Chris Lilley Quotes
I like the boundaries, the kinds of conventions of a documentary and having to work within that.
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Funny is an attitude.
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Like a lot of Irish households we read a lot of Irish history. It was almost Soviet, raising the next generation with a mythic view of their history.
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Antonio Berardi is one of my good friends.
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Community colleges are one of America's great social inventions a gateway to the future for first time students looking for an affordable college education, and for mid-career students looking to get ahead in the workplace.
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It gets pretty boring when all you are is the support system for a male character.
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Painting what I experience, translating what I feel, is like a great liberation. But it is also work, self-examination, consciousness, criticism, struggle.
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Many people think fairy tales and retellings of fairy tales are only for children, but I'm not the only writer to take an old tale and retell it for a sophisticated adult audience.
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What a blessed thing it is, that Nature, when she invented, manufactured, and patented her authors, contrived to make critics out of the chips that were left!
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The difficulty, the ordeal, is to start.
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With all of their benefits, and there are many, one of the things I regret about e-books is that they have taken away the necessity of trawling foreign bookshops or the shelves of holiday houses to find something to read. I've come across gems and stinkers that way, and both can be fun.
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A cap on carbon is important because it sets a specific goal for reducing carbon emissions 80% by 2050.
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I love it and really, really enjoy weight training. I love free weights. I find it really rewarding.
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Don't try to convince your partner you are right. Instead of trying to win arguments, try to have a winning relationship!
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I am not afraid to go to jail.
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I just want to play for Hindus and Muslims that sit together. That's all I want to do.
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I don't think you'll ever get enough picking.
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I just want to show the fans my big smile and play the game that I love.
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I'm for people bettering themselves, no matter who they are and where they are, doing all they can to be all they can be.
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Most people know that forests are the lungs of our planet, literally playing a critical role in every breath we take. And that they're also home to incredible animals like the orangutan and elephant, which will go extinct if we keep cutting down their forests.
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I'm lucky because I remember my dad showing me 'Independence Day,' and I loved it.
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Spirituality isn't a luxury. It's a must.
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Computers in general, and software in particular, are much more difficult than other kinds of technology for most people to grok, and they overwhelm us with a sense of mystery.
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When I do my best work, the stories tend to be pretty emotionally-charged.
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I like the boundaries, the kinds of conventions of a documentary and having to work within that.
