"Once human beings realize something can be done, they're not satisfied until they've done it."
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"Everything we can dream can be real."
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"If there's one thing worse than being really angry for no reason, it's suddenly remembering the reason."
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"Base your happiness on being real, not on illusions and expectations."
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"There should be in eloquence that which is pleasing and that which is real; but that which is pleasing should itself be real."
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"Being realistic is the most commonly traveled road to mediocrity. Why would you be realistic? What's the point of being realistic? I'm going to do it. It's done. It's already done. The second I decide it's done, it's already done."
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"Being realistic is the most commonly travelled road to mediocrity. What's the point of being realistic? It's unrealistic to walk into a room, flip a switch, and have light come on, but fortunately Edison didn't think so."
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"Be real. That's part of being present."
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"It's not about being mad at everything. It's about being really mad at the right things."
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"I knew nothing but shadows and I thought them to be real."
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"Just be real with yourself right now. We beat ourself."
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"At the end of the day, so many things that we hold so much value with, it just doesn't even mean anything. I really try to stay focused on being really positive."
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"One of the traps of auditioning is walking into that room feeling as though you're a guest in someone's house, and being really careful not to spill wine on the carpet. What you have to do is walk in there as though you're the host."
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"If the Devil is real, then God must be real, too."
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"There are problems that just end up being really hard and by definition the only problems that come to my desk are the ones that nobody else can solve."
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"You never think of films being really creepy that you're in because you just remember the funny stuff."
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"I'm pleased to say that it [ a paper on the history of Attica] got much recognition with a 99 grade. It was shown to the Attica Historical Society, who enthusiastically responded to it and read it at one of their annual meetings resulting in an article in the local newspaper about this excellent paper being presented. As I now look back at it, I think of that as being really my first book and did indicate that I did have interest in research."
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"I wants us to be real. I want to be just you and me. - Ryan"
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"Nothing trains you better to write fiction than being really good at writing about your own interiority."
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"I think it is impossible for one human being really to know another without first knowing and being at peace with himself."
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