Wendell Phillips Quotes
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My sisters are amazing. My sister is my business partner, my twin. She's an amazing producer, writer. You know, we're just grinding and trying to make my mother proud as well as God.
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I belong to a specific category of writers, those who speak and write in a language different from that of their parents.
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Push your luck. If you see a pretty girl in a bar, say something.
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I grew up poor in India, and there were days when we struggled to find food and other basic necessities. Our mother worked odds and ends jobs to keep the family together and educate us.
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I'm confident in who I am. I've come to a place in my life where I've accepted things that are me, as opposed to feeling pressure to explain myself to people around me. That's just the way I've always tried to be. It didn't change when I became a star.
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I adore Eddie Kaye Thomas and Jason Biggs. Eddie was the only one who called me when they were doing 'American Reunion' and told me, 'You need to do this.'
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Like a lot of Irish households we read a lot of Irish history. It was almost Soviet, raising the next generation with a mythic view of their history.
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The best advice that was given to me was that I had to be 10 times smarter, braver and more polite to be equal. So I did.
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I try to work on shows that I would want to watch.
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I'm not the most technical producer, so the weird mixes and blown-out sound happen naturally.
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If I can save 25 billion dollars in terms of reduction of import, I will be adding one percent to the GDP. By conserving the oil energy by the people, the GDP will become 5.5 percent, and this will change the economy of the country.
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I can paint in jail.
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One of the issues I kept saying to my students is you have to learn to interrupt. When you raise your hand at a meeting, by the time they get to you, the point is not germane. So the bottom line is active listening. If you are going to interrupt, you look for opportunities. You have to know what you're talking about.
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There is no reliable way to calculate from the number of recorded compliance issues how many Americans have had their communications improperly collected, stored or distributed by the NSA.
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John Sayles is good. He's like a good thoroughbred owner - he leaves the trainers alone.
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When Bob Wilson left the BBC for ITV, I got the 'Football Focus' job, and it went from there. It came completely out of the blue, but the fact I had a high profile certainly helped.
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Defending peace is the duty of all.
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The majority of meetings should be discussions that lead to decisions.
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To fund major cultural efforts, we must not rely alone on government and foundation patronage; if the farmer can spend for beer, he can pay for good entertainment which he can understand, which he can identify with and which will fortify his spirit.
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It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and say the opposite.
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Demons wait at crossroads attempting to influence our decisions.
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People think money is life and your life is over if you lose it.
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If you want it bad enough, you have to be willing to fight for it.
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The keener the want the lustier the growth.
