You have no control over the hand that life deals you, but how you play that hand is entirely up to you. - Voltaire

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Also, I'd like to play an athlete again, while I'm still physically fit, or a musician, like Nat King Cole, because I play the trumpet and sing. I'd like to incorporate that into a character.

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Being soaked alone is cold. Being soaked with your best friend is an adventure. ― Emily Wing Smith

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You don't have to play masculine to be a strong woman. — Mary Elizabeth Winstead

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After the rain, the sun will reappear. There is life. After the pain, the joy will still be here. ― Walt Disney Company

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Look at those words, 'role' and 'model.' Both of those are fake words, to play a role and to model, that's fake. I'm real. Being real, I drink, I hang out, I party

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Do the stuff that only you can do. The urge, starting out, is to copy. And that's not a bad thing. Most of us only find our own voices after we've sounded like a lot of other people. But the one thing that you have that nobody else has is you. Your voice, your mind, your story, your vision. So write and draw and build and play and dance and live as only you can. The moment that you feel that, just possibly, you're walking down the street naked, exposing too much of your heart and your mind and what exists on the inside, showing too much of yourself. That's the moment you may be starting to get it right.

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Play the game, never let the game play you.

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Money plays the largest part in determining the course of history.

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I'm known for playing bad guys, so this was an interesting departure from what I'm known to play, which is a softer, more likable, affable character.

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