Nelsan Ellis Quotes
I was quiet, and I was artistic. I liked writing poetry, and that was very strange, so I was bullied a lot.
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Let us go forward in this battle fortified by conviction that those who labour in the service of a great and good cause will never fail.
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The utterly fallacious idea at the heart of the pro-war argument is that it is the duty of the anti-war argument to provide an alternative to war. The onus is on them to explain just cause.
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I don't know what's going to happen in life, so I don't think it's fair that I know what's going to happen in 'Homeland.'
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That's what Kiss is all about - not just music, but entertainment, y'know? We're there to take you away from your problems, and rock and roll all night and party every day for those two hours you're at the concert.
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I can do whatever I want.
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People do bad things in their lives. And those sort of things are forgivable. That's half the point of having confession in church - you need to be able to fess up to what you've done.
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You just have to go to bat and take a swing. And if you're not right for a part, or it goes to a British man, they may remember that you showed up, knew your lines and were good. And maybe they'll call you in for something else.
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I think that's like the age-old psychological core issue for any situation. Anybody who has had an experience with a parent that is absent, it's going to manifest.
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I've been careful in love. I've been careless in love. And I've had adventures I wouldn't trade for anything.
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I was a very rotund child with short hair, and for some reason, I always had black ballet shoes. I was like the Wednesday Addams of ballet.
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The creative part of your brain needs to be stimulated. Sometimes you get blocked in the thing you do, because there's so much pressure to do it.
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The NFL is my goal, not my dream. My dream is to have an impact on people.
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I don't think that our European Union membership precludes us from building an illiberal new state based on national foundations.
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As a lot of the venture capital world seems to be shifting away from consumer, we want to make sure that consumer entrepreneurs know there's still money available.
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I talk to student-athletes. I try to get them to remember that they're not just athletes, but student-athletes. You need to get an education, keep your hands clean and try to represent the university.
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One thing people would be surprised about is that although hard rock and heavy metal are without question 90% of what I listen to and my passion, there are other things I enjoy. My first ever favorite band in my life before KISS was a power-pop band called The Raspberries.
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Rap is the only interesting music left - it's the only genre that's still pushing itself, and experimenting in a way that I find exciting.
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I just love dancing.
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I care so passionately about improving the quality of life for women and girls, not just here in the United States, but internationally as well. I am a single mom and I raised a daughter who is now a young adult.
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Before 'Memphis,' I had never considered working on a musical. But when Joe DiPietro sent me the script, I heard the entire score in my head.
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What people call serendipity sometimes is just having your eyes open.
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It's great that Maryland is tied for having the lowest wage gap between our working men and women of any state in the nation, but there's more work to do to eliminate that gap entirely.
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Management is about persuading people to do things they do not want to do, while leadership is about inspiring people to do things they never thought they could.
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I was quiet, and I was artistic. I liked writing poetry, and that was very strange, so I was bullied a lot.
