Phil Collen Quotes
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I'm a New Yorker. My background is in theater, so staying here, I have the opportunity to get back to that, which I would love to do.
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My first Broadway show wasn't until I was a freshman in high school. It was my first trip to New York. I came with a group of theatre kids, and we saw four shows. The very first one was 'Contact.'
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First drafts are never any good - at least, mine aren't.
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At the time, when you're being dissected and judged it's pretty brutal, but in hindsight it's great and - it sounds cliched - you do come out the other side better and stronger.
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I trained in medicine in India, and after that, I chose psychiatry as my specialty, much to the dismay of my mother and all my family members who kind of thought neurosurgery would be a more respectable option for their brilliant son.
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Most pitchers fear losing their fastball, but since I don't have one, I have nothing to fear but fear itself.
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My mother told me many stories about her childhood in Cuba. Living there had a profound impact on her and how she regards herself.
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I think Sydney has so much natural beauty; it's just a beautiful city.
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Too many people hate the people that AIDS most affects: gay people and people of color. I do not mean dislike, or feel uncomfortable with. I mean hate. Downright hate. Down and dirty hate.
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I know what it's like to have a family and not have insurance and really need it. As a comic, insurance was one of those sacrifices I made early on until I could afford it.
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If you want to invest in us, we believe customer number one, employee number two, shareholder number three. If they don't want to buy that, that's fine. If they regret, they can sell us.
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I've got a lot of miles on my legs.
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Walls turned sideways are bridges.
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Fixing is the illness model; acceptance is the identity model; which way any family goes reflects their assumptions and resources.
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In England I am not English, in India I am not Indian. I am chained to the 1,000 square miles that is Trinidad; but I will evade that fate yet.
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I'm disappointed we lost but I'm more disappointed with the way we played.
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I don't really go to clubs so I don't know what sounds are made there.
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I've always played acoustically - it's how I learned. I grew up listening to Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Dylan and what have you.
