plays in high school and college, I never remember memorizing my lines, but once I had blocking, I had all my lines memorized. Once I had movement associated with words, it was fine. Before I had blocking, it was just text on a page. Once it became embodied, it was much easier.
- Mistakes
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think being attracted to mistakes is one of the things that film can capture in a way that theater can't. Film can capture a moment of spontaneous life that will never be captured again.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I graduated from college, I thought that I would probably never be an actor because it seemed like everyone was big by the time they were 20 or not at all.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wouldn't call myself 'into the DJ scene.' I have friends who are DJs, like James Murphy. I was really into the DJ scene at his wedding. But generally, I'm not at the clubs. I've never been to a rave.
- Exposing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being at the top means never being satisfied with what you're comfortable with - comfortable means you've stopped pushing, and you're either going to get passed, or you already have been. But if you're constantly pushing yourself, then you're exposing yourself to falls and injuries.
- Hurt
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- Nov 07, 2020
Even though we have laws against it and HR departments to handle it, a woman - especially if she is young and just starting out - can never be sure that reporting harassment won't hurt her career.
- Someone
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- Nov 07, 2020
Try to never say 'yes' on the phone; instead, say, 'I'll get back to you.' When you're actually speaking to someone, the desire to be accommodating is very strong, and can lead you to say 'yes' without enough consideration.
- Label
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- Nov 07, 2020
Never label anything 'Miscellaneous.'
- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020