Francis Chan Quotes
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The only thing that matters is what happens on the little hump out in the middle of the field.
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The final phone call that said we're going to be picked up again was just a miracle. We've overcome the impossible and we're still pushing forward. I know John is smiling and so happy that he gets to watch us on TV.
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Adults are locked into car payments and divorces and work. They haven't got time to think fresh.
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The non-utility of my kitchen could be transformed into its utility for art. To do a show there would mix art and life, naturally.
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People assume actresses are afraid to get older; the truth is the roles get a whole lot more compelling once you're too old to play dumb.
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I realized in the early days I just didn't edit at all. But I think you become a little more cagey with your lyrics when you know more people are going to hear them and make assumptions about you as a person. Realizing that, you want to be a little more opaque.
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My life has become a reality show. When I am home, people are climbing trees with cameras. I feel that my personal space is being encroached upon. I will try and protect it as much as I can.
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Anybody can do a deal. The tough part is doing the deal at the right time, being strategic.
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All the audience cares about is what you put up on the screen.
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I'm usually cast for the more goofy and tomboyish characters.
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I hated the fact that I had to read 'Moby-Dick' as a senior in high school.
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I'm a home girl. I like to stay home.
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My favorite artists are Kanye West, Jay Z, the Fugees, Lauryn Hill, Destiny's Child.
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I stay away from the elf roles; I stay away from playing a leprechaun. All the roles I try to do are something that an average actor would do.
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To be honest, I would never have imagined myself acting on a sitcom that I didn't write.
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I was a baseball guy. Mom wouldn't let me play football when I was little because she was scared I'd get hurt. So, I finally convinced her to let me play in 7th grade.
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Nations without a past are contradictions in terms. What makes a nation is the past, what justifies one nation against others is the past, and historians are the people who produce it.
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In quiet moments, I love to read.
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When I was 15, my parents left town for a month. They hid the keys to the car, but I found them. That month, I drove my stepdad's Thunderbird Super Coupe into Manhattan every day, and I would crank Cypress Hill as I flew around the city, racing the taxis.
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Of course, everyone knows my story of being born in Russia and moving to the United States at 7. For a few years people would say, 'Well, she's living in the United States, but she's Russian.'
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I did documentaries for maybe 10 years before I turned to fiction films.
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'Guild Wars 2' is a wider world in that we have a lot of different mechanics available for storytelling. We have our personal story, the story of you, which is tailored for your character. You answer some basic questions; you make some decisions early on, and that follows through.
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Art is standing with one hand extended into the universe and one hand extended into the world, and letting ourselves be a conduit for passing energy.
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Without action and fruit, all the theology in the world has little meaning.
