Portia de Rossi Quotes
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I have selective hearing.
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Politics is the art of the possible.
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The way through the world is more difficult to find than the way beyond it.
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I learned so much in Zimbabwe, in particular about the need for humility in our ambition to extend mental health care in countries where there were very few psychiatrists and where the local culture harboured very different views about mental illness and healing. These experiences have profoundly influenced my thinking.
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Procrastination is opportunity's assassin.
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I really appreciate people like Rosie coming out and saying I've inspired them.
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Words are also actions, and actions are a kind of words.
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The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true.
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I will come out with my interpretation. If I'm wrong, fine. It will become part of the debris of history, part of the give and take.
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Nothing is better than waking up in the morning and being excited to go into work.
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Every new medium has, within a short time of its introduction, been condemned as a threat to young people. Pulp novels would destroy their morals, TV would wreck their eyesight, video games would make them violent.
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Don't take for granted that the worthiness of your cause will win you allies; bring it down to a scale that people can relate to.
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I believe in American exceptionalism, just as I suspect that the Brits believe in British exceptionalism and the Greeks believe in Greek exceptionalism.
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The actual producing, mixing, and mastering is hard work, harder than what I do.
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When you choose to be an actor, you are going against the odds.
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I'm comfortable and confident about the future.
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My next desire is, void of care and strife,To lead a soft, secure, inglorious life:A country cottage near a crystal flood,A winding valley, and a lofty wood.
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The atmosphere of Catholicism in Korea is quite different to the way it is practised and perceived in Europe or the U.S.
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I want to prove that the system is not working. . . . . You can’t simply say that the system is not working. You have to work through it
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I think the best way for me to go into auditions psychologically was to say, 'You're not going to get it. This is the only acting experience you're going to have with this material.'
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A sure way to claim a bit of cool in Hollywood - if you're an actress, at least - is to announce you don't have a stylist. Some of the most consistently elegant, inimitable women on the red carpet, like Marion Cotillard, Blake Lively, and Diane Kruger, say they go at it alone.
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My sexuality is a part of me that I really like. But it's not the totality of me.
