Busy Philipps Quotes
Anybody who works with me knows this: I always repeat wardrobe in my characters. We're trying to play real people.
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The conflict between religion and science is inherent and (very nearly) zero-sum. The success of science often comes at the expense of religious dogma; the maintenance of religious dogma always comes at the expense of science.
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The way I like to work is to attach personal experiences to what I'm doing, so it helps tremendously if I can write my own play under what the writer has written.
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I never smoked. I never drank and I never took drugs. The funny thing is, nothing is more boring, people like this. For me, it's OK. But most of my friends, at least they smoke and drink.
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Being Premier is a 24/7 job, so it doesn't create many spaces in order to be able to build relationships.
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I'm not strict on my calorie count; I just pay attention to my body.
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My mum was a child minder, but now she fosters. My dad was in the police force, and now he's a private detective.
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Our bombs are smarter than the average high school student. At least they can find Kuwait.
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If I can just be thought of as Omari Hardwick who had a really, really solid career, and whose work is appreciated in its own right, I think that would be a great legacy to leave behind.
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We don't want to be treated any differently, and we want to continue with our lives and our careers.
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Sometimes, it's just unfortunate you get injured in the game. But you can definitely take strides to prevent those things.
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I am what they call a chubby-skinny guy. I appear to be normal and have the look of an in-shape man, but if we were to go to a pool party I would go with my shirt on.
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My message is: You don't have to give up being popular, fun, or fashionable in order to be smart; they can go hand and hand. Doing math is a great way to exercise your brain; being smart is going to make you more powerful in life.
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The common argument that crime is caused by poverty is a kind of slander on the poor.
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As straight Americans we have two choices: we can choose to sit back and enjoy our rights as we have them, or we can realize that it is actually not freedom at all when our friends, family, neighbors, and colleagues do not share these basic rights.
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In the days when I was the big hero, the money wasn't much. Nobody made anything on television in those days.
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My grandparents used to bring me books every time they saw me.
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We need to defend absolutely the freedom of speech.
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Unless you consider yourself some sort of human brand, which I don't, you have to deal with the fact that different people are going to like different aspects of your work. It's not consistent. I am not consistent. But I feel OK with that.
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I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.
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I do make sure that I've got people who are experts that are helping me make the best decisions possible.
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The attraction to me was that Harvard was such a big community, with interesting things to do and interesting people, but you realise when you're there that things are a lot narrower than you thought. It's a little bit of a let-down.
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I've been told by people I respect that flashbacks only work if they have their own narrative, but they can't be part of the present narrative.
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Horror movies scare me. I don't really watch them. I'm not a big horror genre fan. I like certain classic horror - like 'Alien', 'Jaws', 'The Exorcist', stuff like that.
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Anybody who works with me knows this: I always repeat wardrobe in my characters. We're trying to play real people.
