Helpful Quotes - Page 4

• It's not usually that great of an idea to read lots of reviews of your movies, because even if somebody's saying nice things, there'll still be something in there that pushes the wrong button, and it's not really that helpful.

  Wes Anderson

  Nice

  Source: film.avclub.com

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• The coach must never forget that he is, first of all, a teacher. He must come (be present), see (diagnose), and conquer (correct). He must continuously be exploring for ways to improve himself in order that he may improve others and welcome every person and everything that maybe helpful to him.

  John Wooden

  Teacher, Order, May

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• The creative process is not like a situation where you get struck by a single lightning bolt. You have ongoing discoveries, and theres ongoing creative revelations. Yes, its really helpful to be marching toward a specific destination, but, along the way, you must allow yourself room for your ideas to blossom, take root, and grow.

  Carlton Cuse

  Discovery, Ideas, Roots

  "Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse on the End (?) of Lost". Interview with Mike Ryan, www.vulture.com. May 11, 2010.

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• I always try to turn my personal struggles into something helpful for others.

  Henri Nouwen

  Struggle, Trying, Turns

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• My parents divorced when I was one year old so I don't really remember any of the details, but luckily my mom does so she's been really helpful.

  Chelsea Peretti

  Mom, Years, Parent

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• Strong hearts and helpful hands are needed, and, fortunately, we have them in every part of our beloved country.

  William McKinley

  Country, Strong, Heart

  William McKinley (2012). “A Supplement to A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents”, p.291, tredition

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• The staggering babies embody the deepest truth about deep practice: to get good, it's helpful to be willing, or even enthusiastic, about being bad. Baby steps are the royal road to skill.

  Daniel Coyle

  Baby, Practice, Skills

  Daniel Coyle (2010). “The Talent Code: Greatness isn't born. It's grown”, p.94, Random House

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• I actually think the reason I am interested in certain parts is because I was such a dweeb in high school. When you are such a loser, it's a helpful way in to a lot of characters because even very powerful people are not all that powerful really. They all had a high school. That vulnerability is completely permanent and, as an actor, it's a good thing.

  Sigourney Weaver

  Powerful, School, Character

  Source: collider.com

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• Capitalism can be helpful, but it can also be destructive when it's used by huge enterprises worldwide for the sale of weapons.

  Judy Collins

  Weapons, Used, Enterprise

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• If you're very serious about writing it's helpful to find an agent. It's becoming more and more competitive to have your manuscript even looked at by an editor. Many companies don't accept unsolicited manuscripts anymore, so they'll pay more attention to something that comes in through an agent.

  Ann M. Martin

  Writing, Editors, Attention

  Source: www.glamour.com

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• If you choose to do both [acting and directing] on a set, than you're admitting that you understand that everyone is in it for the same goal and it's a collaborative experience. You can't really jump into being an actor, and than direct yourself. At some point, you have to be willing to accept other people's opinions. I think that's helpful. If you try to micro-manage and control all of it, than you're probably heading for disaster.

  Rebecca Hall

  Thinking, People, Goal

  Source: collider.com

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• In a world in which most investors appear interested in figuring out how to make money every second and chase the idea du jour, there's also something validating about the message that it's okay to do nothing and wait for opportunities to present themselves or to pay off. That's lonely and contrary a lot of the time, but reminding yourself that that's what it takes is quite helpful.

  Seth Klarman

  Lonely, Opportunity, Ideas

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• The "If you build it, they will come" approach to filmmaking has always been helpful to me.

  Nina Jacobson

  Filmmaking, Approach, Ifs

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

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• What's been most helpful to me is realizing that those times when all the heads in the room turn and look at me as if I was crazy, reinforce my own leadership capability. Because I've been in a number of those settings where I've been right. And I've been right often enough that now when it happens I don't automatically think, "Oh, my, what's wrong with me?" or "Ohhh, I must not be ready for this role," or "They know so much more than I do."

  Mitchell Baker

  Crazy, Thinking, Numbers

  "Inside the Firefox’s Den". Interview with Laura Mcclure, www.motherjones.com. September 16, 2008.

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• Some period of time later you look up and say, "That concern was right on the mark; it happened exactly as I thought it would." So that's been really helpful to recognize.

  Mitchell Baker

  Looks, Look Up, Mark

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• I respect journalism. I was always very aware of journalism from a very broad point of view, but I'd say my baptism by fire was doing the Donald Margulies play Time Stands Still. That for me was a real education because I spent a lot of time with some incredible journalists, war reporters particularly - Bob Woodruff, Dexter Filkins - people who were very helpful in painting the picture for me and reading the accounts of people and what they experienced, a lot of PTSD.

  James D'arcy

  Real, War, Reading

  "‘Spotlight’s Brian d’Arcy James On Journalism Versus Acting & Playing A Nerd – Q&A". Interview with Jeremy Gerard, deadline.com. November 3, 2015.

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• Don't be too optimistic while you are tied to a railway when the train is coming; it won't be helpful for the solution!

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Optimistic, Railway, Train

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• When one is altering the face of the universe one cannot remember small helpful acts.

  Alice Foote MacDougall

  Gratitude, Faces, Remember

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• Without fail, every cartoonist that I asked advice from bent over backward to be helpful and encouraging. It took many forms: some of it was just an implicit acceptance, like being invited along to the dinner with all of the good cartoonists, or sitting down at a drafting table with an artist and him showing me how to draw backgrounds and perspectives.

  Adrian Tomine

  Acceptance, Artist, Perspective

  Interview with Nicole Rudick, believermag.com. October 1, 2007.

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• The highest type of meditation is done in silence. In silence there are no mantras. Mantras are not essential, but they can be very helpful.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, Silence, Meditation

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• The man of frank and strong prejudices, far from being a political and social menace and an obstacle in the path of progress, is often a benign character and helpful citizen. The chance is far greater, furthermore, that he will be more creative than the man who can never come to more than a few gingerly held conclusions, or who thinks that all ideas should be received with equal hospitality. There is such a thing as being so broad you are flat.

  Richard M. Weaver

  Strong, Character, Men

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• Ray Comfort does it again! With simplicity and keen insight on the streets, he pulls back the curtain of Evolution and reveals that the Great Wizard of Darwinism is just an insecure little man with a dream of becoming a god. I highly recommend this helpful, faith-building, and inspiring video for families, teachers, and pastors!

  Kirk Cameron

  Dream, Teacher, Insecure

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• Public school teachers in Long Island, New York, saved my life in the '70s. They were involved and invested and helpful. One took me into her family and loved me back to life. She taught me that love is not formed and families are not formed by blood. That love makes a family.

  Rosie O'Donnell

  Teacher, New York, School

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• I find it helpful to buy near the low of the last few years.

  Walter Schloss

  Years, Investing, Lasts

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• Many men who do creditable things refuse to let it be known. This is a mistake. While we all admire modesty, nevertheless there is a great national need to do everything possible to bring home to the rank and file of the people that all employers and all wealthy men are not grinding, mercenary, selfish skinflints, but that many of them take delight in doing helpful things for others ... Shortcomings of employers are constantly paraded. Why not let the public become acquainted with the better side which most present-day employers possess?

  B. C. Forbes

  Selfish, Mistake, Home

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