Mika (Michael Holbrook Penniman Jr.) Quotes
I have opinions on everything. I'm a stubborn old mule. The biggest problem is keeping my mouth shut.
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Over the years, humans have managed to incorporate nearly every element, light and weighty, common and obscure, into our daily lives. And given how small atoms are and how many of them there are all around us, it's almost certain that your body has at least brushed against an atom of every single natural element on the periodic table.
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The three theater peeps I would love to dine with are Mel Brooks, because he is so funny; Stephen Sondheim, because he is a god-like genius; and Ethel Merman, to compare notes on fabulous belting.
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As actors, we put in our best, but when people don't like a film, you have to learn to deal with it. I've learnt not to get too emotional.
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There are more ways of outraging speech than contradiction merely.
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Long before we understand ourselves through the process of self-examination, we understand ourselves in a self-evident way in the family, society and state in which we live.
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Most of the most important experiences that truly educate cannot be arranged ahead of time with any precision.
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Not all offers I get are exciting and inspiring. I would rather sit at home and not work than jump into mediocrity for the sake of just moving ahead. If it's a good script, I would sacrifice my personal time and grab it.
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The number of people who will not go to a show they do not want to see is unlimited.
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I've always embraced failure as a noble pursuit. It allows you to be anti whatever anyone wants you to be, and to break all the rules.
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I was just learning to play guitar when Tracy Chapman came out. She wrote these songs, she played them by herself and I so admired her for that.
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I'm a Wisconsin kid, so I like brats and burgers and stuff like that. Cheese curds.
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The only difference between the saint and the sinner is that every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.
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Jerry Rice had won two Super Bowls already by the time he got to his ninth year in the league. That's what it's all about: winning that ring.
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He took me under his wing when I first came to the Rams and taught me everything – his technique in the pass rush, how to play off blockers, and how to make the big play.
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As far as the 2009 elections go, there has been a serious crackdown on human rights in Iran, a clampdown on the media and the wrongful imprisonment of journalists. So it seems what's happening is the government is going after people who have a voice, people who change society or public opinion.
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I would say that one of the things that encouraged me so much when I became elected to the leadership was the letters I received from fathers of daughters, saying that, 'My daughter can now do many more things because of what you did.'
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Have the pride of the brown girl and know that you'll figure out your own beauty in time.
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PS: It's all gossip about the prince. I'm not in the habit of taking my girlfriends' beaux.
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There's a crazy amount of goodwill, and I don't know where it came from, and I don't understand, but the more I pay attention to it, the more it's going to sting when it flips, so I think I'm almost subconsciously cultivating this naivety to it all.
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The Atonement has practical, personal, everyday value; apply it in your life. It can be activated with so simple a beginning as prayer.
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The problem in Venezuela is not that socialism has been poorly implemented. It's that socialism has been faithfully implemented.
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The underlying problem remains the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land and the continuing Israeli assaults against our people.
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I have opinions on everything. I'm a stubborn old mule. The biggest problem is keeping my mouth shut.
