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Religions have a strong binding function and a cohesive element. They emphasize the primacy of the community as opposed to the individual, and they also help set one community apart from another that doesn't share their beliefs.
Frans de Waal
Strong
Community
Religions
Individual
Share
Primacy
Emphasize
Also
Another
Opposed
Apart
Help
Function
Element
Beliefs
Binding
Cohesive
Set
Even though we live in a fast-changing world with short term-ism all around, it requires years of determination to transform a company and structurally reap the rewards. Innovation companies need to set their sights on solving unmet needs - but this approach requires focus and long-term tenacity.
Frans van Houten
Needs
Innovation
Determination
World
Focus
Reap
Live
Approach
Sights
Though
Solving
All-Around
Tenacity
Long-Term
Around
Years
Short
Rewards
Transform
Requires
Companies
Company
Even
Need
Set
Those who want to row on the ocean of human knowledge do not get far, and the storm drives those out of their course who set sail.
Franz Grillparzer
Knowledge
Sail
Ocean
Those
Out
Drives
Course
Get
Human
Want
Storm
Far
Human Knowledge
Who
Row
Set
I caddied for a guy who was a very good player, and he gave me a set of clubs, just a starter set: 5-iron, 7-iron, 9-iron, putter and driver. I just loved it. How I developed my swing was to just grab a club and start banging balls.
Fred Couples
Good
Me
Club
Gave
Guy
Driver
Developed
He
Putter
How
Balls
Very
Grab
Banging
Just
Loved
Clubs
Who
Swing
Start
Player
Starter
Set
I have been working in the entertainment industry my whole life and have always endeavored to treat everyone on any set I work on respectfully and professionally.
Fred Savage
Life
Work
Entertainment
Treat
Everyone
Respectfully
Entertainment Industry
Industry
Always
Been
Any
Working
Whole
Professionally
Set
It scared me to death to think about improv, but I got hired for a year at Second City in Chicago, which made me nervous, but I found I could improvise. Then I was in a group called the Ace Trucking Company, which we'd do, like, a half hour set of material, then open up for improvisation.
Fred Willard
Death
Me
Made
Nervous
Half
Year
Improvise
Group
Think
City
Scared
About
Could
Open
Hour
Like
Got
Material
Hired
Chicago
Up
Improv
Improvisation
Ace
Which
Then
Company
Found
Second
Second City
Set
I am re-collecting the baseball cards my mom had thrown out when I went away to school. You know you are an adult when you can buy a whole set of baseball cards instead of two packs at a time.
Fred Willard
Buy
Time
Mom
You
School
Out
Adult
Thrown
Had
Instead
Know
Am
Packs
Whole
Baseball
Away
Cards
Two
Set
Don't get too set on becoming an actor at an early age. I think that's where some people get into trouble. Acting becomes their life. I don't want that.
Freddie Highmore
Life
Age
People
Some People
Trouble
Think
Too
Some
Becomes
Becoming
Get
Where
Want
Acting
Actor
Early
Early Age
Set
Venice never quite seems real, but rather an ornate film set suspended on the water.
Frida Giannini
Water
Seems
Rather
Never
Venice
Real
Quite
Suspended
Film
Film Set
Set
It's just incredible how people come up to me and say, 'Gabby, you inspire me to do anything I can set my mind to.' It's truly an honor.
Gabby Douglas
Me
You
People
Inspire
Mind
Honor
Incredible
Say
Come
How
Truly
Up
Just
Anything
Set
Well, I'm certainly glad that I was nominated for an Oscar. There is certainly a respect that comes with that nod. Also, a compliment that comes with it, too. Not that I really know what I'm doing. In a lot of ways I feel like some child on set, or like a kid that snuck in the back door.
Gabourey Sidibe
Respect
Too
Back
Back Door
Kid
Ways
Compliment
Some
Glad
Feel
Nod
Like
Know
Also
Nominated
Well
Doing
Lot
Child
Door
Really
Certainly
Oscar
Set
My father is an actor, and I used to go on set to visit him. I saw the stories he was telling and said: 'That's what I want to do.' I was always in awe whenever I went to the movies or when I watched television.
Gabriel Macht
Father
Saw
Television
Visit
Telling
He
Him
Said
Always
Go
Whenever
Want
Stories
Movies
Used
Actor
Awe
Watched
Set
I played Mary Joe Fernandez in the semifinals. She was winning the first set. Second set was very close. I started to play this aggressive game. I think I surprised them.
Gabriela Sabatini
Game
First
Aggressive
Think
Joe
Winning
Mary
She
Surprised
Very
Close
Them
Play
Played
Second
Started
Set
I never set out to be an actor. Again, my mother presented this job by job to me at the time, and if it sounded fun, I would say yes and if it didn't, I would say no. I always knew, since I was 7 or 8 years old, that it was a means to an end and that I wanted to go to college.
Gaby Hoffmann
Time
Me
Mother
Old
Job
College
Say
Out
Would
Never
Knew
Since
Always
Go
Years
End
Yes
Wanted
Again
Means
Fun
Actor
Presented
Set
People ask me all the time, 'What is it like being on set for a show about trans people?' And this is a state of normalcy to me.
Gaby Hoffmann
Time
Me
People
State
About
Like
Normalcy
Being
Ask
Show
Set
I just had fun making the movies - just being on set - but I didn't really care about the acting part.
Gaby Hoffmann
Care
About
Had
Part
Making
Just
Being
Movies
Really
Acting
Fun
Fun Making
Set
I often use the word 'magical' to talk about what it feels like on set.
Gaby Hoffmann
Word
About
Magical
Feels
Like
Talk
Often
Use
Set
A lot of producers now are people who stay in their office and never go to the set. I don't know how you can be the advocate of the movie if you're not there in it every day.
Gale Anne Hurd
Day
You
Every Day
People
Every
Stay
Never
Know
Advocate
How
Go
Lot
Office
Movie
Producers
Who
Now
Set
If I lose the first set, I still have two more. Let's not make a drama, you know.
Garbine Muguruza
You
First
Lose
Drama
More
Know
Make
Still
Two
Set
When you play in the Premier League, say you're playing against a lower-end team, they set up to defend all the time, they set up to block you off. But when you play in the Champions League, all the other teams are used to winning every week, so it's more of an open game, it's more attacking, end-to-end.
Gareth Bale
Time
You
Game
Every
Other
Say
More
Winning
Week
Attacking
Open
League
Block
Off
Up
Against
Used
Premier
Premier League
Team
Teams
Play
Champions
Champions League
Playing
Defend
Set
Against Chelsea, you will have periods in the game when you are right up against it, when they keep the ball. They are pretty solid the way they set their team up.
Gareth Barry
You
Game
Will
Way
Solid
Pretty
Periods
Ball
Chelsea
Up
Against
Team
Keep
Right
Set
By the time I got to set for 'Cobra,' I think I'd lost about 28 pounds in about a month and a half. I didn't want to look back and be like, 'Wow, someone should stop eating PB and J's.' Like, if I'm going to look back when I'm 80, I wanted to be like, 'Wow, okay, I looked pretty fit. I used my youth right.'
Garrett Clayton
Time
Youth
Half
Lost
Think
Back
Month
Okay
Wow
Pretty
Eating
About
Someone
Pounds
Like
Look
Looked
Got
Fit
Going
Stop
Want
Wanted
Should
Used
Right
Set
By The Time
From my years of teaching creative writing, I know that new writers take the setting for granted, as simply a place to set the action, but setting is a vital element in fiction writing and deserves serious treatment.
Garry Disher
Creative
Writing
Action
Setting
Vital
Take
Writers
Simply
New
Know
Years
Fiction
Fiction Writing
Place
Granted
Teaching
Creative Writing
Serious
Element
Deserves
Set
Treatment
A good writer can set a thriller anywhere and make it convincing: the trick is to evoke the setting in such a way that it highlights the crime or unsettles the reader.
Garry Disher
Good
Crime
Setting
Way
Evoke
Trick
Thriller
Writer
Good Writer
Highlights
Make
Reader
Anywhere
Convincing
Such A Way
Set
A lot of people come work with me because I keep an open set, and people can visit. Julia Roberts used to have friends visit on 'Pretty Woman.'
Garry Marshall
Work
Me
Woman
People
Visit
Pretty
Pretty Woman
Open
Come
Roberts
Because
Julia
Julia Roberts
Lot
Friends
Used
Keep
Set
When I was five years old, my parents gave me a drum set for Christmas. My mom played the piano, and Dad played the saxophone badly. But that Christmas morning, I remember we all played together, and I thought it was the greatest day ever.
Garry Marshall
Christmas
Day
Mom
Morning
Me
Together
Remember
Old
Thought
Parents
Gave
Saxophone
Piano
Badly
Drum
Drum Set
Greatest
Years
Five
Dad
Ever
Played
Set
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