Chris Evans Quotes
I've been lucky enough - well, maybe unlucky enough - to have had a lot of friends who have had their ups and downs. And for an actor, that's good. Life experience in any regard is good. So I've seen a lot and I've had my own experiences.
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All wars, even the noblest, bring a reckoning of means and ends.
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My love of music comes from as long as I remember. I begged my mum to learn piano for a year when I was 4; she wanted to make sure I was serious, and I wanted to be Chuck Berry when I grew up! We were a very musical family; my mum would play guitar, and her, my dad and aunt would sing and harmonize!
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The most significant barrier to female leadership is the actual lack of females in leadership. The best advice I can give to women is to go out and start something, ideally their own businesses. If you can't see a path for leadership within your own company, go blaze a trail of your own.
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Not all ideas will be accepted, but every idea deserves its own space, and every idea deserves to be expressed.
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I started playing badminton when I was probably of eight years and ever since have been playing. I didn't go to university.
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CEOs are worried they're going to get fired any minute. They're worried about their portfolios.
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I like to fight, and I think the fans want to see a good fight, too.
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We don't grow older, we grow riper.
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It's actually harder to write a fun song.
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Love cures people - both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it.
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It's hard for people sometimes to relate to me. They weren't in the military, they weren't injured overseas in Iraq, they weren't burned, they didn't go through 33 surgeries, or two and a half years in the hospital.
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I'm very involved in the writing on every level.
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Multicultural markets are nuanced but not alien.
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Detroit's a good investment because, first of all, the entry fee for everything is lower. And, you've got the talent that is here that is ambitious and motivated, so you're going to get in on a much lower cost structure in every way, shape, or form from labor to buildings to whatever.
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It's possible that you have been told a time or 10 that you don't appreciate how tough your elders had it. It's true that, if you had been coming of age back in, say, 1960, you would probably be feeling more restricted, if only because you were doomed to spend your days in a skirt, nylon stockings and girdle.
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While technology empowers us to remain connected all the time, it's up to us as people to decide when is it not appropriate to be connected... to opt out when you need to.
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What you wear onstage is a reflection of your artistry.
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I acted in high school and studied at the British American Drama Academy in Oxford for one summer. I minored in theater, and I was always acting growing up and stuff, but really, I was just more interested in the comedy of it all. So for me, it's always comedy, and then acting is just one medium of comedy.
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I'm huge fan of 'Timeflies.'
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In my career quite a few people have tried to force me out, but so far no one has succeeded.
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Eight hours of work, eight hours of play, eight hours of sleep - eight hours a day!
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It was probably when I met Jeff Hamilton, the drummer I've been working with for the last 20 years. He's the one who brought Ray Brown to hear me sing at a restaurant in my hometown.
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I always like to think I'm having a dinner party, and I'm the host, and the audience are my guests.
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I've been lucky enough - well, maybe unlucky enough - to have had a lot of friends who have had their ups and downs. And for an actor, that's good. Life experience in any regard is good. So I've seen a lot and I've had my own experiences.
