Ellen Potter Quotes
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I feel like if I live the Christian life, then the people should be able to see it in my everyday actions.
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I once said, 'Steve Jobs is the American Xavier Niel,' but that was humour.
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I am kind of the front man for a team of people behind the scenes who are working just as hard as me and are putting in just as much time to make this all happen. I'm not trying to be humble. I just want everyone to get credit where credit is due.
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Our founders never intended us to have a professional political class.
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I've always been a huge reggae fan.
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I think you only really feel like an outsider if you've been an insider.
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I grew up in North Carolina. My father was a salesperson; he sold textiles.
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Even if you're happy with the life you've chosen, you're still curious about the other options.
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I was always trying - I never wanted to let my fans down; I always wanted them to see me in my art form.
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When I diced vegetables, it was painstaking work to make sure that every single piece looked the same: 1/4-inch cubed for small, 3/4-inch cubed for large. It's a matter of practice and precision.
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I was always active, always running and working out. I was a wrestler and ran track and, out of interest, started boxing. It's always been a part of me.
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My work is like a dialogue between me and unseen powers, like alchemy.
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We're in the dark ages if J-Lo can have a music career because of her ass. And let's face it, that's it.
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For the future, I would suggest avoiding subjects of too vast a scale. It would be useful to make out a list of fundamental questions on the matter to be dealt with, and discuss only those.
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Today, to allege corruption seems to be the pastime of most people. All kinds of allegations are leveled. I think it is self-defeating.
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My grandparents are from Mexico, so I grew up with great Mexican food.
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There are many wonderful orchestras in the world, but very few who have a character or personality of their own. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra is one of them, and I think it very important to recognize and respect that character.
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The environment shapes people's actions.
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Funny you mention my dinner parties when I have just suggested that inviting close friends over to share a meal with candlelight and wine at your table could be a form of religious experience for some people. To me it's a form of sacrament.
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I don't watch the movies I make, so I haven't seen 'Footloose' since it came out. You see this young, hungry actor, it's pretty fun. I was the only one they screen tested. It was an attempt by the director and producer to talk the head of the studio into hiring me because they didn't want me.
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The universe was a language with a perfectly ambiguous grammar. Every physical event was an utterance that could be parsed in two entirely different ways, one causal and the other teleological.
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When I do theatre in New York, I typically only get cast in comedy.
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When you make movies, you've picked the most expensive art form, and somebody has to pay for it. You kind of owe it to them to at least let them know how you expect to make it as accessible to as many people as you can, given the story you're telling.
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I don't plot my novels - I move along with my characters.
