Portia de Rossi Quotes
I didn't choose the fact that I was gay, but I did choose whether to live my life as a gay woman-that was the terrifying thing for me. Especially being a gay actress.
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If even in science there is no a way of judging a theory but by assessing the number, faith and vocal energy of its supporters, then this must be even more so in the social sciences: truth lies in power.
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Every morning I wake up and thank God.
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The first impression that I liked doing was an impression of Cheri Oteri's Barbara Walters impression on 'SNL.' I found that I could mimic that pretty well, and people got a kick out of that.
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I have always been an avid reader of chemical literature, eager for what is new.
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Winning is everything in Hollywood.
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I love writers. All of my best friends are writers.
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My father had a flourishing business as a publisher in North India.
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God manifests himself in each historical period according to the understanding of the people of the era.
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The only way to find out why someone decides to engage in armed combat is to look at their individual personality.
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Excellence is not a skill, it's an attitude.
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I really am pretty boring. There's no reason to take pictures of me.
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I like to discover new things.
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My mom and stepdad were strict. I couldn't date; I couldn't go out. And I was a kid who was never good at just taking no for an answer. I needed to understand why. And sometimes they weren't interested in explaining.
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There is no bore like a clever bore.
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I began hearing rumors of apossible recording session with Neil Young. I was a huge fan of Neil's.
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When you're in the battlefield, survival is all there is. Death is the only great emotion.
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The time draws near, when a radical change must take place for the whole world in the management of diplomacy.
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I lost 80 percent of my wealth and then gave away over half of the rest. So I'm a man of modest means now. But if you budget carefully and watch your expenditures, you can get by on a couple billion dollars.
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I'd love to write with some people from the U.K., like Ed Sheeran, Emeli Sande... there's a very long list.
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What happened during the previews of 'Taboo' musical was that it was the first time I'd ever been written about as a great song-writer - I cried. I absolutely wept, because it wasn't the usual stuff like, "Oh, he was a drug addict and he did this and that..." It was really looking at the music and it was really complimentary. It was a huge thing.
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I want to make sure I'm not a dilettante. Decorating has been a passion all my life. I love it.
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We are all just cogs in a machine, doing what we were always meant to do, with no actual volition.
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It's a challenge for any writer to write beyond what he knows. You get material, adapt it, and do the best you can with it.
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I didn't choose the fact that I was gay, but I did choose whether to live my life as a gay woman-that was the terrifying thing for me. Especially being a gay actress.
