Yvonne Strahovski Quotes
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A lot of people said I was a rebel. I wasn't.
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I was initially very interested in public policy, but then after my masters at Harvard, I felt that it was important to get a better handle on the economics of it as well. I did my Ph.D. in macroeconomics, and my thesis - 'Why Is It That Some Countries Save And Others Not?' - was on savings.
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I don't know that on-demand sports is remarkably better than live sports.
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I do interviews because it's a chance to be myself. I sometimes wonder what I could have to say that would be of any interest. I don't have any great wisdom.
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Some people collect vintage cars, I collect Birkins. The leather ones are £20,000.
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Culture is a little like dropping an Alka-Seltzer into a glass - you don't see it, but somehow it does something.
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My secret to all casting, and specifically kids, is cast good human beings.
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The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
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I kept thinking I would be spending my life up to my elbows in shampoo.
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My slogan is I'm the least qualified guy for the job, but I'd probably do the best job.
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When you're fighting with a stunt person, your intent is to miss.
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I only know it takes weeks to recover, as if one had been in a car accident.
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Each song is a small universe to me. Each song has a story of its own. Each has a full life to express in order to be complete, so it often happens that the building to a big crescendo feels right in the recording or writing process.
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I was not the popular kid in school.
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In my case, the long gaps between my books have got quite a lot to do with lack of confidence. A lot of the time when I'm not writing I start thinking I can't do it.
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I'm nearsighted in my right eye, have glaucoma in my left, and the nerves in my hands are on Medicare. Basically, I'm on the wrong end of a short sale.
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I usually speak with all my drummers so that I write my songs with them in mind, and we'll have bass sounds, choir sounds, and then you can multi-task with all these orchestral sounds. Through the magic medium of technology, I can play all kinds of sounds - double bass and stuff.
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The music I was making for people not to dance to was the one they were dancing to.
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Before speaking without knowledge, saying lies, you have to present evidence.
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Jesus is an example. We have other examples, including many of our ancestors as role models who understood the inner meaning of our orientation.
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Tis not seasonable to call a man traitor, that has an army at his heels.
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The secret to everything for me is doing yoga every day. It does do nice things for your body, but it also kind of calms you down and chills you out. Other than that, I don't really drink alcohol and I always take my makeup off at night!
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When 'Ice Ice Baby' was selling a million records a day, I bought several properties: a home next to Michael J. Fox in L.A., a palace in Miami and a mountain cabin in Utah. Then, a few years later, I took a break from touring, saw that my properties had cobwebs, so I sold them, and - to my surprise - I made a huge profit!
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It would definitely be fun to do a musical one day.
