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.
Quotes to Explore
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There is always pressure in football.
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I have never been asked to be in a movie musical. Other than 'Yentl,' which I didn't sing in.
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We didn't rehearse or play the songs to death before we recorded them, and that let us catch a freshness and energy level we've never really felt while making records.
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I believe that there may be intelligent life on other planets.
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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.
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Competition is like a treadmill. If you stand still, you get swept off. But when you run, you can never really get ahead of the treadmill and cover new terrain - so you never run faster than the speed that is set.
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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.
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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.
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I like almost everything, even country twang, disco, blue grass and accordions.
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I just think there's a general interest in the world of computers.
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Wild flowers grow where they will.
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I'm just trying to tell a nice story. Whether you're a writer or a producer, all you want to do is tell a good yarn.
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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.
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I will continue to support legislation that provides American families and Seniors affordable health care.
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If the human body recognized agony and frustration, people would never run marathons, have babies, or play baseball.
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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.
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The scribbler's life is never done.
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I wanted to explore the connections between different kinds of music.
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Everybody can relate to being real or true. Somehow, someway, you want to be real and true.
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A Sunday school is a prison in which children do penance for the evil conscience of their parents.
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When I ride the subway back and forth, sometimes I look at the other passengers and wonder if any of them are children who have been adopted or parents who have adopted.
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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.
