"Thankfully, it became clear to me that when I compete, I lose my connection to the passion I have for my work."

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Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

Olympia Dukakis

#Passion Quotes #Competition Quotes #Connections Quotes

“Music is, of course, a universal emotional experience, cutting across cultures and languages. I studied piano for ten years as a child and consider that experience one of the most valuable in my life.”
“When I audition, I understand what it takes and the insecurities that come with it. If I do anything, I put actors at ease. I used to tell directors who weren't actors, the best thing they could do was take an acting class for a couple of months. Just to understand.”

Source : "Auteur Albert Brooks Feels the "Drive". Interview with Jenelle Riley, www.backstage.com. September 14, 2011.
“Men do cry, but only when assembling furniture.”
“To hell with the rules. I'm going for the unknown.”

Source : Twitter post from Nov 15, 2010
“I'm just a dude and I feel like being completely isolated would be kind of a drag. I really do get a lot of energy from feedback from fans. People create music videos and artwork for my music.”

Source : Source: www.complex.com
“[People asked me] "Where is your million-dollar shirt?" I'm like, "It's underneath these $25 Hanes T-shirts I've got on."”

Source : Source: espn.go.com
“In ancient times there was no public education, except that of the forum, the theater, and the street, and the general degree of illiteracy was very high. ...the early men of science were left very much to themselves and such a phrase as "the scientific culture of Alexandria in the third century B.C." does not cover any reality. In a sense, this is still true today; the real pioneers are so far ahead of the crowd (even a very literate crowd) that they remain almost alone...”

Source : "A History of Science". Book by George Sarton. Volume 2: "Hellenistic Science and Culture in the Last Three Centuries B.C.", Preface, 1959.
“I feel that one species, mankind, doesn't have the right to exterminate”

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