Yannis Philippakis Quotes
I started growing roses. I enjoyed the craft of it and that they're difficult to look after; they can provide joy.
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We are skinny; this is our work. There are lots of overweight people working in offices, but I'm not going to say, 'This girl is fat; she can't work in an office.'
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Sometimes when I'm going to the supermarket to get the coffee and cat litter, I get freaked out and see all these people staring, and you turn around and there's, like, 40 people all looking at you... and when you go around the corner, they're all following you! You start freaking out like a trapped animal.
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I think success is very hard work, so, you know, if you work hard and you have some success, you have to give up something.
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The Epistle to the Romans is an extremely important synthesis of the whole theology of St. Paul.
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I learned that instead of relying on and imitating American music, there is a better chance for an Asian artist to succeed if he or she follows his or her own culture.
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I like being an outsider. It is better in France on the outside.
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You possess a potent force that you either use, or misuse, hundreds of times every day.
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The reason that the all-American boy prefers beauty to brains is that he can see better than he can think.
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With my gift, I can pretty much write a song out of anything.
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Statesmanship is harder than politics. Politics is the art of getting along with people, whereas statesmanship is the art of getting along with politicians.
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You gotta improvise in life. You gotta improv if the police pull you over.
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For all of the continued awareness of systemic violence and oppression, there isn't a lot of talk about that psychological toll of racism, at least in white circles and white media.
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Creative people are more prone to depression.
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The fame that goes with wealth and beauty is fleeting and fragile; intellectual superiority is a possession glorious and eternal.
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There are parents who are really angry that I decided to portray people who have come into the country illegally as decent human beings.
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One thing that founders always underestimate is how hard it is to recruit.
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I get to meet different directors and different people.
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Deepen your existing spiritual commitment.
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I had a bartender friend once tell me about a $14.00 shot of vodka, this was years ago it's probably more now. I thought that was crazy. From what I understand, vodka has no taste. I think people like the taste of their money.
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Man cannot live without joy; therefore when he is deprived of true spiritual joys it is necessary that he become addicted to carnal pleasures.
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I think comedy is a good way to deal with anything. I hear about people in the hospital who are ill, and they use humor to help them through it. I think it's a great remedy for many things.
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We have to put people on pedestals; otherwise, there's no one to knock off pedestals.
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I started growing roses. I enjoyed the craft of it and that they're difficult to look after; they can provide joy.
