Ellie Kemper Quotes
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I think everyone who goes to see a 'Bond' movie expects to be impressed by the look and the locations chosen. Certainly I was when I grew up watching them, and I don't think that's changed in the last 50 years.
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I'm not an ultra-libertarian who thinks there shouldn't be insider-trading laws at all.
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Ensuring that high quality water is provided to all Arizona's citizens is the responsibility of elected officials at all levels and I am happy to do all I can to assist the city's efforts.
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Day one through three of the radio tour, I actually went by Camaron Ochs. I went to my first set of radio remotes, and everybody was just like 'What's your last name?' It's not easy to pronounce. The first two minutes I got with people, that's what they wanted to talk about, and sometimes those two minutes is all you get.
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The last paragraph, in which you tell what the story is about, is almost always best left out.
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We need to find a way to empower citizens to make governments take notice.
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I always wanted to be the person to whom people looked forward to give opportunities. As opposed to always being the person who wants to work with others and who is always the backup: where it's like, 'If nothing works out then OK, let's get this person.'
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I knew everything in the forest. I had a secret home tree, where I pretty much lived. I also liked rooftops and streetlamps. My parents would get calls saying 'He's out there again.'
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I got to read some writings by serial killers, and they got inside my head. They were quite disturbing. I read disturbing stuff about that very detached way of manipulating people to do things.
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Before 'Music and Lyrics,' I was just doing high school plays and singing in my church choir and my school choir.
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I still think I am the greatest.
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Just before I auditioned for 'The X Factor,' there was nothing in my diary at all. I had no shows; nothing was happening. It was make-or-break time for me, and I had to consider doing another career altogether.
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I don't know that white people need to be 'allies' so much as understand that any black struggle in America is ultimately a struggle for the large country. 'Ally' presumes a kind of distance that I am not sure exists.
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I'm surprised as anyone about where I've ended up. Maybe it's because I say yes to things.
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One of the greatest gifts that 'Homeland' has given me is it's affirming on a daily basis.
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The Windrush era is a very important part of British history as it helps us understand how and why we became the multicultural society we are today, and also helps us understand the history of race relations in this country.
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Once I started singing, I didn't have to try to be cool. I was just one of the coolest guys around.
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The elegance and the quality - the talent is always in the literature. I start with the word and I base everything on that. It doesn't make any difference to me.
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For me the only training in Swaraj we need is the ability to defend ourselves against the whole world and to live our natural life in perfect freedom, even though it may be full of defects. Good government is no substitute for self-government.
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We have to create a world where people can show up as whole people every single time.
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It is important to recognize and politics positive thinking is often the slaves' virtue - something that people do to con themselves about the burden and change being placed upon them.
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You can win with consistent benefits, delivered over time. You win by incrementally earning share, attention and trust.
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I loved doing My Favorite Year, which was great fun, and The Ruling Class, which I made with all my chums.
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I guess it's easier to think badly and then be pleasantly surprised.
