Chris Messina Quotes
One of the interesting parts of being on a television show is you often don't know the fate of your character until you're reading the script. I always look forward to finding out.
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The conflict between religion and science is inherent and (very nearly) zero-sum. The success of science often comes at the expense of religious dogma; the maintenance of religious dogma always comes at the expense of science.
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In many of my plays, there was a kind of autobiographical character in the form of a son or young man.
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I'm not a runner, and I always dreamed about just throwing on my sneakers and really knocking everyone's socks off with my joy of traversing the world by foot.
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If it's a good song, it's a good song. I'll take it.
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I grew up on comics and cartoons. So, as an adult, I like comics and cartoons.
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A lot of people go in and have to create their own characters, and they do fine with it.
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I want some colleague to be free to come help me when I say the time has come. That's what I'm fighting for, me. Now that sounds selfish. And if it helps somebody else, so be it.
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Every once in a while, something happens to you that makes you realise that the human race is not quite as bad as it so often seems to be.
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I'll tell you something: my dad was a nuclear engineer and he was really bright, and I've always said that because of negotiating at such a young age with my dad, it was really such a gift because I could then negotiate with very difficult personalities - and not end up being the scapegoat. I learned to really pick and choose my battles.
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Agitation is the atmosphere of the brains.
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I hate recording all the shows for the week in one day, because I want to be able to mention current events and pop culture. If Madonna punches Britney in the face today, I want to reference that on 'Wine Library TV' tomorrow. Monday's episode is always the best, because it's hot off the press.
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I have such a huge girl crush on Beyonce.
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If you never know hardship, you can't really support people around you.
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Years ago, I carved out an identity, and it has always been about having a voice to tell people about stuff I love.
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But whether a couple is a man and a woman has everything to do with the meaning of marriage.
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A love of books, of holding a book, turning its pages, looking at its pictures, and living its fascinating stories goes hand-in-hand with a love of learning.
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I don't think I realized the extremes of my proportions until I moved to Paris. I thought I'd be 'normal' as a model, but actually, even in that world, I was at one end of the spectrum.
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The only model to follow is pure Islam.
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People want you to fail.
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Sometimes I feel as if four thousand years of silencing women, of the fear of women who were burned in oil or eviscerated in front of their daughters, is imprinted deep within me and has altered my DNA.
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Every day I went to work at Tampa, I gave it my all.
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We're used to boy meets girl, boy likes girl, instant attraction on TV. But you throw a son in there, you throw a marriage in there, and you've got some really good character stuff.
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People from Chandigarh are so warm and kind.
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One of the interesting parts of being on a television show is you often don't know the fate of your character until you're reading the script. I always look forward to finding out.
