Warren Ellis Quotes
If it's accessible by hundreds of millions of people, then it's as mainstream as it gets.
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When I was on 'Trauma,' the first order was six, which turned to 12, and then there were rumors of getting cancelled. I'm used to that.
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The travel and tourism industry, it's just a huge part of our economy.
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I didn't agree with what Joe McCarthy was trying to do, but I sure did admire his methods.
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And I think I have a perspective about Hollywood that you don't see very often in the press.
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Black culture has been a huge influence in my life.
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I had one girl tell me last night that I'm the greatest thing ever, that she wants to aspire to be me. Just stuff like, 'You're my idol. I love you.' It's awesome. It's what it's all about.
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Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first about the foundations of humility. The higher your structure is to be, the deeper must be its foundation.
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Strike the right balance between your outfit and makeup. Make a statement with one, not both.
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At any Maroon 5 concert, you'll see a room backstage marked 'yoga.'
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I love to see a woman in a sexy, strappy sandal no matter what. It just looks beautiful.
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I am not from a film family or a Mumbai girl. The probability of getting a second chance is low, and so one has to be more careful.
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Everything you'll ever need to know is within you; the secrets of the universe are imprinted on the cells of your body.
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Wild animals would not stay in a country where there were so many people. Pa did not like to stay, either. He liked a country where the wild animals lived without being afraid.
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'She's Dynamite' was a 100 years ago, and I recorded that song because the company thought that it was a great song and it was hot. That was the beginning of rock n' roll, and I guess they thought it would be a BB King version of rock n' roll.
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The great fun for me is these collaborators. I'm nothing by myself. Being with these people, whether it's the 'Homeland' cast or stage collaborators, they make you everything you are. They make you come to work. They make you be alive.
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In 1930, I was at the top of my career. I won the Most Valuable Player award.
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A writer should have this little voice inside of you saying, Tell the truth. Reveal a few secrets here.
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When I record something, I'll take a drive and just listen.
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I spent four years doing a doctorate in postmodern American literature. I can recognize it when I see it.
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This is the first lesson for writers - or anyone - who conducts interviews: If you want someone to talk, you've got to know how to listen. And good listening is a surprisingly active process. The interviewee is your focus of attention; you are there to hear what he says and thinks, exclusively.
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If you go out there and start making noise and making sales - people will find you. Sales cure all. You can talk about how great your business plan is and how well you are going to do. You can make up your own opinions, but you cannot make up your own facts. Sales cure all.
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In The Touch, the love scenes are the same as they were in The Thorn Birds or anything else Ive ever written. I find a way of saying that either it was heaven or hell but in a way that still leaves room for the reader to use their own imagination.
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She realized now that she knew little about people outside the courts of Nabban and Erkynland, although she had always thought herself a shrewd judge of humanity. However, it was a larger and much more complicated world on the other side of the castle walls than she had ever suspected.
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If it's accessible by hundreds of millions of people, then it's as mainstream as it gets.
