Pippa Evans Quotes
If you had of told me age 10 that in 19 years time I would be on a stage in Salford performing with Les Dennis in a sitcom I had written, I would have believed you.
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Sometimes you have to go up really high to understand how small you really are.
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What was past was past. I suppose that was the general attitude.
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Often, a serial killer has no felony record.
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Some people ask me, Do they put aging makeup on you? It's just this very nice street makeup.
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Boys, I'm one of those umpires that misses 'em every once in a while so if it's close, you'd better hit it.
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Probably the biggest influence on my career was the late John Hersey, who, while he was at 'The New Yorker,' wrote one of the masterpieces of narrative non-fiction, 'Hiroshima.' Hersey was a teacher of mine at Yale, and a friend. He got me to see the possibility of journalism not just as a business but as an art form.
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A good catchword can obscure analysis for fifty years.
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As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
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I think everybody can identify, you know, with this sort of struggle to decide for yourself who you are, you know, and what your place in life is.
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A runner's stride is not perfectly efficient.
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Everyone needs help when they try something new.
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We need to have women in more powerful positions that are making decisions, so when that 10-year-old girl is looking up and wondering, 'What can I do and what do I want to be when I get older?' She has the opportunity to do and be whatever she wants.
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I just don't see where I could possibly fit in directing a feature.
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I see myself as extremely lucky.
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Intimate scenes on a movie set are just dry, bizarre things; people standing around.
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I think there's a time to be private and a time to be public, and I think that companies like Facebook and Groupon are basically transformational companies. You don't come across them very often, and I'm pretty sure that they can continue to grow for a long time even being public.
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Choosing a spouse with religion in mind is not always a mistake, especially if your heritage and your faith are important parts of who you are. The trick is, as always, to recognize a good thing when you see it - and never mistake the bad for something more.
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I've always loved the idea of changing myself, wearing costumes and disguises. It takes you back to being a kid, to dressing up.
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I disagreed with Carnegie's ideas on how to best to distribute his wealth. I spent mine! Spending creates more wealth for everybody.
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It's been an interesting progression, going from soap to a sitcom with 'How I Met Your Mother' and now being a series regular on 'Homeland.'
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I'm kind of kooky, but do I look like a religious nut?
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Speaking of things that'll make your head explode, 'Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story' finally made it to the drive-in
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I grew up in a brick house. What's wrong with bricks? An Englishman took me aside and said, "You have to understand, all the bricklayers in England are Irish, and the English hate the Irish."
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If you had of told me age 10 that in 19 years time I would be on a stage in Salford performing with Les Dennis in a sitcom I had written, I would have believed you.
