Nelsan Ellis Quotes
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Memorising my lines is actually something I do fairly well. I look at it a few times and it is pretty much there. When your shooting on TV, they do it in such a way that it is pretty easy.
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I now believe that major labels can only work with people who care more about fame and money than the quality of the art they produce.
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I worry about people who sell out to chase fame because when they get it, it might not be so satisfying.
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They're anti-government ideologues who dominate the Republican Party.
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I think it's possible to be multi-rooted, rather like a banyan tree, without being deracinated.
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I am not afraid of aging, but more afraid of people's reactions to my aging.
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I played cello in my high school orchestra.
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All the things that are in the past are in the past.
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It is time for the world, the hemisphere and the region to make sure that relevant institutions of civil society and relevant laws are embedded in the mechanisms of governance.
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If consulted by friends about marital dramas, I always encourage the singles to marry, the married to stick together, the neglectful and wayward to renew their loving commitment and the wronged to forgive.
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My friends and family have always been extremely supportive, but the support I've received from fans has been so overwhelming. I love hearing all of their 'Fight Song' stories; I have been so inspired by so many of them.
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A good emcee will rhyme a lot of different ways. Don't limit yourself.
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Intolerance respecting other people's religion is toleration itself in comparison with intolerance respecting other people's art.
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The important thing, once you get 'em laughing, is to keep 'em laughing until you're through. With a 90-minute feature, you've got to stop the laughter and then pick it up again, which is tough.
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All men are born equally free.
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When you look at a commodities market you need hedgers and speculators. If you don't have one, you don't have a market. That's how it works.
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Batting coaches are just as important as pitching coaches. Lefty O'Doul gave me good advice when he said: 'Don't ever let them change you.' I also asked for help from Cobb, Foxx and Hornsby.
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Let the noble man Be generous and good, Tirelessly achieving What is just and useful: Let him be a model For those beings whom he surmises.
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I never know what I'm going to do for the Post next. Two weeks ago I had a piece on Homeland Security. This is one of my pig ongoing projects. How unprepared we are for a terrorist attack.
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We continue to recognize the greater ability of some to earn more than others. But we do assert that the ambition of the individual to obtain for him a proper security is an ambition to be preferred to the appetite for great wealth and great power.
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All women and girls have the fundamental right to live free of violence. This right is enshrined in international human rights and humanitarian law. And it lies at the heart of my UNiTE to End Violence against Women campaign.
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In times of uncertainty - whether it's economic, psychological, emotional, or philosophical - people often say that the only thing we can truly control is our attitudes. If that's true, then I'm going to spend today walking my 14-year-old dog on a free beach and treasuring the fact that she's still alive.
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I love working with Alexander Skarsgard. He brings such gravity to a scene.
