Chris Carter Quotes
I hope that I'm not simply defined by 'The X-Files,' and I hope I have more work that is important to do.
Quotes to Explore
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Never stand still. Only stand still enough to learn, and once you stop learning in that stance, move off. Always keep yourself engaged, in theater, in whatever job you can get. If you can't get an acting job, then go backstage. Or take tickets. But be around actors because that is where you will primarily learn.
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I try to talk about policy issues intelligently, I try very hard to avoid thought bubbles. I make sure my speeches are well researched and footnoted. I make sure I am not talking through my hat.
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So the darkness shall be the light, and the stillness the dancing.
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Shakespeare's villains are fabulous because none of them know that they are villains. Well, sometimes they do.
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I love writers. All of my best friends are writers.
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One thing I can say about the French language is that no one in the world loves their language as much as they do. It doesn't matter if you're close - it still sounds terrible to their ears.
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Over the next few years the boardrooms of America are going to light up with hot flashes.
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I've come a long way since 2007 when I kind of launched my golf career.
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I'm a little angry in life.
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Don't be surprised if you find me doing some charity work in another country.
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Beauty is the promise of happiness.
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People think that if you have a huge appetite, then you'll be better at it. But actually, it's how you confront the food that is brought to you. You have to be mentally and psychologically prepared.
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I don't like to take a lot of stuff since I'm really sensitive to medications.
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My little boy, West, and my wife, they're my rock and that's the thing that keeps driving me to do better at what I do professionally. There was a time in my career where I had been on this huge roller coaster ride and I'd really got in the spot where I could've hung up it and just been a songwriter.
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I don't think people are fools, and I think they deserve a good attitude and smart entertainment.
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I'm a runner first before anything else.
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The Japanese have a strong tendency to suppress their own feelings. That's the Japanese character. They kill their own emotions.
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Life is something to do when you can't get to sleep.
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Let’s make the SAT and PSAT free so everyone has a chance to succeed.
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We're all weirdos, and people want to work so hard to fit into society, but it's like, no matter what you do, you're never going to be what society depicts as what's perfect, because that's not real. The only point that you have to make is that 'I'm being me.'
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I grew up in a working-class neighborhood, so there was always a sense of struggle, but we had hope.
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As an actress, there were so many months, years even, when I didn't get work, when I wanted to quit.
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I found that a bit unfair. However, I did feel quite liberated when I left. I'm very grateful to the show - it revived a flagging career, but I'm glad to be away from it now.
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I hope that I'm not simply defined by 'The X-Files,' and I hope I have more work that is important to do.
