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"Consider how others may feel about you before, during, and after talking. Are you projecting an attitude that results in others feeling accepted and welcome? Are you encouraging people to speak and engage with you through your approachability?"

"For the most expensive way to realize an orgasm, men open their wallets. For the cheapest, they close their eyes."

"Emotional intelligence will give you insight as to why people behave as they do and assist you in areas which you may wish to improve."

"Be mindful of your social environment. By nature, the group you hang-out with will develop a common behavior and mindset. This behavior usually gravitates towards the lowest common denominator. Choose your group wisely."

"There are some people whose turbulent waves of behaviors will drown you no matter how well you think you can swim."
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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."

"There were two sides to David Lean: on the one side, he was kind of a rather stiff, disciplined Englishman. And then he had this kind of romantic side to him. I think being true to both sides of your nature is important."

"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."

"When actors are being defensive and defending their position, that is when you get less than good acting."

"It's so easy to manipulate an audience, but it's nearly always clear that you are being manipulated. I think even people that are not critically attuned are aware of cynical manipulation in film."

"All the great legends are Templates for human behavior. I would define a myth as a story that has survived."
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