Busy Philipps Quotes
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Science is an international enterprise where discoveries in one part of the world are useful in other parts.
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'Grey's Anatomy' is a very culturally diverse show.
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The Japanese version comes with a translation, but that's different from the lyrics, so people could look things up and find a translation of their own if they're interested.
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I saw what the Depression was doing to my students. Often they could get no jobs, or jobs which were wholly inadequate. And through them, I began to understand how deeply political and economic events could affect men's lives. I began to feel the need to participate more fully in the life of the community.
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If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.
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I think it takes 30 years to build a luxury brand.
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Our relationships with our computers are almost sexual, they're so close. They're just such a huge part of our lives.
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In writing, as in medicine, there are no short cuts. You need stamina.
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There's some quality you get when you're not totally comfortable. When you're not doing what you're used to, you could completely fall on your face. You could completely blow it.
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My first big influences were more hip-hop based - people like DJ Shadow and Four Tet.
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The laws of morals and the laws of music are the same.
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Racism is everywhere - the older generations in Malaysia still say things like, 'She's darker-skinned; maybe don't marry her,' and it's very judgmental. A lot of girls do try to get fairness cream to lighten their skin, and I'm against all of that.
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One of the trickiest things about 'Game of Thrones' is just seeding those first couple of episodes with that basic information that people need to know, both about the world and the ground rules of the world, and the relationships between the characters, as far as who means what to whom and why.
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There's always a theme I'm drawn to, that we humans are not good or bad. We're all a mixture of both. We can have great compassion or commit great violence.
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There has to be a way to live the life you're accustomed to and not sacrifice things. Americans are not very good about sacrificing.
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I just want fiction to remain a vital force for entertainment and not just for contemplation. Both things can exist.
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I never wanted to be a movie star.
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I remember Tom Stoppard saying to me when I came out, 'I feel so sorry for you, because you'll never have children.' These days I would say, 'Well, why not, Tom?'
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There's a conscious decision to everything I do.
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The beauty or uncomeliness of many things, in good and ill breeding, will be better learnt, and make deeper impressions on them, in the examples of others, than from any rules or instructions can be given about them.
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If you are passionate about entrepreneurship like I am, you too can instill this passion in your children.
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I grew up with a mother who, every time she saw something, would say, I'm going to look that up. And I've become that person - I've become the reference-book person.
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Honestly, I don't have time for a lot of TV. And it's unfortunate, because I love TV.
