Portia de Rossi Quotes
People might find me attractive, but it's also my job to prove that I can be intelligent.Portia de Rossi
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I'm not being offered a constant stream of wonderful parts with wonderful directors that would keep me away from the theatre. When they turn up, I do them.
Ian Mckellen -
I think when you compete every week, when you play under pressure daily, you find your rituals to be 100 percent focused on what you're doing.
Rafael Nadal -
Whether it's through introduction of the right gut bacteria or direct modification of the genes of cows and pigs, I think we're going to have to introduce something like this into our livestock - a way to consume the methane rather than releasing it.
Ramez Naam -
Any competent actor could have done what I did.
Larry Hovis -
I just make up lyrics off the top of my head. A lot of times, there's a phrase I really like, and I kind of build the song around that.
Washed Out -
It excites me to go to a movie and be reminded that I'm human, and I'm filled with opposites, and I'm built with flaws. Part of growth and healing is recognizing that.
Laura Dern
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After the atomic bombs were dropped, the war ended and we went into Tokyo Bay with the rest of the fleet, the Missouri and the rest of them, while they signed the terms of surrender that ended the war.
Barney Ross -
Movies I liked growing up were like Francis Ford Coppolla movies and Scorsese movies.
Owen Wilson -
Many people think fairy tales and retellings of fairy tales are only for children, but I'm not the only writer to take an old tale and retell it for a sophisticated adult audience.
Kate Forsyth -
The true measure of success for the U.N. is not how much we promise, but how much we deliver for those who need us most.
Ban Ki-moon -
Every poor designer can go with things that are popular at the moment.
Oleg Cassini -
When you're with your club team, every week you have a performance to judge. But when you're with the national team, it's a little different because you might not play for three or four months at a time. Things change constantly.
Landon Donovan
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In the past, human society provided encouragement and opportunity for people to extend support to each other, especially in highly stressful situations.
Daisaku Ikeda -
I'm quite a slow reader. It can take me quite a while to get though a book.
Dakota Blue Richards -
I love being a mother. I think it's the best thing I've ever done, and I personally feel that it's had a very positive effect on my work. I think it's an encouraging force for creativity, it feeds creativity - it did for me, certainly.
Kate Bush -
Religion is the recognition of all our duties as divine commands.
Immanuel Kant -
I think that our comfort is in our history.
Walter Cronkite -
Recording a song for a film doesn't take much time; it's hardly an hour's job, but concerts are constant, and so is travelling, so I've to take time out to work on my albums because I'm passionate about creating my own music. When you love something dearly, you set your priorities accordingly.
Kailash Kher
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The message was, the choices you make can have bad consequences. Everyone has the power of choice. Just like this kid had the power of choice to steal my car.
Bill Vaughan -
Many filmmakers have had that experience. They make a movie, then out of nowhere, they either pass censorship or fail.
Jiang Wen -
First of all, you have to understand that I'm like anybody else. When I hear my voice on a record I absolutely loathe my voice. I cannot stand my voice.
Roger Daltrey The Who -
Mankind is not a circle with a single center but an ellipse with two focal points of which facts are one and ideas the other.
Victor Hugo -
People just kind of associate me with kicking some ass.
Yancy Butler -
People might find me attractive, but it's also my job to prove that I can be intelligent.
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