Elliot Cowan Quotes
I do revel slightly in the fact that I am what I am - an English, middle-class, public-school-educated bloke. There is a reputation with that of being slightly stiff, but whoever gets to know me will see some other element - whether it be vulnerable or silly or camp.
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America tends to worship the modest talent because it doesn't put us in an uncomfortable position vis-a-vis the artist.
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People really feel that, when they go to the gas pump now, that the oil cartel is holding them by the legs and tipping them upside down and shaking money out of their pockets.
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She was a great lady. We raised three boys, were together as long as she lived, and now she's passed on.
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Feature filmmaking is a very powerful medium. It has a hold on me now.
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It is important that the audience should understand every syllable of every word, for only then can they grasp the meaning of the song.
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I normally don't endorse in Democratic primaries.
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I don't have to go to the weight room. I don't have to go work out if I don't want to.
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I can't hear music. I don't understand it. It's so above and beyond me.
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What were once only hopes for the future have now come to pass; it is almost exactly 13 years since the overwhelming majority of people in Ireland and Northern Ireland voted in favour of the agreement signed on Good Friday 1998, paving the way for Northern Ireland to become the exciting and inspirational place that it is today.
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Law school and summer camp are the two experiences that inform pretty much all I do.
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To prosper and advance, the American business sector is going to need a financial system oriented toward business, not 'home ownership.'
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It's not easy for Chinese actors to do foreign films, and it's not easy for foreign actors to do Chinese films.
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I found the happiest woman in America is between 50 and 55, is happily married, has made significant progress in her career, and lives in a community where she can easily exercise outside. But the most important single thing was she had her last child before she was 35.
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For the doubters out there, of course I was going to have help from Penguin's editorial team in telling my story, which I talked about from the beginning.
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I always have a million things going on at once, but I try to put my energy into the most immediate need.
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When a man says he approves of something in principle, it means he hasn't the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice.
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I have this dream that the first responders to 911 calls will not be law enforcement personnel but robots. Robots can put eyes and ears on the scene much faster than you can with policemen or women.
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I know that a Christmas tree farm in Pennsylvania is about the most random place for a country singer to come from, but I had an awesome childhood.
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I love the arts.
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While the most disadvantaged students - most often poor students of color - receive the most considerable academic benefits from attending diverse schools, research demonstrates that young people in general, regardless of their background, experience profound benefits from attending integrated schools.
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I'm from the Bob Wills and the Little Richard school of music. Bob Wills did what the hell he thought, Little Richard did what he thought, and those were my big influences.
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I remember playing the Mad Hatter in a school play and feeling very comfortable in the character.
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Only weeks after Oslo began, when nearly all the world and most of Israel was drunk with the idea of peace, I argued that a Palestinian society not constrained by democratic norms would be a fear society that would pose a grave threat to Israel.
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I do revel slightly in the fact that I am what I am - an English, middle-class, public-school-educated bloke. There is a reputation with that of being slightly stiff, but whoever gets to know me will see some other element - whether it be vulnerable or silly or camp.
