Antonia Eugenia Vardalos (Nia Vardalos) Quotes

We must make choices that are outside of the familial expectations of us, or we'll just be repeating the mistakes. Our parents came here to give us better choices.

Antonia Eugenia Vardalos

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  Ottmar Hitzfeld
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• I believe that there may be intelligent life on other planets.

  

  Pat Buckley
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• It was a very stupid thing to do, I'll admit, but I hardly didn't even know I was doing it.

  

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• I'd love to make a thriller.

  

  Sam Taylor-Johnson
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• My writing books with positive gay characters has come more out of anger than anything else: anger at not having been able to find honest, accurate books about people like myself as a teen, books that show we're as diverse as straight people and that we can lead happy, healthy, productive lives just as straight people can.

  

  Nancy Garden
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• We must dare to think 'unthinkable' thoughts. We must learn to explore all the options and possibilities that confront us in a complex and rapidly changing world.

  

  J. William Fulbright
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• I like almost everything, even country twang, disco, blue grass and accordions.

  

  Pat Mastelotto Mr. Mister
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• I just think there's a general interest in the world of computers.

  

  Irwin Winkler
  • World
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• For me it was a lot harder to come to terms with the death of my grandfather than it was to come to terms with what's happened to the former Yugoslavia.

  

  Tea Obreht
  • Death
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• I will continue to support legislation that provides American families and Seniors affordable health care.

  

  Ed Pastor
  • American
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• If the human body recognized agony and frustration, people would never run marathons, have babies, or play baseball.

  

  Carlton Fisk
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• I'm happy when I have, like, one fan, but the fact that I'm getting fans from different places and different communities, it's really amazing.

  

  Kat Graham
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• Was sich thun lässt, so lange Philosophie und Poesie getrennt sind, ist gethan und vollendet. Also ist die Zeit nun da, beyde zu vereinigen.

  

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  • Die

• Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production; and the interest of the producer ought to be attended to, only so far as it may be necessary for promoting that of the consumer.

  

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• She believed in nothing; only her skepticism kept her from being an atheist.

  

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• Consciousness is our only reprieve from Time.

  

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• I always pack lots of loose linen shirts and denim cut offs, Converse, vintage Reformation sun dresses, gold jewellery, and statement shades. Plus a trunk full of swimwear, of course.

  

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• A joke is not a thing but a process, a trick you play on the listener's mind. You start him off toward a plausible goal, and then by a sudden twist you land him nowhere at all or just where he didn't expect to go.

  

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• The path to the CEO's office should not be through the CFO's office, and it should not be through the marketing department. It needs to be through engineering and design.

  

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• I always thought of myself as being part of a family and sharing and, yes, leading, but not forcing people to do anything.

  

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• Being a recognised face has its problems. I miss the freedom to go anywhere I want to.

  

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• And after every audition I booked, my parents would buy me a Barbie, so that was it for me: You got a Barbie, and you got to hang out with friends. And I thought it was just the best thing ever.

  

  Chelan Simmons
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  • Parents

• We must make choices that are outside of the familial expectations of us, or we'll just be repeating the mistakes. Our parents came here to give us better choices.

  

  Antonia Eugenia Vardalos
  • Parents
  • Mistakes
  • Expectations