Melina Mercouri Quotes
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But I think my mistakes became the chemistry for my miracles. I think that my tests became my testimonies.
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You need the audience to go on the ride with you. You can't just isolate them.
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I'm not the type of guy to go so deep with the concept songs, but there's deep thought in everything. Maybe it's not just a repetitive hook telling you what the song is about - you have to use your brain a little bit.
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The less food, the more time to talk, the more to talk about.
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Some of the best songs that artists perform year after year are ones they hated.
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My grandparents lived in Hollywood, and I was surrounded by the romanticism of movies ever since I was a child.
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It's hard to tell what an entire series is going to be based on the first few episodes, or even on the first season. And it's sad because you see great casts and good ideas that don't get that opportunity to grow and show what it could turn into.
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A huge part of my career and how I want to participate in the world is being unapologetically myself and being honest and vulnerable.
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Third-person camera is way harder than I even imagined it could be. It is the hardest problem in video game development. Everybody gets it wrong. It's just a question of how close to right do you get it.
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The amount of culture going on in a small country like Israel is amazing.
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No man need go blindly to destruction, for God has given him guidance and power of seeing whither he goes.
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I don't think that people in power can be convinced by words or articles. They will never give it up by choice.
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Dance is something I really enjoy; it gives me a different kind of happiness, something more spiritual. Plus it's good exercise; I'm happy doing it, and it all shows!
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My mom tells me the first show we saw was 'The Secret Garden,' but I don't remember that.
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I really like to please people, and I think it's a symptom of being an only child.
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My father, Phillip Gilmore, was very talented. He was getting seriously into dancing. He was on 'Soul Train' and won $2,500. But the Bay Area was too small for him. I don't think he had the space to do what he needed to do.
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Be true to yourself, and, um, don't worry about some large companies' quarterly profit index.
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There is here, as in all countries, advantages and disadvantages.
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If you play it safe every time, then you're missing the best part of acting. You haven't learned anything about your humanity.
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My final comment is that I still believe this man [John D. Rockefeller] is corrupt and he used unfair ways to become wealthy, all he cared about was his money and wasn't considered.
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I could probably name thousands of albums that I want.
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The human race has only two unlimited capacities: one for suffering and one for lying. I want to fight religion as the root of all human lying and the only excuse for human suffering.
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I wanted Jesus in 'A.D.' to be very, very, very human - to have those qualities of vulnerability and doubt and pain and sadness and loneliness. Once the resurrection happens and we see that Jesus has risen, it's almost complete, right? It's all about the joy and the smile and the happiness and the closeness to the disciples.
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There are no such things as the Elgin Marbles.
