Warren Ellis Quotes
If you believe that your thoughts originate inside your brain, do you also believe that television shows are made inside your television set?
Quotes to Explore
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You have to be careful to react when you start to deviate from your course.
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I'm not an anti-capitalist, or anarchist. I want capitalism to work.
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I grew up in the '80s. I was a kid, but all my favorite movies came out of that period.
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I like silence; I'm a gregarious loner and without the solitude, I lose my gregariousness.
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The film business was a great lesson in business combat and what it takes to survive.
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I've learned that the key is to fight with no pressure.
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We are more casual about qualifying the people we allow to act as advocates in the courtroom than we are about licensing electricians.
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I'm very wary of news on television.
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I mean Afghanistan is a very rugged, complicated country.
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I'm a sponge for historical images of black people and black history on film.
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I feel quite safe and isolated in Germany. My wife is very well known there. But I am only looked at when I am holding her hand.
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Man's enemies are not demons, but human beings like himself.
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I hardly ever go to the movies.
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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I came to the industry with wide eyes and an open heart thinking I was going to make a few films that really meant something that I could pour myself into.
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I wear a lot of boyish stuff, but I prefer to throw a fur coat on top just for the hell of it.
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Everywhere in the world, whether manufacturing, trade or whatever, it is controlled by one apparatus and one policy perspective. Here we have one prime minister with good intentions, and six ministries running their own empires. This creates problems including the import culture.
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I love my kitchen. On the weekends, we have friends over, the kids are buzzing around, and we cook and talk.
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Stealing bases is just something I like to do. I figure if I can hit home runs and steal bases, I'd be different than everybody else.
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I'm most drawn to characters who are compelling and repellant at the same time, very often right at the same moment, and who are frightening and funny all at once.
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We're pretty broad as investors. Our thesis is work with great entrepreneurs that believe they can change the world. But there are specific areas that we get excited about - areas like hard tech, deep tech, companies that deal with really difficult technology, etc.
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Yes, I believe in school choice. Parents know far better than government bureaucrats what their children need from an education standpoint, and they should be permitted to make that choice.
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I believe in love, but I'm not sitting around waiting for it. I buy houses. I travel. I take jobs on mountaintops in Transylvania... I know that happiness comes in many ways and if you spend your life hoping to be found by or to find a significant other, you're going to miss out on all that stuff. And that's what makes you special and makes your life rich.
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If you believe that your thoughts originate inside your brain, do you also believe that television shows are made inside your television set?
