There's a rule in acting called, "Don't play the result." If you have a character who's going to end up in a certain place, don't play that until you get there. Play each scene and each beat as it comes. And that's what you do in life: You don't play the result.
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Related people dont know you till they meet you. dont smile if you dont want to, dont be a false person, don... CAROLINA JANETTE GOMEZ GONZALEZ Manny:'Thats wat you do in a herd, you look out for each other.' Sid:'I dont know about you guy... ICE AGE This was a big step for us, in terms of playing like a team. That's the way you have to play. You ha... PATRICK SPARKS You cant be in a position where you dont know what you are going to do next. ERIC GREEN Dont try to go too fast. Learn your job. Dont ever talk until you know what youre talking about. If ... SAM RAYBURN You dont have the right to the cards you believe you should have been dealt. You have an obligation ... CHERYL STRAYED Do the days work. If it be to protect the rights of the weak, whoever objects, do it. If it be to he... CALVIN COOLIDGE Dont GiVe UP iF U StIll WaNna TrY* DonT WIpE YOUR TeARS IF YOU StiLL WANT TO Cry DON'T SET... TRENT REZNOR Eat cheese and do a u-turn but if you dont like cheese dont eat cheese and do a u-turn KATIE BAVISTER And kid Congress and the Senate, dont scold em. They are just children thats never grown up. They do... WILL ROGERS If you dont get what you want,you wont want what you get. KENNETH ELLIOTT HUDSON Good basketball teams have to do that if you want to be standing at the end of the year. You have to... GREGG POPOVICH you really think im happy what just because i smile haha thats a joke is the devil good just because... AMBER FAITH HUN I play defense. That's what I do, and I like doing it. That's tough when you don't get the opportuni... LARRY HUGHES You can't get caught up in what they're trying to do. You just have to play your coverage when it's ... DRAYTON FLORENCE When it comes to what you really want in life. Dont take no for an answer. Take no for a question an... BERNARD KELVIN CLIVE Film and television are so piecemeal. You do one scene, and then you put it to bed, and then you do ... FINN WITTROCK Youll never get mixed up if you simply tell the truth. Then you dont have to remember what you have ... SAM RAYBURN Monroe is a team who, although has a 1-10 record in league, is very capable. They can beat anybody. ... MYCHAL WILLIAMS People live for eating,but
I eat for survive OM BENIWAL You can say that you dont care what anyone thinks about you, but in the end, its all that really mat... TIFFANY GARLAND People dont care what you know until they know what you care JOHN C. MAXWELL If you dont have any shadows you're not in the light LADY GAGA You go out there and beat the guy in front of you play in and play out, and there's going to be the ... LAWRENCE JACKSON People think that they are untouchable, but you will probably find that there lives are built around... GARY F EVANS... You know what [this week] means, but you can't get wrapped up in it. You have to play your role and ... DAVID OLIVER That's what I love about acting, you get to find little pieces of yourself in every character yo... JULIANNA MARGULIES You have to weather the storm. In every big game, there is always a big play. The thing is what are ... RASHAD BOBINO It's the way you play that makes it . . . Play like you play. Play like you think, and then you got ... COUNT BASIE If you can control a mans thinking, you dont have to worry about his actions. If you can determine w... CARTER WOODSON The diffrence in man kind is you do or dont. JAYDON Getting to play for the home folks, there on Lake Martin, with guys like Jeff Cook, man it dont get ... BRAD COTTER I told the kids that when you play a consolation game, they're tough to play because both teams have... GORDIE KERKMAN We just didn't come to play tonight. We had a great opportunity to get a win against a decent team a... MATT BLAIR With any character you portray, you can never play the end in the beginning. You have to pursue and ... STERLING K. BROWN We couldn't get a play called in the defensive huddle either. We're going, 'What? What?' But that's ... CORNELIUS GRIFFIN If life is a stage and you are your own agent, then don’t hesitate to play the character you wish ... RICHELLE E. GOODRICH I think that when the lies are all told and forgot the truth will be there yet. It dont move about f... CORMAC MCCARTHY Always remember that you are the observer and not the doer. Do not take life to be anything more tha... OSHO You cant find outside what you dont have inside. CARL HAMMERSCHLAG You only have a few years to play this game and you can't play it if you're all tied up in knots. WILLIE STARGELL Every footballer wants to play forever. And if you are going to keep on playing - to enjoy it to the... RYAN GIGGS And if you dont come back from the dorm, I'm the one who has to explain to Micheal how I let you go ... RACHEL CAINE When you're playing as a true freshman, you just got to play the next play if you make a mistake. Yo... RAY RICE I always have a rule that acting is acting and truth is truth and you just go out there and you do i... JAMES WOODS Every time you say you dont believe in fairies, a fairy dies. PETER PAN Obviously you have to have rhythm. If you have rhythm, then you can play anything you need. If you h... EDDIE VAN HALEN You only have a split second to make a play. Once you get past the line, you can make a play, but if... DANIEL MILLINGTON if ever you fail in a job or attempt then dont get dejected, because god knew that you were made to ... RAHUL.V.BHOLE You only have a few years to play this game and you can't play it if you're all tied up in k... WILLIE STARGELL The fruits of every laborer are bountiful, ripe and sweet just as the laborer's input. The laws of c... TARE MUNZARA Coach told us at the beginning of the game we were going to play (a) small lineup, so you must be re... BENO UDRIH When you try to talk about yourself, you dont know who you are, or what your like, or what your like... CAROL CHANNING The story goes as the line follow... alone... loony.... ... That's what's happening.... DEYTH BANGER You've got to realize there are 31 other teams in the NFL, so you can't get discouraged and let your... CHAD BROWN You've got to realize there are 31 other teams in the NFL, so you can't get discouraged and let your... CHAD BROWN Dont let the urge to win everyday, blindfold you to ultimately lose in life FAISAL KHOSA He was a strange character, to say the least. He was a genius on the piano. Anything you would ask h... IRMA THOMAS When you do a play, or even a movie, you have weeks to finesse your character. You really understand... D. B. SWEENEY You've got to love the villain if you have to play him. You've got to find something that you can li... JIM DALE Dont be afraid to stand for what you believe
in, even if that means standing alone,it doesn't matter... GUNDO MULAUDZI You think when you wake up in the mornin yesterday dont count. But yesterday is all that does count.... CORMAC MCCARTHY You are a delicate as a flower, One little thing can break you, so dont let anything come in the way... DANIELLE D It seems like when you want someone they dont want you. When someone wants you, you don't want them.... OMAR ASHRAF EZZELDIN How can someone ask you to show your full potential when their actions bring out the worst in you.Fo... TANICA S HALL Part of my strength as an actor comes from what I've learned all these years: when you play a vi... JOHN FORSYTHE The thing is when you play a character it's the persona you bring across from a book to film, or... ALEX PETTYFER I'm not saying that what the radio plays isn't good. My issue is with what they don't pl... DJ JAZZY JEFF Hard work works harder than luck! GERMANY KENT You get more nervous in front of a lot of people. That's why, when you play a concerto, you play... ITZHAK PERLMAN You should have to pass an IQ test before you breed. You have to take a driving test to operate vehi... MARILYN MANSON Try and understand what part you have to play in the world in which you live. There's more to li... IAN MCKELLEN Play it once for old times' sake. Play it twice to not forsake. And play it thrice if you cannot fak... ANA CLAUDIA ANTUNES When there's a last-second play, you can't get too scientific. You have to get the ball in the right... BOBBY GONZALEZ If you go buy a CD, you can play it as many times as you want to in your home. If you serve it up in... VINCENT CANDILORA You look at the part in '12 Years A Slave,' you finish that script - I mean, it's a powe... PAUL DANO People who play this game learn to love it, and the camaraderie issue is what it's all about. It's a... KAREN FALANA That's the way you have to play in the playoffs. You battle, get some timely hits, make the plays de... JAKE PEAVY If you play a lot at the end of the year and you had a couple of days off here and there in the firs... BRIAN SCHNEIDER There are only two guidelines in good sex, Don't do anything you don't really enjoy and find out wha... ALEX COMFORT i dont like when people say you know when they are in the middle of telling you something to me it g... DALLY SALAD Certain people who care about me a lot have said 'You don't play the game, and if you don't play the... ROSIE PEREZ We dont know what were going to go home to, ... If we dont have anything anymore, Im not sure I want... IAN WILLIAMSON You wouldn't bring me in to do play-by-play if you were having a traditional booth, BOB GOLIC You play as hard as you can now and you hope for the best. I'm sure what we do to our bodies is goin... JEFF SATURDAY Video poker is contrary to the rule of thumb that you shouldn't play machine games. That's because t... ANTHONY CURTIS Different beans have different characteristics. Each has their own character and you blend them to g... DAN HANDLER I was always taught that the first rule of bunker play is to just get the ball out. When you have a ... MATT KUCHAR It's instilled in all of the guys in Lopez's program over the years. You always play hard and get af... BRAD BOYER You should be convinced of the authenticity of what you have, but you must also be humble enough to ... MITCH ALBOM You dont know your wearing a leash if you sit by the peg all day. MICHAEL PARENTI Rockabye Baby, in the treetop Dont you know a treetop is no safe place to rock? And who ... SHEL SILVERSTEIN Rockabye Baby, in the treetop Dont you know a treetop is no safe place to rock? And w... SHEL SILVERSTEIN Long-time viewing of Internet violence tend to change a person's temperament, making the person pron... YOU QUANXI If positive and healthy materials are absent, negative materials are sure to be dominant in the cybe... YOU QUANXI In a robust global business environment, our business units operated well in the first quarter. More... HARRY YOU The Board of Directors and I are pleased to recognize Peter's outstanding contribution to the succes... HARRY YOU We are pleased to close the books on 2004 following the painstaking review of almost five years of f... HARRY YOU If you want to play the good roles, spend more time in in college and in acting class than you do in... WENDI MCLENDON-COVEY Dont look back in anger, I heard you say... OASIS
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MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI My odyssey to become an astronaut kind of started in grad school, and I was working, up at MIT, in s... MICHAEL J. MASSIMINO Nothing's the same anymore. J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI All love is unrequited. All of it. J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI If a person with a bullet in Dallas can change the world, imagine a person with an idea could do J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI As things unravel, it's a larger conspiracy, so basically after the second year ? the show you think... J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI Champions know that success is inevitable; that there is no such thing as failure, only feedback. Th... MICHAEL J. GELB Brain researchers estimate that your unconscious data base outweighs the conscious on an order excee... MICHAEL J. GELB A champion views resistance as a gift of energy. MICHAEL J. GELB Over-seriousness is a warning sign for mediocrity and bureaucratic thinking. People who are seriousl... MICHAEL J. GELB I swear, the reason for full moons is so the gods can more clearly see the mischief they create. MICHAEL J. SULLIVAN The quality of our thoughts is bordered on all sides by our facility with language. J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI I've made a decision and now I must face the consequences. J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI Never follow somebody else's path; it doesn't work the same way twice for anyone...the path follows ... J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI I'm delirious with joy. It proves that if you confront the universe with good intentions in your hea... J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI Take care, don't fight, and remember: if you do not choose to lead, you will forever be led by other... J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI There is no poison on earth more potent, nor half so deadly, as a partial truth mixed with passion MICHAEL J. TUCKER Our incredible bewilderment (wilderness separation) blinds us from seeing that our many personal and... MICHAEL J. COHEN I keep waiting for a paradigm shift to happen that will let network and studio execs see that sci-fi... J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI [T]he commitment to a framework neutral among ends can be seen as a kind of value [...] but its valu... MICHAEL J. SANDEL First, individual rights cannot be sacrificed for the sake of the general good, and second, the prin... MICHAEL J. SANDEL I think that we are already making steps toward mapping out the brain so we can identify the chemica... J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI In New York, the Mets are winning the World Series in 1969; that was pretty big, but I would say the... MICHAEL J. MASSIMINO The sense of respiration is an example of our natural sense relationship with the atmospheric matrix... MICHAEL J. COHEN They told us not to wish in the first place, not to aspire, not to try; to be quiet, to play nice, t... J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI The most essential prediction of Darwinism is that, given an astronomical number of chances, unintel... MICHAEL J. BEHE It's really important to me to keep growing as a writer, to look for new challenges and be harsh... J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI If I feel that I'm not able to do my best work - whether that's my own fault or as a result ... J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI Verily, for nine hundred years have I lost. Everyone I knew is dead, the empire gone, and who knows ... MICHAEL J. SULLIVAN If this hast been done to language, I fear to know the fate of all else. MICHAEL J. SULLIVAN On the Internet, inside information is currency, and there will always be counterfeiters among us. J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI You don’t win battles with hate. Anger and hate can make you brave, make you strong, but they also... MICHAEL J. SULLIVAN There was a point when comics were considered to be mainly of interest to kids, and it was decided t... J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI The rumor mill will always grind the grain of misinformation into the flour of untruth and the peopl... J. MICHAEL BREWER The whole point of having great characters is the opportunity to explore them more deeply with time,... J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI Real arms races are run by highly intelligent, bespectacled engineers in glass offices thoughtfully ... MICHAEL J. BEHE The result of these cumulative efforts to investigate the cell—to investigate life at the molecula... MICHAEL J. BEHE Is the conclusion that the universe was designed - and that the design extends deeply into life - sc... MICHAEL J. BEHE The conclusion of intelligent design flows naturally from the data itself—not from sacred books or... MICHAEL J. BEHE Random mutations much more easily debilitate genes than improve them, and that this is true even of ... MICHAEL J. BEHE There's a lot of comics writers out there whose work I appreciate and who are nice guys. I reall... J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI Everyone stared in shock at the pool of white robes and the bright-red blood that began to stain the... MICHAEL J. SULLIVAN First and foremost, the chicken was flooded with bad omens in the same overwhelming manner that Suri... MICHAEL J. SULLIVAN A wise man once told me no man can escape death, but it’s how we run that defines us. And if I hav... MICHAEL J. SULLIVAN It was like waiting for the sunrise and a chicken to hatch— if the sun marked the end of the world... MICHAEL J. SULLIVAN Ferrol’s Law was created for ordinary Fhrey, not the Miralyith,” Gryndal said. “The Art has el... MICHAEL J. SULLIVAN Well, do you still make that marvelous wine? The pale red one, with a hint of nuts? I’ve boasted a... MICHAEL J. SULLIVAN Do you see the butterfly?” Suri grinned with enthusiasm. “Yes, I see it, but—” �... MICHAEL J. SULLIVAN I want to know how long we have before he rises. If I cut off his head, will he stay down longer?”... MICHAEL J. SULLIVAN Freedom, he discovered, had built a greater prison than his family or clan had. MICHAEL J. SULLIVAN