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All Quotes Collection
"In a sense, words are encyclopedias of ignorance because they freeze perceptions at one moment in history and then insist we continue to use these frozen perceptions when we should be doing better."
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"Creativity is a great motivator because it makes people interested in what they are doing. Creativity gives hope that there can be a worthwhile idea. Creativity gives the possibility of some sort of achievement to everyone. Creativity makes life more fun and more interesting."
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"Autism is the fastest growing developmental disability in our nation."
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"Currently, not only are Americans taxed on what they earn, but those assets are taxed again when they are passed on to a loved one."
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"With gas prices nationally, and especially in our area, increasingly on the rise, it is more crucial then ever that we take steps to diversify our energy sources and reduce our dependency on foreign oil."
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"One of the most amazing locations I've ever been is the top of the volcano in Tanzania, Africa. It's an actual volcano where you really have this lava every day."
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"When I heard about the first Tomb Raider, I was very interested and I would have liked to have directed that. When I was approached for the second film, I was delighted."
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"We're all complex human beings, and if some of that complexity shows through, I think it's advantageous for the movie."
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"We are creating a fabulous franchise with an incredible female action hero."
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"This film, Tomb Raider 2, is a big challenge. It's quite exhausting."
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"It's always an enormous pressure when you do a sequel. The demands are so high, and it's expensive."
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"I think there are a lot more relationship scenes in my movies that people tend to overlook. A lot of scenes really feel real and are about the characters."
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"I think the audience would like to see movies that are stunning to watch. I really think they'd like to see spectacles."
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"I really believe action will always be there and will never disappear."
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"Being in an area of the planet where scientists believe mankind started is quite amazing."
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"Angelina wanted to make sure that any fighting in the movie would be comparable to any male actor. Everything from stick fighting to horse riding was real to her."
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"How dare anyone, parent, schoolteacher, or merely literary critic, tell me not to act colored."
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"Yet would we die as some have done, beating a way for the rising sun."
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"In this situation I was constantly exposed to danger and death."
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"Most of the memorable events I have myself been exercised in; and, for the satisfaction of the public, will briefly relate the circumstances of my adventures, and scenes of life, from my first movement to this country until this day."
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"Soon after, I returned home to my family, with a determination to bring them as soon as possible to live in Kentucky, which I esteemed a second paradise, at the risk of my life and fortune."
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"In such a diversity it was impossible I should be disposed to melancholy."
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"I have never been lost, but I will admit to being confused for several weeks."
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"I had gained the summit of a commanding ridge, and, looking round with astonishing delight, beheld the ample plains, the beauteous tracts below."
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"Felicity, the companion of content, is rather found in our own breasts than in the enjoyment of external things; and I firmly believe it requires but a little philosophy to make a man happy in whatever state he is."
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"During our travels, the Indians entertained me well; and their affection for me was so great, that they utterly refused to leave me there with the others, although the Governor offered them one hundred pounds sterling for me, on purpose to give me a parole to go home."
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"In the decline of the day, near Kentucky river, as we ascended the brow of a small hill, a number of Indians rushed out of a thick cane-brake upon us, and made us prisoners."
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"I am definitely going to take a course on time management... just as soon as I can work it into my schedule."
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"You can't get an actor to do something that is beyond his range, so you have to be aware of the range of the actor and, if necessary, alter the part to suit the actor."
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"I look at the story, I look at the idea and just try to think of it in terms of that whole body of myth and see where the characters fit in and what they ought to be doing-all those archetypes are there to play with."
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