David R. Ellis Quotes
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We shred every day.
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M.G.M. never really gave me a break. They loaned me out for leading roles but cast me in programme pictures.
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Time has lost all meaning in that nightmare alley of the Western world known as the American mind.
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I can't keep secrets about myself. I can keep secrets about other people, but if it's about myself, I'm like, 'blah blah blah blah.'
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If I can help a kid discover a liking, or even a passion for music in their life, then that's a wonderful thing.
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In a marathon, if you run too fast, you get exhausted. If you run too slow, you never make it.
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Usually, English personalities are difficult; they don't take criticism easily.
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The best of life is to embark on an adventure with a woman interested in having an adventure with you.
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I got interested in coaching while I played at St. Joseph's. Because we played a national schedule, we played teams coached by Nat Holman, Joe Lapchick, Hank Iba, and others. I could see the impact the coach had on their teams, and I thought, 'That's a pretty good thing to do.'
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I would prefer to have a more appealing job. If I could still change careers, I would prefer it. This unfortunate art is made for long beards and ugly faces rather than for a relatively well-endowed woman.
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Well, I'm not going to sit here and pretend that I haven't been a rogue most of my life.
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I worry about everything in the world, and it's just too much for anybody to think about, so I have my art as my consolation.
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'The Fight Club' DVD is great. I like anything that has really good extras because as an actor, it's really great to see the behind-the-scenes stuff and see how different actors approach their particular project.
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Well, we don't take money from people and then show the product. It has to be a product that we like anyway, and that's true for all five of us, which is one of the really nice things about the way we make the show.
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Despotism is a long crime.
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We all have a stake in ensuring that all students have the schools they deserve and that communities are leading this effort, not being left behind. To do that, we must challenge unchecked charter expansion and the forces driving it.
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Everybody in our family studied a musical instrument. My father was really big on that. Somehow I only took a year or two of piano lessons and I convinced my father to let me take dancing lessons.
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I think 30 is a big jump from your 20s, but 40 holds no fear for me.
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I have over 35 tattoos.
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When we are children we seldom think of the future. This innocence leaves us free to enjoy ourselves as few adults can. The day we fret about the future is the day we leave our childhood behind.
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I'm not terribly conversant with children's literature in general. I tend to read books for adults, being an adult.
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Little children are still the symbol of the eternal marriage between love and duty.
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I don't think we should speak so much. What if we were singing a song? We split, whilst singing.
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Chris Columbus was really interesting to watch how he works with children.
