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Why go to Antarctica, why do a film like 'Grizzly Man'? It's the sheer joy of storytelling - it's the urge.
Whatever I am today is because of my directors. Without their sheer hard work on me, I wouldn't be an actor.
I think the sheer number of pop stars has kind of drowned out, somewhat, our interest. We're just submerged.
Any time you have someone's first-hand account of the sheer terror that ISIS can provoke... that's powerful.
Whenever you start a new business, the sheer number of variables at hand makes failure a constant possibility.
Obama and his staff's sheer disrespect for the presidency is probably causing the Gipper to spin in his grave.
The sheer complexity of writing a play always had dazzled me. In an effort to understand it, I became a critic.
I don't analyze songs because I think it will make me a better songwriter, I just do it out of sheer curiosity.
The sheer number of facts that are unknown about what happened when Malaysia 370 disappeared is quite staggering.
Listening to John Bonham is just a sheer celebration of his playing - it can't help but fill you with so much joy.
It's sheer torture. I have to be up with the chickens every day and go to work on my body. I hate it, but I do it.
We have to give feminism a shot. Out of sheer self preservation, we have to stand aside and let women run the show.
I think any form of self-expression is half confidence, half sheer hard work and, maybe, a bit of talent thrown in.
I look in the mirror every morning, okay. What is going on here? You know, I just say, 'Look, it's sheer insanity.'
There are a lot more roles for men than there are for women. So men get their fee up by sheer quantity of material.
To rush to throw away your magazine business and move it on the iPad is just sheer insanity and insecurity and fear.
You have to be careful about measuring the quality of education by the sheer number of dollars that you put into it.
From the moment I was six I felt sexy. And let me tell you it was hell, sheer hell, waiting to do something about it.
I was never blessed with any real ability but I loved the game and made up for anything I lacked with sheer hard work.
I paint for the sheer joy of painting. I have never sold any of my paintings. I'd rather give them to people for free.
Nothing matches the sheer euphoria of discovering a new melody or a new batch of chords that just come out of nowhere.
You have to have a sense of humor if you follow politics. Otherwise, the sheer fraudulence of it all will get you down.
We trust things more when they look like they were done for the love of it rather than the sheer commercial value of it.
I run away from super-bandage-style Herve Leger dresses. I think it's sexier for a woman to be in something sheer and loose.
I believe a person who designs for the sheer passion of creativity can do so across media - it is like any other form of art.
Nobody gets argued all the way into becoming a believer on the sheer basis of logic and reason. That requires a leap of faith.
I'm not trying to blow out a camera lens or make the audience's hair go straight back from my sheer volume, sheer energy level.
We learn best when we're intrinsically motivated - that is, when we try something new for the sheer enjoyment of the experience.
I like Dubai because of the sheer scale on which the city is built. It is completely futuristic but with a warm, old-world ethos.
I never pictured L.A. as a hub for amazing food, which I learned quite quickly is sheer naivete. The restaurants here are insane.
I've discovered that sheer quantity doesn't necessarily make for a heavier sound; if anything, overdubs make guitars sound mushier.
If I had to identify the one skill set shared by most by the men who become part of the SEAL teams... it would be sheer brainpower.
In terms of sheer pleasure, Tom Stoppard was very big for me because he is so funny and so smart, and it felt delicious reading him.
If I were a Roman Catholic, I should turn a heretic, in sheer desperation, because I would rather go to heaven than go to purgatory.
English usage is sometimes more than mere taste, judgment and education - sometimes it's sheer luck, like getting across the street.
The 'Donny and Marie' show is incredible. It's not a musical, but for sheer entertainment value and energy, it's a real 10 out of 10.
The sheer drop in sterling since 2016 is only a taste of what's to come if we continue down the destructive route of a no-deal Brexit.
After the mediocre 'Final Fantasy XIII' and the sheer disaster that was 'Final Fantasy XIV,' many fans have lost faith in the RPG titan.
Statisticians tell us that people underestimate the sheer number of coincidences that are bound to happen in a world governed by chance.
Almost all institutions own a lot more art than they can ever show, much of it revealing for its timeliness, genius, or sheer weirdness.
Anything I've done that really worked happened because, either by sheer will or a lack of options, I was incredibly focused on one problem.
When people come offering you quality work, I think that is a result of the sheer hardwork and dedication I have had towards my profession.
As a student in Beijing in 1996, I sometimes marveled at the sheer obscurity of the movies that somehow made it onto pirated discs in China.
Barack Obama is probably one of the brightest in terms of sheer intelligence... also probably the best orator we've ever had as a president.
I'm a huge fan of MAC's sheer pressed powder because it feels virtually weightless. I can actually wear it to the gym and not clog my pores.
Neutrogena Ultra Sheer sunscreen makes me feel like I'm getting supersonic protection because I am so, so pale and need all the help I can get!
For sheer majestic geography and sublime scale, nothing beats Alaska and the Yukon. For culture, Japan. And for all-around affection, Australia.
Nature is simply the environment on earth in which man finds himself, and to treat it as a separate being in the image of man is sheer nonsense.
I think, to me, the sheer joy of fancy dress is that it allows you to take a break from our very carefully considered and constructed identities.
Whatever I do is done out of sheer joy; I drop my fruits like a ripe tree. What the general reader or the critic makes of them is not my concern.