Chris Bohjalian Quotes
I'm half-Armenian. Even though my grandparents did not discuss the genocide, and my father - like many sons and daughters of immigrants - wanted to be as 'American' as possible, I was always aware of it. How could I not be?
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We've learned a lot about how information needs to flow effectively amongst a group of people. They need to be fed information, and it needs to be on this constant conveyor belt.
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The bottom line is, I want us to rebound, defend, share the ball, play hard. That's all. Now if you can't do that, if that's not important enough to you, it's not on me.
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I look a certain way. I have a very specific kind of look.
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I have more of a desire to write songs about being an independent woman than being in love, songs about getting up and moving on even if I have a broken heart.
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I don't really look forward to movie stardom or doing a $200-million movie or winning an Academy Award.
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For me, my home is a peaceful place where I can rest, and it gives me back energy.
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When I see a dolphin, I know it's just as smart as I am.
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Thus, biologically speaking the American people are literally only half an immigrant people.
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It is a debt we owe to the purity of our religion to show that it is at variance with that law which warrants slavery.
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How extraordinary it is that one feels most guilt about the sins one is unable to commit.
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Eazy-E is going to remain Eazy-E. But I will not portray Compton as a bad city.
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The so-called skills gap is really a gap in education, and that affects all of us.
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Everyone should play their role in tearing down the wall of hatred.
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For a startup, you need to stay small so the others don't attack, or you aim to be one of the big guys. If you don't do it right, you might lose everything.
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All the old great companies were run by guys who knew what an animator meant, and guys who knew how to draw. All the companies today are run by executives.
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I think before 1997 is over, NATO will have taken giant strides in what's called adaptation, the discussions about bringing the French fully into the NATO forces.
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Playing a character for four years, in people's minds, that's who you are.
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I had a very modest upbringing.
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I remember actually liking a girl in high school who was kind of an outcast and weird, and people made fun of her. I remember hanging out with her, but I was apprehensive about telling anyone I really liked her.
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What beauty is, I know not, though it adheres to many things.
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I was born an American; I will live an American; I shall die an American.
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My father was a very disciplined singer who worked hard at his craft, and I was around that growing up.
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My father was a world-class scientist and my mother was a prolific painter. I could see that my parents had completely different ways of knowing and understanding the world, and relating to it. My father approached things through scientific inquiry and exploration, while my mother experienced things through her emotions and senses.
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I'm half-Armenian. Even though my grandparents did not discuss the genocide, and my father - like many sons and daughters of immigrants - wanted to be as 'American' as possible, I was always aware of it. How could I not be?
