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“What I learned is, we have to listen to each other, even when we don't agree, even when we think we hate each other. We have to listen to each others narratives. Not interrupt defensively, or with hostility, but really try to open our hearts and listen with empathy. I learned so much from that meeting. It was a very difficult thing to do and it was one of the best things that I ever did in my life. Look what scares you in the face, and try to understand it. Empathy, I have learned, is revolutionary.”

Thinking Trying Looks Heart Faces Hate Difficult Empathy Agree Meetings Narrative Best Things Revolutionary Things To Do Scare I Have Learned Hostility Difficult Things

Author:Jane Fonda

“What I learned late in life, under my rain of lava, under my kill-or-cure, unhappily, slowly, stubbornly, barely, and in really dreadful pain, was that there is one and only one way to possess that in which we are defective, therefore that which we need, therefore that which we want. Become it.”

Self Philosophy Psychology

Author:Joanna Russ

Source: The Female Man

“What I learned most from my father wasn't anything he said; it was just the way he behaved. He loved his work so much that, whenever he came on set, he brought that with him, and other people rose to it.”

People Way Said Father Dad Rose

Author:Jeff Bridges

“What I learned on my own I still remember”

Stills Remember My Own

Author:Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Source: The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms

“What I learned on the road. Above all else - to love my native land.”

Land Native Native Land

Author:Charles Kuralt

“What I learned The well-documented difference Between alone and lonely The comfort of knowing”

Wells Differences Knowing Comfort Lonely

Author:David Levithan

Source: The Realm of Possibility

“What I learned very quickly is that if you get it right in the first two or three takes, it's not going to get that much better.”

Ifs Firsts Two Three

Author:Matthew Vaughn

“What I learned was more than sufficient to impress upon me the horror, the real danger, and the utter insanity of thermonuclear warfare, which threatens everyone on earth. Our reports, and the conferences where we discussed a strategic thermonuclear strike on a potential enemy, transformed the unthinkable and monstrous into a subject for detailed investigation and calculation ... I could not stop thinking about this, and I came to realize that the technical, military, and economic problems are secondary; the fundamental issues are political and ethical. Gradually, subconsciously, I was approaching an irrevocable step—a wide-ranging public statement on war and peace and other global issues.”

Human Rights Nuclear Weapons Cold War Nuclear War Thermonuclear

Author:Andrei Sakharov

“What I learned was there are hormones, and most people are sexual. They may go through stages where they might do things where they go above and beyond, but this is something else.”

People May Might Stage Hormones Above And Beyond

Author:Stuart Blumberg

“What I learned was there's no roles for women who won't be in their 40s. For women who will be in their 40s, there's a ton of work.”

Roles

Author:Sharon Stone

“What I learned was to live in my heart and to do what will make my happy, and that was not selfishness. It didn't matter what job I took, my mother's answer was, "Do what will make you happy." It brought attention to my own feelings, and the realization that I never knew what the future would bring so to keep an optimistic view of it, because who knows what today's events will bring.”

Knows Heart Matter Feelings Today Jobs Mother My Own Answers Views Attention Events My Heart Optimistic Realization Selfishness Make You Happy

Author:Bernie Siegel

“What I learned with Cecil Taylor was strategy and survival and how to resist temptations and resist getting discouraged.”

Survival Strategy Temptation Discouraged

Author:Steve Lacy

“What I learned with tech companies is I gotta give people room to experiment, and also to make what might later on be a mistake. This is the attitude I want to build within San Francisco - give some time to the tech community.”

People Want Giving Might Community Rooms Mistake Attitude Company Experiments San Francisco

Author:Ed Lee

“What I learned, in the two months that we shot, I don't think I could have learned in two to four years of drama school. It's invaluable to me, and that's been the most fun. It's been nice to let this be a learning experience in everything.”

Thinking Years Two School Fun Four Nice Months Drama Shots Four Years Two Months Invaluable Learning Experience

Author:Steven Yeun

“What I learned, more than anything, was that you can't have it all balanced perfectly at any one time. When I was young, it was much more balanced toward work. When I had my children, it was much more balanced toward love and family, and I didn't get a lot of work done. So you can't ask of it to be perfectly balanced at any time, but your hope is, before you die, you've somehow had each of those spheres come to life. That's probably more important than success in any one of those spheres alone.”

Children Important Done Young Dies Asks My Children One Time Spheres Balanced Work Done Love And Family

Author:Doris Kearns Goodwin

“What I learned: Shun nonbelievers. Ignore critics. Do your best for people who want to dance with you.”

People Want Critics

Author:Seth Godin

“What I learnt from haters (The Sonnet) In the recent years I've come to realize, when you stand firm on rights and equality, seeing you as threat, they brand you dictator. When you have no firm conviction whatsoever, you ain't someone worth noting, just a number. I'm flattered when they make serious time out to call me stupid, meaningless and narcissist. If intolerance of prejudice makes me a dictator, Hundred Hitlers fall pale to my God complex. I don't consider creatures like Winnie human, who have no regard for rights over tradition. If this makes you think, I'm megalomaniacal, it's alright, you are just lost children. I once said, no one is inferior to no one, except those who think of others as such. If this simple truth makes me the enemy, ecology 101: sun always repels the badgers.”

Diversity Social Justice Activism Civil Rights Bigotry Humanist Genocide Inclusion Colonialism

Author:Abhijit Naskar

Source: The Divine Refugee

“What I leave behind has a life of its own.”

Behinds

Author:Audre Lorde

“What I like about [Berthold] Brecht, it's very interesting. When Helene Weigel came over and somebody talked about Lotte Lenya and said "well, she wasn't alienating." And Weigel said "No, no, no. Why, Lotte Lenya was so true - who cares?" She said: "Berti only developed the theory of alienation in order to stop bad acting." I heard her say that. Now that's brilliant.”

Wells Said Care Order Interesting Acting Heard Theory Brilliant Who Cares Very Interesting Alienation Brecht Bad Acting

Author:John Hurt

“What I like about a dog it stops people getting after you, they're not going to come round in the night. But they make the place stink because I might want to stay out a few days and when I get back I might want to stay in a few days and a dog can become a tyrant to you.”

People Want Might Night Dog Rounds Get Back Tyrants Stink

Author:Caryl Churchill

Source: Plays Four

“What I like about acting is that you can be a different person every day.”

Persons Different Acting

Author:Allegra Versace

“What I like about acting is that you have to be super, super present in the moment. That's not something that comes to me naturally. But if you take the long view on anything, nothing can really affect you or knock you down. It's like, we're here for a blink, we're just the human experiment, one of many experiments going on in the universe, and it's interesting, it's beautiful by fits and starts, but I can't take it that personally. I'm just one of billions of people attempting.”

People Ifs Humans Long I Can Moments Beautiful Universe Interesting Views Acting Fit Billions Experiments Just One Attempting Blink

Author:Brit Marling

“What I like about all these giant superhero movies is that they speak to the issues that I'm dealing with - working mother and time management and how to be an interesting, sexual, curious woman in your 40s.”

Mother Speak Interesting Issues Management Curious Giants Time Management Superhero

Author:Amy Poehler

“What I like about baroque is the reemergence of pre-Christian religion. The art of baroque mixes ancient pre-Christian myths with Christian imagery and each reflects upon the other.”

Art Christian Ancient Myth Imagery Baroque

Author:Camille Henrot

“What I like about being a musician is that I find the thing soothing, but I also give the soothing to other people.”

People Giving Musician Soothing

Author:Sinead O'Connor

“What I like about being alone is being able to do whatever you want and it's for yourself.”

Want Able Do Whatever You Want

Author:Molly Ringwald

“What I like about being an actress is that it keeps you feminine. Being a director and producer makes you manly and very masculine and I don't like that quality in a woman. But I'll do it when the film is very close to me.”

Film Quality Directors Actresses Producers Feminine Masculine Manly

Author:Bai Ling

“What I like about being independent [in the music industry] is that anybody who does play the album on the radio and anybody who does choose to write in the media does so because they want to, because they like it or because they find something interesting there, not because they have to.”

Want Writing Doe Play Interesting Media Industry Independent Radio Albums Music Industry Something Interesting

Author:Ani DiFranco

“What I like about Britain is that I can live a normal life here.”

I Can Normal Britain Normal Life

Author:Kevin Spacey

“What I like about cities is that everything is king size, the beauty and the ugliness.”

Cities Beauty Kings Size Ugliness City Life

Author:Joseph Brodsky

“What I like about cooking is that, so long as you follow the recipe exactly, everything always turns out perfect. It’s too bad there’s no recipe for happiness. Happiness is more like pastry—which is to say that you can take pains to keep cool and not overwork the dough, but if you don’t have that certain light touch, your best efforts still fall flat. The work-around is to buy what you need. I’m talking about pastry, not happiness, although money does make things easier all around.”

Ifs Needs Long Doe Stills Light Pain Certain Turns Fall Perfect Effort Talking Easier Cooking Flats Recipes Best Effort Pastries Dough Overwork

Author:Josh Lanyon

“What I like about electronic music is you don't really need to be that learned or educated in any particular context. You can just make sound, noise even, whatever it may be.”

Needs May Sound Particular Music Is Noise Educated Electronic Music

Author:Justin Broadrick

“What I like about Elvis is the same thing I like about James Brown, Michael Jackson, Prince. These guys, back in the day, there was no smoke and mirrors. It was just raw talent. They would step out onstage and command an audience.”

Guy Steps Audience Talent Mirrors Command Smoke Brown Back In The Day Smoke And Mirrors Raw Talent

Author:Bruno Mars

“What I like about Elvis is the same thing I like about James Brown, Michael Jackson, Prince. These guys, back in the day, there was no smoke and mirrors. It was just raw talent. They would step out onstage and command an audience. Talk about awesome.”

Guy Steps Audience Talent Mirrors Command Smoke Brown Back In The Day Smoke And Mirrors Raw Talent

Author:Bruno Mars

“What I like about experience is that it is such an honest thing. You may number of wrong turnings; but keep your eyes open and you will not be allowed to go very far before the warning signs appear. You may have deceived yourself, but experience is not trying to deceive you. The universe rings true wherever you fairly test it.”

Learning Experience Observation Self Deception Scientific Method

Author:C.S. Lewis

Source: Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life

“What I like about experience is that it is such an honest thing. You may take any number of wrong turnings; but keep your eyes open and you will not be allowed to go very far before the warning signs appear. You may have deceived yourself, but experience is not trying to deceive you. The universe rings true wherever you fairly test it.”

Trying May Eye Universe Numbers Honest Tests Experience Rings Warning Deceiving Deceived Wrong Turn Warning Signs

Author:C. S. Lewis

Source: Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life

“What I like about eyewear is that it can work with a lot of different looks. You can wear it with a Balenciaga dress, or something that is straight and very quirky.”

Looks Different Dresses Quirky Different Looks Eyewear

Author:Karen Walker

“What I like about fairy tales is that they highlight the emotions within a story. The situations aren't real, with falling stars and pirates. But what you do relate to is the emotions that the characters feel.”

Feels Real Character Stories Fall Stars Emotion Situation Tales Relate Fairy Fairy Tale Pirate Highlights

Author:Charlie Cox

“What I like about fairy tales is the language and the matter-of-fact way of introducing magic, where it's accepted that a fox could talk or a gate could just appear in a wall. I think fairy tales are so psychological.”

Thinking Way Matter Facts Language Magic Wall Accepted Tales Psychological Fairy Gates Fairy Tale Introducing Foxes Matter Of Fact

Author:Alice Hoffman

“What I like about film is it explores imperfections.”

Film Imperfection

Author:Mia Wasikowska

“What I like about gluttony, a bishop I knew used to say, is that it doesnt hurt anyone else.”

Used Hurt Bishops Gluttony

Author:Monica Furlong

“What I like about golf is there are no bad calls.”

Golf

Author:Ivan Lendl

“What I like about Hollywood is that one can get along by knowing two words of English -- SWELL and LOUSY.”

Two Knowing Hollywood

Author:Vicki Baum

“What I like about houses like Givenchy. It's easy to pull from. With Givenchy you can accessorize to build anything, any look.”

Looks House Easy Givenchy

Author:Erykah Badu

“What I like about ideals is that they want to be hot and passionate and appear nonsensical to the sensible man.”

Life Philosophy Wisdom Truth Reflection Ideals Contemplation Attributed No Source

Author:Gordon Roddick, 1963

“What I like about it is that I'm not somebody who's in movies. I'm a guy who's not very good going around the track with a bunch of guys who are a hell of a lot better.”

Guy Hell Very Good Track Bunch

Author:Christian Bale

“What I like about Layer Cake is its intelligent through-line. First of all, I think it's very close to the truth; I think this is what successful drug dealers are like. They don't drive around in flashy cars, they don't show off, they behave very quietly, they get on with their job and they earn lots of money. And it goes up and up and up and up the scale. Secondly - and selfishly - I like the moral aspect of the movie, which is that violence has consequences, and you feel emotionally involved with the violence.”

“What I like about masturbation is that you don't have to talk afterwards.”

Sex Masturbation Having Sex Funny Sex

Author:Milos Forman

“What I like about modelling is that it has given me that opportunity to travel and experience different cultures, work with creative people, and now it's given me a voice, and with that voice hopefully I can do good things with it.”

People I Can Different Culture Opportunity Given Voice Can Do Creative Good Things Hopefully Creative People Different Cultures Modelling

Author:Miranda Kerr

“What I like about music is its ability to be convincing, to carry an argument through successfully to the finish, though the terms of the argument remain unknown quantities.”

Term Ability Music Music Is Argument Quantity Convincing

Author:John Ashbery

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