Keith Ellison Quotes
You have to knock doors, make calls, and build a relationship with voters long before Election Day.
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I'm, I guess you could say, the Chinese-speaking, banjo-picking girl.
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I get recognized so much. It happens mostly when I'm in Starbucks.
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When I was a kid in Michigan, I used to play ball with a town team on Sunday. Of course, I'd go to church first. Played the church organ, as a matter of fact.
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Be who you are and be that well.
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It's like why people read scary books or go see scary movies. Because it creates a distance. They're scared, but they're not going to get hurt.
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In 1991, few North Koreans had ever used a telephone. You had to go to a post office to make a phone call.
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Modeling is basically 'Buy more stuff! Don't you want some more stuff? It will make you look ten years younger and men will like you!' If I'd wanted to be a salesperson, I would have got a job selling.
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I think most people have creative ideas and have very strange, unorthodox impulses of things that they can do with their lives. I've had many of these over the years, but I decided the more important question was, 'When did I start calling this art?'
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Whatever my recorded output is, it's a reflection of a general love of music.
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When a relationship with a director is really working, you have the same idea at the same time. You go, 'Look, this isn't working,' and they'll go, 'I know it's not working. What are we gonna do?' And you go and try something else.
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I'd rather try and cram in another two gags than leave a pause to say, 'Hey, wasn't that bit funny?'
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So many people love sci-fi, and they're so loyal.
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The thing that's protected me creatively is that the movies have made profits.
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Just because I don't show six-pack abs doesn't mean that I don't have them.
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When writing 'Give and Take' and 'Originals,' the predominant emotion for me was curiosity.
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The people at the bottom who are working but working at relatively low wages need some help.
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When I was designing Mrs. Obama's dress, half of me was saying, 'What would Halston do?' The other half was saying, 'Be who you are.' Halston, me, America, India - it's been such a great combination. This is what makes me who I am, with the clean lines I learned from Halston and complicated Indian over-the-top Bollywood traditions.
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You'd have to be an idiot to say no to 'Hunger Games.'
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I really, really enjoy comedy. I think that's one of my strong suits. It's my zone. And people don't expect it from me, which is a whammy.
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Everyone in their car needs love.
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Every song is a long process. First I have to write a story for it, and then to make it into a song, I have to make it short and then shorter - so it's not easy!
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Because I'm fat, people believe I'm somehow vulnerable and easy to handle in a negotiation. Ever try to negotiate with a fat guy? We can be mean: Marvin Davis, Harvey Weinstein, Hermann Goering. No one screws around with us for long.
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You have to knock doors, make calls, and build a relationship with voters long before Election Day.
