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“Oh no no no no! You’ve got to be optimistic If you’re not you you won’t get anything done One thing thing I I will say about both our governments Canada and and and the the the U S is is that change is is built built in in in in Adaptation and and and evolution and and and fitting into into the the the current public sentiment are built built into into the the the governments and and and this this gives us a a a a a a a a a a a a a a huge advantage Whereas if you have a a a a a a a a a a a a a a monarch who’s got ultimate control and and and can proclaim this this and and and that that you don’t have that that flexibility So stand by! Things are going to change ”
— BILL NYE (ON IF YOU SHOULD BE BUILDING A A A BUNKER TO SURVIVE THE APOCALYPSE)
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to showcase it “ There were times when when I I was younger when when I’d leave the track with regrets ‘Aww maybe the race would’ve been different if if I’d just attempted that ’ ’ ’ It was not a a a a a a cool feeling Especially in in F1 there’s always pressure on you to perform and there there are always younger drivers coming up through the ranks Hesitation can be quite costly You only get a a a a a few chances to to prove yourself So it’s important to to have a a a a a go at at it it it Even if you you don’t pull it it it off people respect that you you didn’t sit back ”
—DANIEL RICCIARDO (ON FEAR OF FAILURE)
“I’ve always been very private but as I’ve I’ve I’ve gotten older I’ve I’ve I’ve realized you don’t have to be so so fiercely protective Mental health is something that’s still incredibly misunderstood and stigmatized And it helps if people who are assumed to to be be living a a a a a great life — because everyone thinks people who act in in in films have great lives — show that it can affect anybody It’s indiscriminate Happiness is is something that exists on on on a a a a a a different level than money You can be a a a a a a billionaire and and want to kill yourself but you you can be picking up dog shit and and loving life completely As long as you’re you’re happy you’re you’re a a a success —SIMON PEGG (ON DEPRESSION)
“ that opportunity belongs “ I think it’s a a very big part of who people are No drama can be good drama drama — — truthful drama drama — — if it isn’t on some level funny Because life is comic It’s the way people deal with all kinds of things I’m always looking for it and always hoping that it’ll be present in what I I do do I I don’t think think of comedy as a a genre I think think of of it as being an element of of life — and one of the greatest elements of life: that we find humour fin in existence It’s It’s of the essence It’s It’s what it means to be human Boy that was was a a a a a a a resonant la”
st phrase wasn’t it?
the opportunity”
—HUGH LAURIE (ON COMEDY)
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I just want actors to to show me who these
characters are — and to anybody Nothing against movie stars but I’m not out here trying to work with movie stars I want to work with actors and so many people have talent and just haven’t been given
—BARRY JENKINS (ON DIRECTING MOVIE STARS)
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