Troian Bellisario Quotes
Hollywood is a challenging place; it's very easy for people to lose their heads. Fortunately, I grew up on it and I think I have a little bit of a head start.
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I am often critical of Israel's policies when in the country, but then feel defensive of them when overseas.
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I want to make music that I like; not something that I have to make because I think it's going to sell.
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Time can be an ally or an enemy. What it becomes depends entirely upon you, your goals, and your determination to use every available minute.
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I would probably do anything with David Mamet. He's so great. I just love his writing.
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The chemistry that you get from living with your band and creating music and recording with your band translates to the stage.
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I would abolish the federal Department of Education and very quickly. People don't realize that the federal Department of Education gives each state 11 cents out of every school dollar that every state spends. But it comes with 15 cents worth of strings attached.
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My parents, Gary and Patricia, let me be in my world. They never told me what I couldn't do. It helped me adapt in a positive way.
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I have a very all-over-the-place lifestyle. The people I know who are married - 90 percent of them have houses and live in the same place and sleep in the same bed every night.
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My specialty was baked potatoes with cheese melted over broccoli. I was also very good at melting cheese on bread.
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Defeating racism, tribalism, intolerance and all forms of discrimination will liberate us all, victim and perpetrator alike.
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One of my biggest flaws is I don't take advice.
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When you make your living as a singer, you have to go where the gigs are.
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To make a successful film from a successful play is probably much more difficult than making one from scratch, just as any carpenter will tell you that it is more difficult to restore an old house than to build a comparable new one.
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To me, people's lives and loves are entwined with their characters, natures and circumstances. I regard all general advice with skepticism.
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No man ever listened himself out of a job.
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There is no scarcity of opportunity to make a living at what you love; there's only scarcity of resolve to make it happen.
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It's impossible to be more flat-chested than I am.
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I'm not good at happy, lightweight kind of music. I'm not really good at pop music. 'Cars' is probably the only true pop song I ever wrote. I wish I could write more, but I'm not very good at it.
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What I did do a lot as a child was read, and I particularly remember reading all the 'Hardy Boys' books, a set of history books called the 'Landmark Books,' and a series of science books called the 'All About Books.'
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You know what writers say about their long books: If I had another year, the book would be half as long.
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The way the mathematics game is played, most variations lie outside the rules, while music can insist on perfect canon or tolerate a casual accompaniment.
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If Turkey wants to join Europe, it will have to become a European country, and that might take a long time.
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I've just never cared what people think. It's more if I'm happy and I'm confident and feeling good, that's always been my thing.
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Hollywood is a challenging place; it's very easy for people to lose their heads. Fortunately, I grew up on it and I think I have a little bit of a head start.
