Nelsan Ellis Quotes
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People think that celebs make a lot more money than we do. We look for bargains and we do a lot of stuff on our own.
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There is much good luck in the world, but it is luck. We are none of us safe. We are children, playing or quarrelling on the line.
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Children are the most desirable opponents at scrabble as they are both easy to beat and fun to cheat.
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My thinking is lot more different with many actresses in the industry. I don't understand why people in showbiz put their profession of acting in the back seat after marriage.
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I'd like to produce, direct, write, score, and star in a film in exactly the way Chaplin did. I'll do that before I'm thirty.
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There can be no daily democracy without daily citizenship.
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I have this strength that comes from knowledge.
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I enjoy the process of composing music. The first time I hear a song, it has to bring a smile to my lips. You have to tap your feet and be able to sing the song.
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I once got a huge, expensive flower arrangement from a person I didn't like, who sent it out of pure guilt. It had a hideous bird-of-paradise in the middle, and I thought it would never fade and die. I hated it.
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The appeal of the wild for me is its unpredictability. You have to develop an awareness, react fast, be resourceful and come up with a plan and act on it.
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The natural effect of sorrow over the dead is to refine and elevate the mind.
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Remember that a painting - before it is a battle horse, a nude model, or some anecdote - is essentially a flat surface covered with colours assembled in a certain order.
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Growing up in Florida and having naturally curly hair was a bit tough. I had to learn to do treatments and masks to keep the frizz under control.
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Knowing there is a capable back-up willing to give it a try always makes you feel better.
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I am incredibly thankful for the strong support I have from my peers in the industry and of course my amazing fans.
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I try to stay focused on my life and do try not to be brought into the Hollywood fantasy.
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I know one lab that studies nicotine receptors and all the scientists are smokers, and another lab that studies impulse control and they're all overweight.
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Whence come I and whither go I? That is the great unfathomable question, the same for every one of us. Science has no answer to it.
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And I wondered, not for the first time, what patriotism is, what the love of country truly consists of, how that yearning loyalty that had shaken my friend’s voice arises, and how so real a love can become, too often, so foolish and vile a bigotry. Where does it go wrong?
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Everywhere your eye travels in your home, it should land on something that resonates with you.
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I fantasize about the networks making a rule that each show's writing staff needs to reflect the gender and racial makeup of its audience.
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Buying land is not like buying antique. It is not the only deal available.
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Rihanna and makeup gets me into LaLa Land.
