Evan Thomas Quotes
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That crossover of whether it's entertainment or news is the biggest crock of b.s. in television today, because it's all entertainment.
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I eat lots of vegetables and green juices.
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I've had to fight for roles and I've lost a hundred roles, but 'Smoking' and 'Smith' were phone calls. That's the dream.
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A boy doesn't have to go to war to be a hero; he can say he doesn't like pie when he sees there isn't enough to go around.
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Those are serious questions of war and peace, of freedom or tyranny, whether or not there is ever going to be a hope of us instilling some democratic systems in a part of the world that frankly is breeding hate and destruction directed right at us.
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I knew that it was my only shot to be taken seriously in the recording industry, because it's fast and broad.
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To change what you get, you must change who you are.
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The bravest thing I've ever done is fly to New York. I'm simply terrified of aeroplanes - I am the woman you see weeping at the airport.
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I'm a lot girlier than the roles that I play. I joke with Tricia Helfer all the time that she's my muscle.
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But I won't work with the exact same crew film after film because I feel the work would get a little complacent.
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It is good to learn from the ancients. I'm a bit of an ancient myself. They had a lot of time to think about architecture and landscape.
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Men have the influence and power in business and politics. It is the mother who can make the child's bedtime earlier, take away desserts or ground the child.
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Prayer must never be answered: if it is, it ceases to be prayer and becomes correspondence.
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I'm not someone who usually sends out threats. I warn only once. The day they touch one of my men, the rule of law is over.
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'Free competition enforced by law' is a grotesque contradiction in terms.
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I never wanted to be rich or successful or famous. I just wanted to be happy and have fun.
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History has shown that Big Government expands quickest in the immediate aftermath of a crisis - real or manufactured.
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I loved Stephen Wright, and I loved Mitch Hedberg, but they seemed like geniuses you could never emulate. You'd just be ripping them off.
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I know what hard times are like. I didn't grow up with a silver spoon in my mouth. I've had struggles.
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It's hard for me to put on weight.
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The truth is there are a million steps, and we don't even know what the steps are, and worse, at any given moment we may not be willing or even able to take them; and still worse, they are different for you and they are always changing. I have come to believe the sooner we will fall in love with the God who keeps shaking things up, keeps changing the path, keeps rocking the boat to test our faith in Him, teaching us to not rely on easy answers, bullet points, magic mantras, or genies in lamps, but rather in His guidance, His existence, His mercy, and His love.
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Relationships in general make people a bit nervous. It's about trust. Do I trust you enough to go there?
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I knew it couldn't get any worse. You've just got to trust your stuff.
