Erin Davie Quotes
I certainly would never want to be normal. When people say, "You're weird," I usually take it as a compliment.
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I'm a Canadian. Outside Canada I carry the flag. Canadian nationalism isn't as insidious as American nationalism, though. It's good natured. It's all about maple syrup, not war.
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When I was in the running for the role of Elphaba, I knew it was important to research and study as much background information as I could, so I got my head stuck into 'Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West' by Gregory Maguire, and I believe I lost many days, weeks, and months reading it - I was captivated!
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When I was in the private sector, I found it immensely useful to go out and talk to customers and co-workers.
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I am young, and I think all young guys would love to play a superhero - any superhero - it doesn't matter. I could be a superhero that would just turn into a big blob or something like that, but I could tell all the ladies, 'Hey, I am superhero!'
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Once a song's out there, it's no longer mine. And that's the whole purpose of music: to belong to people.
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In 2001, I moved from Philly to Atlanta, where I lived for six years. I had never lived anywhere but Philly, and you can imagine the culture shock; the Civil War seeps into daily life and conversation down South in a way it never does up North.
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Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself.
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I know what poverty is.
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The mass of workers, as yet non-Socialist, is retarded in its development towards Socialism.
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I was actually not some sort of a child prodigy by any stretch.
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I just wanted to defend football, which is not always easy to do. Those of us who have been in the sport so many years now realise we must protect it and look after it. I was speaking about football, what it means. It is our profession, it has been our lives, and we must take care of it a little.
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I always felt that anorexia was the form of breakdown most readily available to adolescent girls.
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Right away when I got to college, I realized that being a politician sucks. It's really hard! It wasn't for me. B.J. Novak is convinced that I will run for mayor of Chicago at some point. He begs me to do it. It'd be a tough gig, but I was always very attracted to the idea of helping people and trying to make the city a better place.
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I can only try to keep the characters interesting; it's up to the readers to decide whether they're still relevant.
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I don't think God cares what you put in your body or on your body.
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The trouble with conservatives is that too many of them come to Washington thinking they are going to drain the swamp, only to discover that Washington is a hot tub.
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For me, being a writer was never a choice. I was born one. All through my childhood I wrote short stories and stuffed them in drawers. I wrote on everything. I didn't do my homework so I could write.
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I'm by no means a pianist. I think that's safe to say, but the piano, for me, I would say it's the enabler. It gave me what I needed and gives me what I need in order to write a song. And I think playing or improvising on the piano is where I feel most liberated and sort of less conscious of all my insecurities or inadequacies.
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'Home And Away' was my first big break. I was already a fan of the show, so to suddenly be on it was really good.
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Old characters never die, but I do need to take a break from them in order to create new ones.
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I've always wanted to do a space movie.
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Americans don't want cowboys to be gay.
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You're never going to get used to walking into a room and have people screaming at you. There's a lot of things that come with the life you could get lost in. But you have to let it be what it is. I've learnt not to take everything too seriously.
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I certainly would never want to be normal. When people say, "You're weird," I usually take it as a compliment.
