Chris Lilley Quotes
People think that I'm some kind of genius who's got these statements to say, and... I'm not really.
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My mom really inspired me. She has always taught me it's not about us, it's about what we can give back.
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By the general process of epic poetry, I mean the way this form of art has constantly responded to the profound needs of the society in which it was made.
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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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I have an inner satisfaction of having done what I thought was right at the time which I thought was propitious.
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Being on 'The Vampire Diaries' feels almost like a game you play when you're a kid. When I was a kid, I used to have to take the garbage out at night on Wednesdays. I lived out in the country. I'd take the garbage out, and I used to pretend that I was the only person in the whole world, except for one other person, and he was looking for me.
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Jenna's traveled with me; they've both traveled with their dad. This is the only time they've been old enough in all of their dad's campaigns to really be involved in.
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I suppose I often think of my writing as quite impersonal. But it turned out, when my father died, writing was exactly what I wanted to do.
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Fuel conservation is as important as fuel production.
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I used to think I had ambition... but now I'm not so sure. It may have been only discontent. They're easily confused.
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I go to a regular school still, and I have the normal life of a regular kid.
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I like being unconventional.
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I hardly teach. It's more like a gathering of minds looking at one subject and learning from each other. I enjoy the process.
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One of the recent love stories I enjoyed was Bhaskar's 'Bommarillu.'
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I've done movies I'm very proud of, but there's always a sense of: 'Come see this shiny new car!' The question I hate the most is: 'Why should people see it?'
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Kids called me 'Skeletor' as a kid because I was so skinny.
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You cannot govern, you cannot administrate, with an ignoramus.
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It would definitely be fun to do a musical one day.
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I love being a mother. I think it's the best thing I've ever done, and I personally feel that it's had a very positive effect on my work. I think it's an encouraging force for creativity, it feeds creativity - it did for me, certainly.
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People are incredible creatures of habit.
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NBC News found that FEMA has redrawn maps even for properties that have repeatedly filed claims for flood losses from previous storms. At least some of the properties are on the secret 'repetitive loss list' that FEMA sends to communities to alert them to problem properties.
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I'm always striving to lose weight. And it's not a matter of wanting to be a size 3 again - I brought out my leotards, and a friend thought they were doll clothes. Being heavy isn't good for you. How long can your heart take the strain? So, I never give up, but it's hard.
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In London, what I do on the weekend is be a person and have my own life. In Paris, it is going from this hotel to the office and back again. But I love it.
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Many of the characters who appear in the pages of the Fourth Gospel are literary creations of its author and were never intended to be understood as real people, who actually lived in history.
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People think that I'm some kind of genius who's got these statements to say, and... I'm not really.
