Brooke Elliott Quotes
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I caught the acting bug from my dad.
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I quite like Low, the band from Minnesota. They're absolutely mesmerizing. I get much the same feeling from anything that Will Oldham does.
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Flipping through the 'Toronto Star' one day in 2008, I noticed a piece about a phenomenal boxer from the Philippines who had won several different titles in several different weight divisions. Manny Pacquiao's rise from heart-crushing poverty to the top ranks of his sport was astounding.
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I have been fortunate to experience a wide range of characters. What more can an actor ask for?
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I feel like a lot of directing is casting.
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I really fall in love with my characters, even the bad ones. I love getting together with them. They tell me what to do; they take me on a wild and wonderful trip.
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To light a candle is to cast a shadow.
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Yes, politics IS war without bloodshed; and war is an extension of those politics.
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Home is most important in the long run.
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I used to do school plays. I never really took any acting classes. I'm just a natural ham, I guess.
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Have I seen The Commitments? I was obsessed with that movie. I just watched it again about two weeks ago.
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I have two sisters, and we are the best of friends.
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I'm a guy who loves my family, and we're probably only going to have a couple of more babies. I have the rest of my life to play the British Open.
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I would never try to invalidate someone's opinion of something or the feelings something makes them feel.
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My father always says that heroism is in the Pashtun DNA.
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I love sportswear in my own weird way. Fashion is such a personal journey for me. I'm much more of a girl that's a T-shirt, legging, layering kind of thing, and outerwear.
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I just sing. You have to use it.
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Dialogue is something I don't get a lot of on 'Game of Thrones.'
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The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern: every class is unfit to govern.
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I think what I'm trying to do is create moments of recognition. To try to detonate some kind of feeling or understanding of lived experience.
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The field of 'economics and organization' is still young and needs support. I have been a chaired professor much of my academic life and know that such chairs are important for recruiting and retaining faculty.
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Often it is the case that it takes ‘just a little’ to help and support people, so they can help themselves. I have met adults and children, men and women, whose living conditions are difficult for us to imagine, but every time I come away inspired by their strength and will to improve their lives and provide a better life for their children.
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The economic recession in America wasn't caused by bad luck; it was caused by bad Republican policies. But the Republican candidates are doubling down on the same flawed policies that led to the loss of 3.6 million jobs in the final months of 2008 and gravely affected middle class families across America.
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I support anyone finding their worth despite being told they can't do something.
