Ellen Wong Quotes
When I'm nervous, I know I care about something - you should be nervous about things that you want.
Quotes to Explore
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Everyone romanticizes somebody.
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It's not about 'succeeding,' but sometimes on a film, you know you've captured something.
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Well, my husband is supportive of my work, like advocating for dialogue between cultures on YouTube.
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I'm not the kind of person who's going to look at the top of a mountain and go, 'Oh, look at that! That's lovely. That's lovely, that top of that mountain.' I'm the kind of person who's going to go, 'Oh, my God! That's so lovely! Let's go climb up it!'
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What Christ gives us is quite explicit if his own words are interpreted according to their Aramaic meaning. The expression 'This is my Body' means this is myself.
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The home funeral - caring for the dead ourselves - changes our relationship to grieving. If you have been married to someone for 50 years, why would you let someone take them away the moment they die?
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It would be nice to be a bit autonomous again, to enjoy something a bit quiet.
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No cricket should be played for at least a month anywhere in the world after a World Cup.
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Although combat operations unseated the Taliban and the Saddam Hussein regime, a poor understanding of the recent histories of the Afghan and Iraqi peoples undermined efforts to consolidate early battlefield gains into lasting security.
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If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could then better judge what to do, and how to do it.
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The business case for diverse employment is not a matter we can ignore. When the business case merges with values and national objectives, this serves as a wake up call for us all. We cannot ignore the opportunity; we cannot ignore the commitment.
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The Gospel is not a religious message to inform mankind of their divinity or to tell them how they may become divine. The Gospel proclaims a God utterly distinct from men.
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I write about violence as naturally as Jane Austen wrote about manners. Violence shapes and obsesses our society, and if we do not stop being violent we have no future. People who do not want writers to write about violence want to stop them writing about us and our time. It would be immoral not to write about violence.
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I'd like to say that I knew this would happen, that it's all part of the plan for world domination.
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Prize that which is best in the universe; and this is that which useth everything and ordereth everything.
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I'm a runner. Not a race runner, but I just love to run, and I don't think I've ever tasted such amazing food like I've tasted in the whole entire New York.
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I'm an awful driver. I'm not going to lie about it. I'm not a good driver. I tried for a long time to pretend that I was. There's a lot of road rage and a lot of times it's directed at something I've done on the road.
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Eurasia ended up with the most domesticated animal species in part because it's the world's largest land mass and offered the most wild species to begin with.
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In the larger world, tribalism is an enormous problem, as it ever has been: both strength and idiocy borne from belonging.
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I want every man on the force to try his best, his level best, to try to avoid arresting anyone. I know that this going to take great will power but try.
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Jesting and levity lead a man to lewdness.
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Any honor is an honor. You can't really say which one is better than the next, but it's always wonderful when you're honored by your peers for your work.
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When I'm nervous, I know I care about something - you should be nervous about things that you want.
