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I really would love to do a piece like Julia Roberts or Charlize Theron in 'Erin Brockovich' or 'North Country.' They were both so amazing and so inspiring. I would love to touch someone in the way their performances touched me.
Ashley Greene

Love, Amazing, Someone

I want to be inspiring to myself, to my kids, my family, and my friends.
Jodie Foster

Family, Friends, Kids

It's not necessary to go far and wide. I mean, you can really find exciting and inspiring things within your hometown.
Daryl Hannah

Mean, Find, Far

It is great to add some glamour to the food industry, like television shows have done for the food world and inspiring people to work in the industry. The flip side of that is unfortunately people think that after they get their qualifications, they get their invitation to compete on 'Top Chef.'
Curtis Stone

Work, Great, Food

Bloomberg's $50 million is not going to revolutionize the electric power industry. But his willingness to fight is already inspiring others to see Big Coal differently.
Jeff Goodell

Power, Fight, Others

Kids feel so strongly about what's going on today and what's happening to the world, and that's very inspiring. I feel more hopeful than ever before about the future.
Carl Hiaasen

Future, Today, Before

New York's home. It's everything I'd want it to be. It's the most inspiring city I've ever been to, and I haven't been everywhere in the world, but I've been to quite a few places.
Taylor Momsen

Home, Everything, Few

I realised that there's a more muscular approach to film-making that I found very inspiring.
Kathryn Bigelow

Found, Approach, Muscular

Some ways of using our thinking are really inspiring. There are people who use their thinking to race cars. People use their thinking to build rockets to the moon. It's all just a use of your thinking.
Michael Nesmith

Thinking, Moon, Ways

The jarring change going from an urban environment to an extremely remote natural environment is extremely inspiring. It's constantly stimulating, it's like a slap in the face.
Carter Burwell

Change, Face, Natural

Books have become our dearest companions, yielding exquisite delights and inspiring lofty aims.
George Henry Lewes

Become, Books, Companions

The gift that has been given to me says much about our capacity for great compassion and generosity, and I hope it sends an inspiring message to others about the importance of organ donation.
Steven Cojocaru

Great, Hope, Others

And we're fortunate if we have parents who are great and loving and inspiring. But, unfortunately, there are people who don't have that.
Keira Knightley

Great, Parents, Loving

A memoir should have some uplifting quality, inspiring or illuminating, and that's what separates a life story that can influence other people.
Mitch Albom

Life, Story, Influence

I really struggle with that feeling of helplessness. That's why I really try to get my blogs, and even myself, to point to the positive and look at all the inspiring things that are happening.
Daryl Hannah

Positive, Struggle, Feeling

I want to question what the outside is and who defines it. I often find those that are considered to be on the outside extremely inspiring.
Mira Nair

Find, Often, Question

You usually can't tell what's inspiring until you look back on it.
Carly Simon

Acting is like free therapy! Trying to make people laugh or cry can be inspiring.
Julianne Hough

Laugh, Trying, Free

Tim Tebow is one of my biggest inspirations. I actually want to be able to do some of the things that he does in terms of the amount of charity work and the non-profit work, and the way he impacts people off the field. I think that is what is most inspiring to me about him.
Jeremy Lin

Work, Him, Able

There were a lot of signs being thrown at me, a lot of angels I was meeting, inspiring me to get back into show business.
Anna Chlumsky

Business, Show, Angels

It was amazing and inspiring to see so many people come together through music to aid the great state of Vermont.
Trey Anastasio

Music, Great, Amazing

Robert Kennedy was such an inspiring figure. His interest in politics seemed to come not from a desire for power, but from a need to help our society live up to its ideals.
Elisabeth Shue

Politics, Power, Society

I'm always looking for inspiring ways to stay motivated and stay active.
Kristi Yamaguchi

Looking, Stay, Ways

I definitely enjoy getting to know people I find inspiring.
Spike Jonze

Enjoy, Find, Getting

I thought I would attend school and get an assistant position and work my way up but being in NY and seeing the pace of everything, is very inspiring.
Alexander Wang

Work, School, Everything

I read a lot; fiction and non-fiction are the mediums I find most edifying and inspiring. I watch movies and listen to music and take lots and lots of walks. Nature is a nice reset button for me, it's how I get a lot of thinking done.
Carrie Brownstein

Music, Nature, Movies

I'm really looking forward to the Hall of Fame ceremonies. It's going to be unbelievable - just crazy. I'm looking forward to thanking all the fans for inspiring me to go out there and play my best football each and every game.
Jerry Rice

Best, Crazy, Forward

What I learned from doing 'The Graduate' was it doesn't matter what the medium is... as long as the material is inspiring and the characters are well written.
Alicia Silverstone

Long, Learned, Matter

It was an experience that was exceptional. People frequently ask what it was like and it truly was inspiring. Sometimes during his lifetime, people would try and put him on a pedestal and that's not where he wanted to be, but he was really a great individual.
John Sexton

Great, Experience, Him

I don't really know Hollywood, but living and shooting in L.A. was very motivating, inspiring. The lights, the extras, their American faces, the energy, the Orpheum Theatre. It was all very inspiring.
Jean Dujardin

Living, Energy, American

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