Chris Shays Quotes
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You have to understand, I can't do any jokes about Ross Perot, because the last thing I need right now is another credit check.
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When you work on a movie, especially an independent movie, it's a lot of work to make it! It's not just our job as actors - so many people are working so hard, and even the littlest movie takes a lot of work.
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Love, and do what you like.
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It's really kind of hard to be a suburb of nothing. If you don't have a downtown, you really don't have anything. It's hard to build a community around parking lots and subdivisions.
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You must not lean on a tree on Sabbath, if the tree might be dependent on you for support.
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Nothing personal - I am just doing my job.
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As you know, I was a solo singer, something I just got very much used to. Turns out I'm quite enjoying being in a band!
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It sounds weird when you complain about having to eat so much, but it's like a job.
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Whether you want to entertain or to provoke, to break hearts or reassure them, what you bring to your writing must consist of your longings and disappointments.
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There's no rule, no law, no regulation that says you can't come back. So I have every right to come back.
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You can't expect to take a definitive image in half an hour. It takes days, often years.
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Storytelling is fine as long as you can encourage people to act on the stories.
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If you aim at nothing, you'll hit it every time.
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Running alone is the toughest. You get to the point where you have to keep pushing yourself.
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In a popular medium, you're going to get loads of stuff that is trite, but there'll also be some really special moments.
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Actors get to go to these amazing worlds. In 'Terminator,' I was a cyborg with feelings; in 'Avatar,' I lived for 15 months on a fantastical planet, and in 'Clash of the Titans,' I get to fight a scorpion the size of a dump truck. It's a bizarre job, but you explore yourself.
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Even though you're married, you're still individuals. You still have to grow and nurture your individuality.
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It's hard to act terrified when you have 200 crew members around you.
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Maybe you don't like your job, maybe you didn't get enough sleep-But nobody likes their job, nobody got enough sleep.Maybe you just had the worst day of your life;Well, you know, there's no escape.That's no excuse. Just suck up and be nice.
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Write what you want to write, write what people want to hear, and write about what they're going through, because if you could connect with the people who are listening to your music and coming to your concerts and coming to your meet and greets, then you're doing your job well.
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I, for one, am pretty exhausted since I started blogging almost a year ago. But I am blaming that on my two sons, aged 3 and 6, whose perpetual-motion-machine energy is hard to keep up with at my advanced age.
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I will not look back and say, 'I should have played in England.'
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The day will come - and it is not far off - when the legacy of Lincoln will finally be fulfilled at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, when a black man or woman will sit in the Oval Office. When that day comes, the most remarkable thing about it will be how naturally it occurs.
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No. You didn't do a good job. That's why you were let go.
