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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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 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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We imbue deserts and the tundra with menace because nothing, or little, grows there.
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Don't forget I'm from a military family. I was in special training in the army. I am tall, sporty and - how do you say - you can always protect yourself... I have very strong security.
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I love auditioning. Since 'The Notebook' and 'Wedding Crashers,' I don't have to audition anymore, and I miss it. You get to show your interpretation of the character. I get nervous when I don't audition. What if they hate what I want to do?
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All prisons that have existed in our society to date put people away as no human being should ever be put away.
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I don't think politics has anything to do with left, right, or center. It has to do with trying to do right by people.
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I had an awkward moment when I got a phone call from the person pretending to be Winnie Mandela. 'Winnie' sounded about 12 years old, unfortunately - she'd probably been pushed to the telephone because she was the only one who spoke English.
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Once your kid reaches middle school, parents are really supposed to fade out of the social picture. Kids are supposed to make their own plans, keep up with sophisticatedly crude discussions, and be able to go out on their own without supervision.
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We just recently saw Bruno Mars at the Hollywood Bowl, and he was incredible.
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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.
