Yiannis Chryssomallis (Yanni) Quotes
I believe that having an open mind is one of the most important qualities we can possess. Once our minds close, we stop evolving.
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He's too short, he's too... tall, he's... just not going to work.
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I like to dress for my body type and for my coloring.
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News has become entertainment. Once that happens, a whole series of horrific events start to happen, whether it's the lack of dissemination of something that can inform you or something that actually negatively impacts society.
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I think that Indy is special to me. The greater the distance between the last time I drove an Indy car and the next time, I wouldn't like that to be too big.
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Any time there's a scandal, we always try and get involved.
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I really bonded with my mom, growing up, through our love of horror movies!
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Americans have always had an ambivalent attitude toward intelligence. When they feel threatened, they want a lot of it, and when they don't, they regard the whole thing as somewhat immoral.
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It's so hard to be the girl in a country song, so we're speaking up.
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Acting was something I had to do.
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My job as an author is to tell the story in the best way possible, to make it flow seamlessly and get the reader to keep turning the page.
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First and foremost when you're doing comedy, you gotta be relevant and applicable to the times that you're living in. When you try and just do comedy about who is dating who and lifestyle jokes, it gets tiring after a while. It's hard to be funny in that realm.
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To be able to take my pictures, I have to look, all the time, at the people and places I care about.
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I've had a few conversations with people who are horrified: who tell me my work is demeaning, is sexist, is negative.
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From day one, I got addicted to being on stage and getting the applause and laughter.
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I've worked at this film festival in Telluride called the Telluride Film Festival. Been there since 2002. I used to make popcorn. I was an usher. Cleaned toilets, everything. Grew up there as a kid.
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I talk to younger actor types, and they bring up that word, 'brand,' and it's like, 'All right, if that's the way you want to look at yourself.' Diet Pepsi's a brand; you're a human being.
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I play the game as honestly as I can. If the referee gives a penalty there is nothing you can do.
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Nothing ever turns out the way people expect it to.
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There were clouds like sharks with open jaws in the sky that morning.
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I learned to knit in 2002, six months after my 5-year-old daughter, Grace, died suddenly from a virulent form of strep. I was unable to read or write, and friends suggested I take up knitting; almost immediately I fell under its spell.
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Vegas represents the idea of America I had as a kid. The big cars, the pretty girls; everything is possible in Vegas.
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To my knowledge, there have been no studies done on the effects of antidepressants and altitude. But it is hugely important to find out if there are side effects. We should also find out what are the effects on fine motor skills and reaction time. These are all important questions that should be assessed.
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I like to sing covers of songs that are at the extreme ends from what I usually listen to.
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I believe that having an open mind is one of the most important qualities we can possess. Once our minds close, we stop evolving.
