Ellie Kemper Quotes
A lot of people ask, 'What's the best advice Tina Fey's given you?' But she doesn't, like, go about doling out advice - like, 'I've got another tip for you!'
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I went online with winelibrary.com in July of 1997; that was my first professional online play.
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I'm half-black, half-white, so I basically put it like this: I can fit in anywhere. That's why I write so many stories from so many different perspectives, because I've seen so many.
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To the best of my judgment, I have labored for, and not against, the Union. As I have not felt, so I have not expressed any harsh sentiment towards our Southern brethren. I have constantly declared, as I really believed, the only difference between them and us is the difference of circumstances.
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Well, I - you know, the scripture says that God works by faith. And you have to have faith. You have to have trust in God so that God can work.
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The film 'Tapped' illustrates quite clearly how we've been getting 'soaked' for years by the bottled water industry.
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I constantly remind people that crime isn't solved by technology; it's solved by people.
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I have the potential to be very strong and powerful, sometimes angry, sometimes passionate. I also can be shy and withhold that because I am afraid. I don't want to freak anybody out with my passion... So I struggle with that all the time.
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I've worked hard throughout my entire life, but I don't think all the hard work could have produced the same results without all the genetics I was given.
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I like to smile. I smile even when I'm nervous since it calms me down and shows my friendliness.
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My family didn't have any money growing up. I'm just a girl from the ghetto; from Indio, California.
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Everyone comes with dreams and illusions and promises. Everyone wants quick deals. They don't want to invest.
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I'd rather play a tune on a horn, but I've always felt that I didn't want to train myself. Because when you get a train, you've got to have an engine and a caboose. I think it's better to train the caboose. You train yourself, you strain yourself.
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Whenever I read a script, I start recasting the role that I might play. I'm like, 'God, this should be played by Domhnall Gleeson, not me.'
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Ringside seats mean you hear the breaking of ribs, the splattered cartilage of what was once the boxer's nose, the dislocation of the jaw, the horrifying 'ugggh' that the boxer utters milliseconds after receiving a crushing left hook to the solar plexus or kidneys or head.
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I'm a terrific mimic, and you can feel my funny bone.
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IQ in general has improved since tests first began. Psychologists think that this is because modern life becomes ever more complicated.
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I am convinced that only by applying the values of an entrepreneur to philanthropy will you ever be able to meet the needs of the greatest number of people.
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One of the things that would be great is to some day have so many women comedy writers that we wouldn't say there's just one type of female humor. There's lots.
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There is light at the end of the tunnel for India, but it's that of an oncoming train which will run them over.
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People get in fights because they don't communicate, because you don't want to hurt the other person.
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I love any time you can enlighten people to mistakes, that's how I started my career.
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The people who raised me musically are my mother, who is a classically trained pianist, and my stepfather.
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I'm a really bad liar. My mom finds out every time, especially now that she's got Facebook.
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A lot of people ask, 'What's the best advice Tina Fey's given you?' But she doesn't, like, go about doling out advice - like, 'I've got another tip for you!'
