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It's quite good when you fall flat on your bum on a creative level. Critics can hate what I do, or I've got something completely wrong, and it's good because that ego thing gets zapped for a while.

~Abi Morgan

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Your job as a producer is to make suggestions without putting your ego in front of everything else. Also, I think you want to focus on that artist's best qualities and really highlight them.

~Adam Schlesinger

Topics: Also Artist Best Ego Else Everything Everything Else Focus Front Highlight Job Make Producer Putting Qualities Really Suggestions Them Think Want Without You Your I Think

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As far as base humiliation goes, acting is a tough business. It's a tough, embarrassing thing to do for a living when you're starting out, and you better not have any ego or pride, because that will be wiped away clean by utter devastation.

~Adam Scott

Topics: Acting Any As Far As Away Base Because Better Business Clean Devastation Ego Embarrassing Far Goes Humiliation Living Out Pride Starting Thing Tough Utter Will Wiped You

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I think everyone is born 100 percent ego, and after that it's just adjustment.

~Agnes Martin

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I think one of the interesting things about poker is that once you let your ego in, you're done for.

~Al Alvarez

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The ego is kind of a big, unwieldy thing. It's not so easily tamed or subdued.

~Alan Ball

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The ego is nothing other than the focus of conscious attention.

~Alan Watts

Topics: Attention Conscious Ego Focus Nothing Other Than

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The ego is a fascinating monster.

~Alanis Morissette

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Canada has a passive-aggressive culture, with a lot of sarcasm and righteousness. That went with my weird messianic complex. The ego is a fascinating monster. I was taught from a young age that I had to serve, so that turned into me thinking I had to save the planet.

~Alanis Morissette

Topics: Age Canada Complex Culture Ego Fascinating Had Lot Me Monster Planet Righteousness Sarcasm Save Serve Taught Thinking Turned Weird Young Young Age

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An actor is totally vulnerable. His total personality is exposed to critical judgment - his intellect, his bearing, his diction, his whole appearance. In short, his ego.

~Alec Guinness

Topics: Actor Appearance Bearing Critical Diction Ego Exposed His Intellect Judgment Personality Short Total Totally Vulnerable Whole

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