Debby Ryan Quotes
I want in 40 years to still be acting and to more than anything have longevity and not just be this huge flash in the pan and then disappear.
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It's only Western civilization that, God forbid, you talk about dying, when it's the only thing we know for certain, right? Everyone's going to die, so what's the big problem? 'Oh, God. Don't talk about it. Don't think about it.' I mean, I'm one of them. I'm not a big fan of talking about dying.
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The mind is but too naturally prone to pleasure, but too easily yielded to dissipation.
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Pat Riley, Dave Checketts and Ernie Grunfeld - they brought the Knicks back to the glory days. It started with Rick Pitino. We took our first step with him, making the playoffs. When Pat came in we just kicked the door open.
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I like to go shopping, to the movies, all the girl stuff. Just a normal girl.
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We're a nation of immigrants.
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You are about to have your first experience with a Greek lunch. I will kill you if you pretend to like it.
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Especially in comedies, I think a lot of time the female characters are there to provide a balance for guys.
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I have to admit that I can't take a whole fig and eat it on its own as I would a peach or mango. It's just too much.
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I lost about 60 pounds. I don't really have a moment specifically that made me do it. I remember little things, like, when I was in Japan, I remember looking around at the portion sizes of a fast food restaurant and being like, 'Well, this has something to do with it.' Americans definitely eat too much.
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We were pressured to accept kids we were not qualified to handle. And we do that to people all the time, which is why we don't have enough foster parents.
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The troops aren't red and blue. They're not black and white. They're not male and female. They are Americans! When they put their uniforms on, they are Americans. And that's a fact.
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I've worked my whole life and never missed a deadline.
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I'm definitely more at ease with comedy - that's where I started out - and so it's my first love, so to speak, and I have more of a sensibility for it and more familiar with it. Having said that, I also want to be open to everything else.
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I really do believe that inner beauty is so much more than any kind of outer beauty.
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I'm pretty lucky to work on both 'CSI: NY' and 'Supernatural.' Not bad gigs!
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Heroes in drama are people who try hard to reach a virtuous ideal. And whether they succeed or fail really doesn't matter - it's the trying that counts.
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I insist that there is nothing sacred in the life of an invader, and there is no valid principle of human society that forbids the invaded to protect themselves in whatever way they can.
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They all crossed into forbidden territory. They all tampered with the laws that lay down who should be loved, and how. And how much.
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If we believe that a person seeking refuge is to be pitied, feared, despised, and looked down upon, we are doing ourselves a disservice.
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I still draw a lot though. Ballpoint pen is my preferred medium.
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A broad base of knowledge is critically important to our ability to investigate terrorism.
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I'm a Catholic by background. I was raised in Goa, a part of India that was visited by Portuguese missionaries a few hundred years ago, which explains my last name.
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I want in 40 years to still be acting and to more than anything have longevity and not just be this huge flash in the pan and then disappear.
