Jared Polis Quotes
I have taken my outside-the-box, innovative, and sometimes unorthodox approach to Congress.
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The camera fails to capture the 'business' in show business! We typically will give 10 percent of our salary to the agent, 10 percent to the manager, and 5 percent to the lawyer, plus the publicist gets a flat fee, which needs to be budgeted for.
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A true champion is one who sweats from exhaustion when no one is watching.
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Once you make it to your point of making it, you'll appreciate the struggle.
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I was very good in math and physics. In the Soviet time, we had a lot of Olympic-style competitions for different disciplines: I was always winning in my region.
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Each of our 900 shows so far was different - maybe that's what makes the fans come back to our gigs time and again. And that they're always part of the show. Phish concerts are a communal experience.
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Let's say I was a plumber, or I worked at a factory, I would download music, you feel what I'm saying?
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Do not quit! Hundreds of times I have watched people throw in the towel at the one-yard line while someone else comes along and makes a fortune by just going that extra yard.
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Well, I like chocolate stuff; I don't like any of that other gross sugary candy.
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The studio have always claimed that the ship is the star of the show, especially when they're renegotiating contracts.
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To apply for a gifted program, children as young as 4 are required to sit through hour-long verbal exams.
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Ten years ago, it was really difficult for a young actress to walk onto a set and disagree with the director and having that be OK and have a conversation about it and everyone be cool with it.
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Brigands demand your money or your life; women require both.
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People tend to compartmentalize themselves into IT people, and movie star people, and scientists, but when we share our perspectives about nature, we find a common denominator.
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Homosexuals reject the process of healing because it's too painful and time-consuming.
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I like seeing advanced acrobatics, but I also like to see more than tumbling. It's important to combine the artistry of gymnastics with the tough skills. It's called artistic gymnastics. We should stand by the name.
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All the animals I've painted always have a relationship with man. I have been told that part of the knowledge of the human anatomy comes from animals.
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It has been a motto of mine my whole life - just be yourself.
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In South Africa, I feel I am a stranger, at best an animal.
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I have never taken myself for a being. A non-citizen, a marginal type, a nothing who exists only by the excess, by the superabundance of his nothingness.
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What I like in L.A. is that it's a lot more brutal. In England it's, 'Have a cup of tea, have a chat,' and you still don't get the part. In L.A. you go in, do your bit, and if they don't like you, you're straight out again. In a sense, that's more honest.
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I don't like it when people shout on stage without any particular reason. It carries no weight.
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Normally, I try to stay away from playing security guard-type characters, the stereotypical, big man fare. And I've been pretty blessed, man, and successful at getting out of the box.
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I think the destructive, vicious, negative nature of much of the news media makes it harder to govern this country, harder to attract decent people to run for public office.
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I have taken my outside-the-box, innovative, and sometimes unorthodox approach to Congress.
