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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Freedom is a timeless value. The United Nations Charter calls for encouraging respect for fundamental freedoms. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights mentions freedom more than twenty times. All countries have committed to protecting individual freedoms on paper - but in practice, too many break their pledge.
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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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Time is the wisest counselor of all.
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I really enjoy the writing process because I can do it from my house. I can create these characters and take them in the different directions that I want to take them. You have a lot of freedom as a writer.
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The motto of all the mongoose family is, "Run and find out," and Rikki-tikki was a true mongoose.
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When one is rising, standing, walking, doing something, stopping, one should constantly concentrate one's mind on the act and the doing of it, not one ones' relation to the act or its character or value... One should simply practice concentration of the mind on the act itself, understanding it to be an expedient means for attaining tranquility of mind, realization, insight, and wisdom.
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If you exile a writer, however free the country he is sent to, there will always be a sense of internal constraint.
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I love working with Alexander Skarsgard. He brings such gravity to a scene.
