Antonia Eugenia Vardalos (Nia Vardalos) Quotes
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I do not deal with threats and ultimatums.
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There are times I think it might be nice to have deep-pocketed limited partners to provide me with some cushion. But I enjoy having no responsibilities except to myself, financially.
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I've had my run in with trouble. Fortunately, you know, one slap on the hand is usually the last time for me... I learned my lesson.
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My experience with music, I'm not going to say extremely negative, but it's definitely been a grind; it's been grimy - it hasn't been a pretty process. It's left me crying, you know, on the carpet in my tiny apartment with, like, no money. But it's been worth it, it's my passion, my dream, it's what I love to do.
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When you subpoena one pastor, you subpoena every pastor.
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I'm very much against war; I'm very much against terrorism of any kind. I find terrorism to be one of the most appalling things that can exist in society.
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Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures.
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Terms like that, 'Humane Society,' are devised with people like me in mind, who don't care to dwell on what happens to the innocent.
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Poverty-fighting programs are not handouts - they are investments.
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The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.
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I wish I could prove that he hypnotized me... That would give me a reason for doing such a dumb thing.
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Music is all of a sudden much more colorful.
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There's one scene where I took my t-shirt off. I was wearing a t-shirt and a hoodie, and I took my hoodie off and took my t-shirt off to give to the girl because she got her top dirty or something. It was like, why don't I just give her my hoodie - that makes no sense whatsoever! I just took off another layer just to take my top off.
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The teller of a mirthful tale has latitude allowed him. We are content with less than absolute truth.
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Remember your dreams and fight for them. You must know what you want from life. There is just one thing that makes your dream become impossible: the fear of failure.
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My mindset is always to be victorious, to win the match.
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I have healed myself through sharing my birth story as well as others' stories in my film 'No Woman, No Cry,' and in various writings and talks about maternal health.
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In the past, NASDAQ has defended flash orders.
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If it's independent, it's because I love it... 'cause they usually end up costing me money to do.
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I love to make songs out of some of those shadows - you know, some of the things you lie awake thinking about, social anxieties and romantic insecurities and all that stuff.
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I think back to the old people I knew when I was growing up, and they always seemed larger than life.
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Failure is so important. We speak about success all the time. It is the ability to resist failure or use failure that often leads to greater success. I've met people who don't want to try for fear of failing.
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Right now people are interested in genetic engineering to help the human race. That's a noble cause, and that's where we should be heading. But once we get past that - once we understand what genetic diseases we can deal with - when we start thinking about the future, there's an opportunity to create some new life-forms.
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I would rather be called funny than pretty.
