Incorporating it, somehow trying to work their way all together to a meaning of some kind, or at least a conclusion.
ALAN ARKINTwo-thirds of American movies are extensions of commercials — they tell you how to feel and they tell you how to think — rather than letting you figure it out on your own.
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Two-thirds of American movies are extensions of commercials — they tell you how to feel and they tell you how to think — rather than letting you figure it out on your own.
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What I’ve learned about teaching is to refer back to the root of that word, which is educo, which means “to pull from.
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” Education does not mean jamming information into somebody’s head. Rather, it’s that ancient idea that all knowledge is within us; to teach is to help somebody pull it out of themselves.
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It doesn’t mean we don’t take it seriously, but no one is under the delusion (that we’re) bringing world peace.
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No matter what you do or where you are, you’re going to be missing out on something.
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We might just as well let the rest of it go, join the party, and dance our hearts out.
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You never know what class you belong to unless you’re one of the two or three people that have been in the same echelon for a long, long time.
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I see how the industry and the studios feel it’s important, but I don’t really have a feeling for being in competition.
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Truth is always unfolding. It’s not an absolute.
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I don’t believe there’s anything in life you can’t go back and fix.
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If you want to be an actor and you love acting, you can do it whether you’re doing something else or not.
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I know that if I can’t move people, then I have no business being an actor.
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I used to watch the world as if it was a performance and I would realize that certain things that people did moved me, and certain things didn’t move me, and I tried to analyze.
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And then that’s what you have to be. But what I’m looking for is the opportunity to explore what I can do, probing the limits, learning.
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A product is most easily sold when it has an identity. So they wrap you all up and put a label on you.
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