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 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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Creative people are more prone to depression.
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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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Sochi will be my third Olympics, and I'm coming into these games in a stronger position than I've been in years past.
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Deepen your existing spiritual commitment.
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I don't have goals in life.
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What is faith but a kind of betting or speculation after all? It should be, I bet that my Redeemer liveth.
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When you come right down to it, I guess I really am pretty bland.
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God, I always just think of myself as a jeans and T-shirt kind of person.
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I came out to Hollywood when I was just 18, and my dad, he was really into Hollywood and theater and art, and I guess growing up, he exposed me to a lot of culture, and I just started making Super-8 films in high school and decided I wanted to be a filmmaker.
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I enjoy myself a lot but I derive more joy in working. I believe in hard work and one of my business success secrets is hard work. It's hard to see a youth that will go to bed by 2am and wake up by 5am. I don't rest until I achieve something.
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The year has held its ups and downs for me; I'm sure it has for you, too. I'm counting on the year ending on a note of joy (and gingerbread!) and look forward to a new year brimming with promise and peace.
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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.
