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“I think there's a very fine line between the type of performing that some actors do, and being in a state in your mind where you actually believe what's going on. If we weren't actors, what would we do with that ability? Would we not be slightly insane? Mentally ill? I don't know.”

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Author:Samantha Morton

“Where I've arrived now is the product of mixing the very straight with the very exploratory; there's a fine line between the two, although it tends to be getting straighter and straighter because my songwriting is getting better.”

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Author:Andy Partridge

“There's a fine line between genius and insanity, as we all know.”

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Author:Mackenzie Phillips

“I am a fan of overdoing something, but not running it into the ground. They are complete opposites with only a fine line separating them.”

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Book:Killosophy

Source: Killosophy

“For me, there's a fine line between telling a story that's fictional with lots of details and then removing yourself too much from it, so it's bloodless, a little too fictional.”

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Author:Aimee Mann

“There's a very fine line between a groove and a rut a fine line between eccentrics and people who are just plain nuts.”

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Author:Christine Lavin

“Surprise is not humor. I think that there can be a fine line there.”

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Author:Keegan-Michael Key

“There is a fine line between optimism and delusion. I cross it often.”

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Author:Hal Elrod

“It's sort of a fine line where you're dying to express it and then hoping no one really gets it that closely. But I'm pretty much over that. I'd really just like to be understood.”

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Author:J. Robbins

“Sometimes I think that there's a fine line between impressionistic and messy.”

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Author:Lady Gaga

“There's a fine line between heartbreak and love. It's a compliment when someone tells me my music put them in a place when where they were almost in tears.”

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Author:Chris Botti

“There is a fine line I have to walk throughout the writing process in a novel. It is this line between drama and melodrama, and it is this line between evoking genuine emotional power and being manipulative.”

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Author:Nicholas Sparks

“Arrogance is a killer, and wearing ambition on one's sleeve can have the same effect. There is a fine line between arrogance and self-confidence. Legitimate self-confidence is a winner. The true test of self-confidence is the courage to be open - to welcome change and new ideas regardless of their source. Self-confident people aren't afraid to have their views challenged. They relish the intellectual combat that enriches ideas.”

“I just tend to admire people who go for what they believe in, like David Lynch for example, and just say what goes through their heads, and are not afraid of people not accepting them. I have no respect for people who deliberately try to be weird to attract attention, but if that's who you honestly are, you shouldn't try to "normalize yourself". It's a fine line.”

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Author:Alicia Witt

“Cat's are unpredictable. It is a fine line between the cure, inquisitive and innocent creature resting on our lap and the hissing, spitting and deranged banshee it might become at any moment. This is why we're trying always to win their love.”

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Author:George Takei

“Giving yourself over to the fine line of a human-like droid means that sometimes you make choices that don't make you feel good, as an actor, and you have to learn to embrace that. No actor will tell you that that's a good place to be.”

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Author:Michael Ealy

“Writers ... I think ... live on that fine line between insanity and genius.”

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Book:Those who ride the night winds

Source: Those who ride the night winds

“Entrepreneurs are all a little crazy. There is a fine line between an entrepreneur and a crazy person. Crazy people see and feel things that others don't. An entrepreneur's dream is often a kind of madness, and it is almost as isolating. What differentiates the entrepreneur from the crazy person is that the former gets other people to believe in his vision.”

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Author:Anita Roddick

“There's a fine line between information and propaganda.”

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Author:Jenny Holzer

“The way you talk to your teammates and push them and the way you treat them is important. There is a fine line between trying to help your teammates and criticizing them. The toughest part for me is how to keep my teammates accountable but at the same time do it in a loving way that doesnt judge or condemn them. It's definitely been a struggle and I'm trying to learn how to lead consciously in a way that honors God.”

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Author:Jeremy Lin

“There is a fine line between perseverance and madness.”

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Author:Lynda Obst

“Theres a fine line between playing a dim-witted character and playing a cartoon.”

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Author:Steven Pasquale

“Without trying to get too self-indulgent, there's a fine line between making something that's soundtracky and cinematic, or making it sound like a bad 70s prog-rock record.”

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Author:Jason Reece

“Theres a fine line between physical and thug ball, and the Knicks have crossed the line on occasion.”

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Author:Marv Albert

“The emergence of Casual Fridays has created a fine line of fashion ion dos and donts.”

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Author:Michael Perlis

“What strikes me is that theres a very fine line between success and failure. Just one ingredient can make the difference.”

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Author:Andrew Lloyd Webber

“The solution to staying on the right side of the fine line between using and abusing grace is repentance. The road to repentance is godly sorrow (2 Corinthians 7:10). Godly sorrow is developed when we focus on the true nature of sin as an offense against God rather than something that makes us feel guilty.”

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Author:Jerry Bridges

“There's a fine line between a stream of consciousness and a babbling brook to nowhere.”

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Author:Dan Harmon

“In the courtroom, it's where a lawyer really becomes an actor. There's a very fine line between delivering a monologue in a play and delivering a monologue to a jury. I've always felt that way - I've been in a lot of courtrooms. The best lawyers are really theatrical.”

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Author:Woody Harrelson

“What a fine line there is between artistry and insanity. There's no formula for it, and I think a lot of people when they're around you - even those closest to you - when you're in that whirl of creativity and you're grabbing those things out of the air, there's no rational process.”

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Author:Ronnie Dunn

“There is a very fine line between love and nausea.”

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Author:James Earl Jones

“The intricate engraving, fine lines, beading and milgrain accents echo an era defined by elaborate embellishments.”

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Author:Vera Wang

“I'm an extremist, I have to deal with my own extreme personality, and I walk the fine line of wanting to die and wanting to be the ruler of it all.”

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Author:Davey Havok

“There's a fine line between character building and soul destroying.”

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Author:Colin Hay

“There is a fine line in the Third World between half a dozen customs officials waiting for you to offer them a bribe and half a dozen customs officials waiting for you to offer them a bribe so they can throw you in jail.”

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Book:All the Trouble in the World: The Lighter Side of Overpopulation, Famine, Ecological Disaster, Ethnic Hatred, Plague, and Poverty

Source: All the Trouble in the World: The Lighter Side of Overpopulation, Famine, Ecological Disaster, Ethnic Hatred, Plague, and Poverty

“I think it's OK to talk about your military service, but there's a fine line between, you know, too much and just about right.”

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Author:Bob Dole

“A good actor is like a racehorse or a Ferrari. If a cylinder is missing on a Chevy, it's doesn't matter that much. But if something's not working right on a Ferrari, it makes a big difference. It's the three percent that makes the difference between good and great. It's a fine line. If you're not there, it's very painful.”

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Author:Christopher Walken

“There's a fine line between masturbating while you look out a window, and masturbating while you're looking in a window. I'll give you a hint: one of 'em is super illegal.”

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Author:Dave Attell

“The hard part is that this is a very fine line. There's right on one side of it, and crazy on the other.”

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Author:Sam Altman

“Arrogance is a killer, and wearing ambition on one's sleeve can have the same effect. There is a fine line between arrogance and self-confidence.”

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Author:Jack Welch

“It's a fine line of doing what's good for your life and what your parents want you to do, but also following your dreams. With my parents, when I was younger, I always had to do two things. If I was acting, I always had to do a sport or something on the arts side of things, along with that. That way, if one fell apart, I always had something else to fall back on.”

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Author:Kaley Cuoco

“There's a fine line between participation and mockery.”

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Book:Stick to Drawing Comics, Monkey Brain!: Cartoonist Explains Cloning, Blouse Monsters, Voting Machines, Romance, Monkey G ods, How to Avoid Being Mistaken for a Rodent, and More

Source: Stick to Drawing Comics, Monkey Brain!: Cartoonist Explains Cloning, Blouse Monsters, Voting Machines, Romance, Monkey G ods, How to Avoid Being Mistaken for a Rodent, and More

“There's a fine line between marketing and grand theft.”

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Author:Scott Adams

“There's a very fine line between anxiety and excitement. If you don't let anxiety stop you, you can nudge it over the line.”

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Book:Beyond Positive Thinking: A No-Nonsense Formula for Getting the Results You Want

Source: Beyond Positive Thinking: A No-Nonsense Formula for Getting the Results You Want

“There's a fine line between being colorful and being an asshole, and I hope I'm still just colorful.”

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Book:Ted Turner speaks: insight from the world's greatest maverick

Source: Ted Turner speaks: insight from the world's greatest maverick

“Teaching well draws from the same well that writing draws from: the reserves of compassion and ability to listen and concentrate on another. So I have to have fine line between teaching and writing. I try not to ever think of career. I just try to go to the dream world every day.”

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Author:Andre Dubus

“I wear some of my stuff, but usually the less in-your-face designs. I get a little self conscious, there is a fine line between pride and ego.”

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Author:Shepard Fairey

“There is a fine line between stubborn and stupid.”

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Book:Deadwood

Source: Deadwood

“It's a fine line to find that balance: to show people enough to give them the promise of something unique, and something they want to see, but at the same time make sure that when they show up for the movie, they're surprised by what they eventually get.”

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Author:Joseph Kosinski

“There's a fine line between eccentrics and geniuses. If you're a little ahead of your time, you're an eccentric, and if you're too late, you're a failure, but if you hit it right on the head, you're a genius.”

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Author:Thomas Watson, Jr.