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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I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.
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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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I cannot but look upon the strange Instinct of this noisome and troublesome Creature a Louse, of searching out foul and nasty Clothes to harbor and breed in, as an Effect of divine Providence, design'd to deter Men and Women from Sluttishness and Sordidness.
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High IQ individuals don't like surprises and are pessimistic, because it's logical.
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We have to create a world where people can show up as whole people every single time.
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One faces the future with one's past.
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There is a pleasure unknown to the landsman in reading at sea.
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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.
