Brooke Ellison Quotes
No matter what sort of adversity or challenge you might face, you can always believe that, with hope, it can be conquered and, in the end, you will be stronger for it.
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In my second year in graduate school, I took a computer course and that was like lightening striking.
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Home is, I suppose just a child's idea. A house at night, and a lamp in the house. A place to feel safe.
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I only buy a computer when it's two years old, after the glitches have been worked out.
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The performances you have in your head are always much better than the performances on stage.
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I don't think successful musicians were really put on this planet in order to have a great time, pat themselves on the back and say, 'Oh, what a clever boy I am!' I think that, like most artists, we were put on the planet to suffer just a little. And we do.
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But it is a hard, it's a hard profession teaching acting.
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For man also, in health and sickness, is not just the sum of his organs, but is indeed a human organism.
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You live these three months in this reality, in this dark reality. You don't want to do those films every year because they're taxing. I started smoking a lot of cigarettes.
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Hate is a very strong and heavy emotion, probably as strong as love. I don't think I can live with hatred. If something bad happens, you feel bad about it; you forgive and move on. There's no hatred.
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What people tell me they take away from my books is that they can shape their lives, they can achieve their own dreams. And certainly that's what I want them to take away.
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There has to be a way to live the life you're accustomed to and not sacrifice things. Americans are not very good about sacrificing.
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All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work.
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As in any war, there have been dreadful mistakes and civilian casualties. The difference is when Israelis kill innocents they apologize; when Hezbollah kills innocents they celebrate.
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I was 18 when I did 'The Amanda Show,' and I was 19 when I did 'MadTV,' and I was in way over my head. I was just sort of a goof who could do impressions of WB stars - speaking of the Dawson Van Der Beek era - and it was overwhelming. I don't think I've learned more faster in my life than when I worked on 'MadTV.'
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There are a lot of other things in this world that can and will bring me joy. Acting is one of them.
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I actually wasn't much of a book reader at all before the 'Twilight' series. They just draw you in, and people love them. They're terrific books.
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I don't want to be in 'Expendables 5.' You can keep those kind of movies.
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This is why fiction is an art, and life is not - how much more affecting is the lie than the truth.
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What does dating mean?
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I always have to have a six pack or twelve pack of Entenmann's doughnuts in my house, no other brand.
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The lesson of travel seems to be so banal, but so great, which is that people are just so amazingly decent the world over. Given the disparity of income and wealth, it's amazing not just that you don't get robbed everywhere - it's amazing you don't get eaten.
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I have a lightsaber at my front door for home protection. I have an 800-watt electric skateboard that I use to run errands in my neighborhood. It can go about six, seven miles, so depending on how much time I have, and how much I have to carry home, I'll take it really far. I love that thing.
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Patience is, in and of itself, a great challenge and it often holds the key to breaking through a seeming impasse.
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No matter what sort of adversity or challenge you might face, you can always believe that, with hope, it can be conquered and, in the end, you will be stronger for it.
