Helpful Quotes - Page 19

• If I'm within reach and can be helpful, I have a tendency to say 'Yes.' It's hard to say 'No.

  Marvin Hamlisch

  Tendencies, Within Reach, Hard

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• I hope that all new filmmakers see that the Internet and social media are helpful tools in establishing a fan base as well as being able to interact with your fans.

  Lloyd Kaufman

  Media, Able, Fans

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• Learning about the way people process information and their emotions is hugely helpful to my work.

  Ellen Pompeo

  People, Information, Way

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• I closed my eyes. The only things I knew about why Empty Ones worked the way we did was that we had room for extra souls because we started out with less, and that we could make gates because of our innately human sense of home. But my home was here. How on earth was I supposed to find another one?The gate needs to be opened and closed before dawn, Cresseda said, a hint of strain flowing through her voice.YES. THANKS FOR THAT. VERY HELPFUL RIGHT NOW.

  Kiersten White

  Eye, Home, Voice

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• You have this impression from England that New Yorkers can be quite aggressive, but certainly the people that I've bumped into and the friends I've made here don't seem that way. Just walking down the street and asking for directions, people seem to be very helpful and happy to help.

  Archie Panjabi

  People, Asking, Way

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

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• Writers themselves benefit from all helpful information about their task and methods. Readers, in turn, can have both their understanding and appreciation of literature enhanced by information about the writer's work.

  Leland Ryken

  Appreciation, Understanding, Tasks

  Leland Ryken (2011). “The Christian Imagination: The Practice of Faith in Literature and Writing”, p.157, Shaw Books

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• Having a child makes you strong and gives you chutzpah. It relaxed my attitude to the job; my center of focus shifted, which I think is very helpful, because even if you're not a very indulgent actor you spend a lot of time thinking about yourself. I don't think that is particularly healthy.

  Imelda Staunton

  Strong, Jobs, Children

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• Well, I think it can be quite helpful to be working on a character who actually existed, historically. Of course, you might have material to study and help you create the character.

  Gaspard Ulliel

  Character, Thinking, Might

  "EXCLUSIVE: Gaspard Ulliel Talks The Princess of Montpensier" by Brian Gallagher, movieweb.com. April 13, 2011.

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• People often pulled into Scientology want to address personal problems in their life, and Scientology says we have technology that addresses these kinds of problems. Just focusing on the problems and trying to remedy them can be helpful.

  Lawrence Wright

  Technology, People, Trying

  "Lawrence Wright on 'Going Clear'". Interview with Mark Guarino, www.chicagotribune.com. January 18, 2013.

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• The reason statins are so helpful is that even those who are trying their best to reach their target and still can't do it have something else to rely on.

  Antonio Gotto

  Trying, Target, Reason

  Source: www.nytimes.com

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• Well I'm not just gon' go and do rap songs. I wanna touch, and maybe help, and see what I can do in these areas.' As I start looking around me, looking at things in ways that I can become helpful, starting at the first thing, water. Something as simple as water.

  Jay-Z

  Song, Rap, Simple

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• If you pursue meditation with a non-competitive attitude, with a hopeful and helpful attitude, without violence, then you will find that you will become a very benign and powerful being, one who is at peace with himself and the universe.

  Frederick Lenz

  Powerful, Attitude, Buddhism

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• In meditation we get a sense of the countless selves within ourselves, the different forms they take. Those that don't seem positive or helpful we push aside. Those that seem progressive we enjoy.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, Self, Meditation

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• A lot of the time writers are just sponges... for what's around them, and so books are helpful for focusing your mind and literally putting it into words.

  Marcus Mumford

  Book, Mind, Sponges

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• Once I got married, I started working from an office. I found that having somewhere to go that isn't my house is mentally helpful: 'This is the place where I answer email and write blog posts,' and 'over there is the place where I do the dishes.

  Randall Munroe

  Writing, Office, House

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• I've found that if I tell somebody 'Eat this and don't do that,' it's not only not helpful, it's counterproductive because even more than being healthy, we want to feel free and in control, and as soon as somebody tells us to do something, there's a tendency to do just the opposite.

  Dean Ornish

  Opposites, Healthy, Want

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• As an introvert, you can be your own best friend or your worst enemy. The good news is we generally like our own company, a quality that extroverts often envy. We find comfort in solitude and know how to soothe ourselves. Even our willingness to look at ourselves critically is often helpful.But, we can go too far. We can hoard responsibility and overlook the role others play. We can kick ourselves when we're down. How many times have you felt lousy about something, only to get mad at yourself for feeling lousy?

  Laurie Helgoe

  Responsibility, Worst Enemy, Play

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• Look, a lot of directors were actors, even if they were unsuccessful actors which I think is helpful. I think it's a really helpful thing for a director to have experienced that. It helps you know how to talk to actors and how to get what you need from them.

  Grant Heslov

  Thinking, Directors, Needs

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• I've worked in the prison system, on death row and maximum security. I did that work for six years. I've worked with some of the most difficult people in our society. Buddhism was accessible and helpful for these individuals.

  Joan Halifax

  Buddhism, Years, People

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• I have been taking some classes in woodworking. It's really helpful just looking at a problem, and having a very tangible way in constructing it.

  Luke Kirby

  Class, Woodworking, Tangible

  "Luke Kirby’s Character Curveball". Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 16, 2012.

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• The most helpful piece of advice that I could give to anybody is to select a charity, or create a charity, that you really feel passionate about and if you do, don't give up.

  Evelyn Lauder

  Giving Up, Don't Give Up, Advice

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• I find that the older you get, the more helpful eyeliner is.

  Nick Rhodes

  Eyeliner

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• A pinch of praise is worth a pound of scorn. A dash of encouragement is more helpful than a dipper of pessimism. A cup of kindness is better than a cupboard of criticism.

  William Arthur Ward

  Encouragement, Kindness, Criticism

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• Selfishness corrodes. Unselfishness ennobles, satisfies. Don't put off the joy derivable from doing helpful, kindly things for others.

  B. C. Forbes

  Generosity, Joy, Selfishness

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• It is not helpful to have those kind of comments come out when we've got troops in combat.

  Richard Myers

  Troops, Kind, Combat

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