Nelsan Ellis Quotes
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I come from the liberal side of thinking: Better one guilty man should walk free than one innocent man found guilty.
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The E.U. has its weaknesses, but it's been pretty good for us, and it's been pretty good for Europe, and it's kept peace.
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It was total naivety that got me to Hollywood. I thought it was going to happen straight away. I told myself 'give it 5 years, there's no way I'll be here after that if it doesn't happen'. Cut to ten years later!
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Year 2008 wiped out $19.2 trillion in US income... What if the money was spent on the Midwest of the United States?
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Why not premiere movies on Netflix the same day they're opening in theaters? Listen to the consumer; give the consumer what they want.
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I tried martial arts classes for three weeks, but I quit because you actually get hit. I just want to do the movie kind of martial arts.
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If you come from a military culture, and you go into see the general or the commander, and he talks to you very calmly and says, 'I'm very disappointed in you,' that's devastating.
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I have no superstitions. I don't have to have a Sunday outfit. I don't have socks or underwear I have to wear.
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'Giving 2.0' was born of my desire to redefine and democratize philanthropy.
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These men ask for just the same thing, fairness, and fairness only. This, so far as in my power, they, and all others, shall have.
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China's government is so strong on investment, so strong on exporting, but they're too weak on domestic consumption.
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We are on pace this year to have a trade deficit that is larger than $800 billion. We have never faced that before, but we continue to put forward trade agreements like these that leave us naked to competition that is neither free nor fair.
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My first love was acting. I went to Sidney Poitier films as a kid. I sat in the theater and dreamed of being an actor.
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It took the whole of Creation To produce my foot, my each feather: Now I hold Creation in my foot.
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Do not let yourself get in your own way. Don't judge yourself and knock yourself down. There is enough of that out there already. Remember: you are an artist, and you bring something special to this craft. Take in notes and criticism, but don't let them define you. Don't try to become a watered down version of yourself.
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Being a father is just wonderful.
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Something that confirms all fears and many conspiracy theories about government is finding out what our elected representatives would put into law if they could.
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There is something addictive in space that makes you want to go back - like the mountain climbers who want to go back to the Himalayas although their fingers were cut by frostbite.
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The only situation that I can't be in favour of is the lack of respect to human rights in Venezuela.
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Do we not all agree to call rapid thought and noble impulse by the name of inspiration?
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I want to go to Jamaica, actually. My whole family's from there, so I'd like to go there.
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When I worked on 2001 - which was my first feature film - I was deeply and permanently affected by the notion that a movie could be like a first-person experience.
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I'd always dabbled in acting.
