Chris Lilley Quotes
I'm so independent in writing stuff and controlling what I do. Sometimes I get calls from people asking to be in their movie, but I'm always writing or editing, and I can never get around to doing it. I'm so much more interested in my own stuff. I think I drive my agent crazy.
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The FHA literally drew up the redlining map and then basically distributed - I'm sorry, the Home Owners' Loan Corporation actually did it, and then distributed to banks who used that as policy to determine how they would lend and who they would lend to. The racism in the system was pervasive and total.
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If you don't have a teacher you can't have a disciple.
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The thing that I took away as an early fan from Bob Dylan was the storytelling aspects. He can tell some wicked stories.
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I do believe that the coal industry sees the cultural shift toward cleaner energy and global warming solutions as a threat to their interests.
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It's very likely that I will finish my career as Swiss national coach.
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A person who has been punished is not less inclined to behave in a given way; at best, he learns how to avoid punishment.
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I've used a cellphone exactly twice. Things move on. The world changes. And I don't know it.
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One of the recent love stories I enjoyed was Bhaskar's 'Bommarillu.'
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There are still traces of discrimination against race and gender, but it's a lot different than when I started out. It just comes quietly, slowly, sometimes so quietly that you don't realize it until you start looking back.
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Good God, do you mean to say this place is a club?
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The heavier crop is ever in others' fields.
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It really comes down to being able to inspire others by being comfortable with yourself. You have to show girls that everyone is different; everyone has things they don't like, but they work it and walk the runway.
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Russia can be quite a dangerous place sometimes, but I never think about it.
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Writing is a very intimate thing, especially when you write lyrics and sing them in front of someone for the first time. It's like a really embarrassing situation. To me, singing is almost like crying, and you have to really know someone before you can start crying in front of them.
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My career is playing the guys who go, 'Boo.' That's what I do.
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I can write best in the silence and solitude of the night, when everyone has retired.
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In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
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People accuse artists of being narcissists - of course we are! If we don't like ourselves, who's going to like us?
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You're an artist when you're writing, a businessperson the rest of the time.
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I believe in artists. I'm an advocate for artists.
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The best audience is intelligent, well-educated and a little drunk.
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The problem in this country is people gravitate toward one genre, and that's what they embrace. I don't understand that. If you hit me with Bell Biv Devoe meets country, well, I like the sound of that concept.
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From the cradle to the coffin underwear comes first.
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I'm so independent in writing stuff and controlling what I do. Sometimes I get calls from people asking to be in their movie, but I'm always writing or editing, and I can never get around to doing it. I'm so much more interested in my own stuff. I think I drive my agent crazy.
