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You're a human being, and every time a list of prize nominations comes out and your name isn't on it, you do have that thumb-in-the-eye feeling. ”
One has a greater sense of degradation after an interview with a doctor than from any human experience. ”
I suppose one has a greater sense of intellectual degradation after an interview with a doctor than from any human experience. ”
Stories are the only thing that I can be bothered with. It's the only way that I can do anything, even if I'm quite useless. It's the only area in being human where I could be a little useful. ”
Doctors are human animals. They want to be loved, they are tribal, they instinctually favor stories over scientific evidence, they make mistakes, and even small gifts make them susceptible to being biased. ”
When you quiet your mind, you can enter a world of clarity, peace and understanding. ”
I get a lot of advice from my dad about how I should be as a human being, but as an actor, I think he'll give me advice once I'm doing a film for him. ”
When you fall in love with a book, something especially interesting and exciting is happening because of the way language works on us as human beings. And I love language. ”
Art is one of the prime ways we have of opening ourselves and going beyond ourselves. That's what art is: it's the product of the human being in the world and imagination, all coming together. ”
But to sustain a marriage for 50 years, you have to get real a little bit and find someone who is understanding and who you can grow with. My mom always says, 'Marry the man who loves you a millimeter more.' ”