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Serious-minded people have few ideas. People with ideas are never serious. ↗

— Paul Valery

#ideas #never #people #serious #serious-minded

When I was an actor in some movies a long time ago, I was so curious about all the camera movements - why is the camera placed here, and why does it move like this? And why the set and the background, the color? It's a lot of questions for me to ask, because I was so interested, not only in acting, but also the whole process of filmmaking. ↗

— Stephen Chow

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I had never done any serious acting before, but I decided that it was a chance that I should take. ↗

— Helena Christensen

#any #before #chance #decided #done

It is a curious thought, but it is only when you see people looking ridiculous that you realize just how much you love them. ↗

— Agatha Christie

#how #just #looking #love #much

Living in America, I became aware of many issues and went through a period of politicization. ↗

— Julie Christie

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By the fourth grade, I graduated to an erector set and spent many happy hours constructing devices of unknown purpose where the main design criterion was to maximize the number of moving parts and overall size. ↗

— Steven Chu

#criterion #design #devices #fourth #grade

I really have no ulterior motive in taking on certain roles. I have no larger issue that I really want to show people. I'm an actor, that's all. I just do what I do. ↗

— Sally Field

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A joke is a very serious thing. ↗

— Winston Churchill

#joke #serious #thing #very

I would take plays and I would cut out all the other dialogue and make long monologues because I felt the other kids weren't taking it as seriously as I did. ↗

— Sally Field

#cut #dialogue #did #felt #i

To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day. ↗

— Winston Churchill

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