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've really been writing a lot of country songs. I used to get criticized for doing a 'Bump & Grind,' then turning around and doing a gospel song. But the truth is I'm glad I have a gift that allows me to switch lanes.
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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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The first thing to do in life is to do with purpose what one purposes to do.
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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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India has given me everything. It has made me Vijay Mallya.
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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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There is a painful joke that Europeans often tell of their Gallic neighbors: God created France, the most beautiful country in the world with so much good in it, and ended up feeling guilty about it. He had to do something to make it fair. And so, he created the French people.
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I would rather be a servant in the House of the Lord than to sit in the seats of the mighty.
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I prefer drawing the things I've written to handing them off to another artist. Turns out I'm a huge control freak - and because I write in thumbnails, the art is already happening by the time I start writing!
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You get ideas from other people all the time.
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Honestly, I don't have time for a lot of TV. And it's unfortunate, because I love TV.
