Ellen Greene Quotes
I grew up watching old black and white movies where Marlene Dietrich or Jean Harlow would go walking down some cobblestone street in ripped stockings and head into some smoky boite and sing for a pathetic living. That's so what I wanted to be.
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Speakers who talk about what life has taught them never fail to keep the attention of their listeners.
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You need a routine, to be able to spend some time with a person, and my lifestyle is constantly on the move.
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I think every job I do, I sort of look for the challenge in. I mean, that's why we do this job. It's not, you know, obviously not for the money or for the fame, it's for, I guess finding out more about yourself.
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I don't think that - you know, I'm sure that there's guys that are doing it, because I'm sure in every sport there's players who want to get the edge. But I think that it's been blown overly - way more than guys are using it in our game.
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Sometimes 'Rookie' is written about like, 'Finally! Something for alternative girls!' and I'm like, 'No!' Obviously it's not for everyone, but I used to think that there are cheerleaders, and there are art kids.
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Any job very well done that has been carried out by a person who is fully dedicated is always a source of inspiration.
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I try not to see Woody Harrelson because he has become this big movie star, and it grates, so I try and stay away from him.
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If you taste something, you're not at the maximum of your ability. What I think about in competition is temperature and texture. It has nothing to do with taste or emotion.
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The shoes and the eyes are windows to a woman's spirit.
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I love the horror genre and the thriller genre, so I've got no problem with playing a psycho.
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For me, music was the only reason I went to school. I was kind of a street kid, in a lot of trouble committing crimes and stuff. Music gave me something to focus on.
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There are some faults so nearly allied to excellence that we can scarce weed out the vice without eradicating the virtue.
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As a European I had fit in almost seamlessly in New York for the last 25 years, but in Oklahoma I stood out like a sore thumb.
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I'm getting rid of this idea that you want people to like you. I'm making decisions on what feels right to me. To act in a more carnal way. That's my challenge.
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In the case of 'The Deep,' because of the people involved, the talent and the real lives of people who died, I wanted to make the most honest film I could. And sometimes that's the best way to go: Just make the best version of the film you can.
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I don't prepare myself for a specific fighter. I don't choose a fight to prepare myself for another fighter.
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The clash between Popper and Kuhn is not about a mere technical point in epistemology.
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We want an Afghanistan that is shaped by the dreams of the great Afghan people, not by irrational fears and overreaching ambitions of others.
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I do have confidence that we're gonna be able to get it right. But it's not gonna be overnight. And there's no silver bullets to this. The fact of the matter is, is that we are suffering from a massive hangover from a binge of risk taking.
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If I don't get a chance to play with my son in the morning, I feel like I missed something that I'll never get back. It's such a joy to wake up and be in the mindset of a five-year-old before transitioning into the role of 'executive.'
Biz Stone -
Ef you want peace, the thing you've gut tu duIs jes' to show you're up to fightin', tu.
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Throughout my whole swimming career, I've never been disqualified once. I've never been warned once.
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Negative emotions like hatred destroy our peace of mind.
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I grew up watching old black and white movies where Marlene Dietrich or Jean Harlow would go walking down some cobblestone street in ripped stockings and head into some smoky boite and sing for a pathetic living. That's so what I wanted to be.
