I grew up in New York and I've always lived here, so I look at myself as a regular person. When somebody recognizes me from the film - and it can be a wide range of people, which shows the power of film - I feel like they're talking about someone else we both know. I just find it hard to believe that anyone would stop me to share how much they loved something that I was a part of.

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Oh, Issyk-Kul, my Issyk-Kul--my unfinished song! Why did I have to remember that day when I came here with Asel and stopped on the same rise, right above the water? Everything was the same. The blue-and-white waves ran up the yellow shore holding hands. The sun was setting behind the mountains, and at the far end of the lake the water was tinged with pink. The swans wheeled over the water with excited, exultant cries. They soared up and dropped down on outspread wings that seemed to hum. They whipped up the water and started wide, foaming circles. Everything was the same, only there was no Asel with me. Where are you, my slender poplar in a red kerchief, where are you now?

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A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work – Colin Powell

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The trouble with talking too fast is you may say something you haven't thought of yet.

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If women want rights more than they got, why don't they just take them, and not be talking about it. ― Sojourner Truth

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Alone we can do so little. Together we can do so much. – Helen Keller

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Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can. – Arthur Ashe

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Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going. — Jim Ryun

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Constantly Talking Isn’t Necessarily Communicating. - Joel To Clementine

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If prayer is you talking to God, then intuition is God talking to you.

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