Jay Ellis Quotes
I'm insanely curious about life and everyone's story and where they come from and how they got to be who they are.
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Life isn't perfect, of course, but we all know it's how you react to things that counts.
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There is a huge reservoir of support for abortion rights from ordinary women. I hear all the time from women who had abortions and say it made possible the good life they went on to have. Social shaming silences too many.
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It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project.
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Grief is a terrible, painful place. You can't grind away on grief in a solid way and say, 'I'm going to work on this until it's over' because it will be with you for the rest of your life, whatever you do. So, you deal with it and move on.
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Sometimes things in life take a few years to digest, and they find their way into the work later on. Sometimes I'm writing about things from eight years ago-they just took a long time to distill and come out in the appropriate way.
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I always separated sports and my personal life.
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You just do the best you can with what you've got... and sometimes magic strikes.
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I have one son. Of everything I've done in my life, nothing matches the feeling of having life growing inside you.
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All tastes have the quality of being in some way artificial and invented. The secret of life is to have enough detachment from your tastes and your values to see that they are a little bit absurd.
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I've always been a fan of sci-fi, fantasy, and horror. I like working with larger-than-life characters in fascinating worlds - places where the rules are different.
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Capital is reckless of the health or length of life of the laborer, unless under compulsion from society.
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I got better as an actor, and still I'm getting better. That's only been possible because there's always been work.
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Seventh and eighth grade? That's the worst. I think it's the lowest point of life. All I remember is painful acne and terrible clothes. And lots of getting dumped.
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New drugs and surgical techniques offer promise in the fight against cancer, Alzheimer's, tuberculosis, AIDS, and a host of other life-threatening diseases. Animal research has been, and continues to be, fundamental to advancements in medicine.
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Yes, I believe the will is very important. It's how I have succeeded in life.
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I love to read, and I love Martina Cole.
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As I grow older, I become more and more of a Marxist - Groucho, that is. When you have lived two-thirds of your life, you know the value of a good joke.
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The more understanding we have about what's going on in our own brain will just make us more capable in our own jobs, in telling our kids we love them, and living a fulfilling life.
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All my life had been dominated by a sign, often invisible but no less real for that, which said: 'Reserved for Europeans Only.'
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I am no more humble than my talents require.
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A person should set his goals as early as he can and devote all his energy and talent to getting there. With enough effort, he may achieve it. Or he may find something that is even more rewarding. But in the end, no matter what the outcome, he will know he has been alive.
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Those who know the TRUTH are not equal to those who love it.
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I'm insanely curious about life and everyone's story and where they come from and how they got to be who they are.
