Ethan Mordden Quotes
The aficionado prefers a crazy bomb to a mediocrity, because the musical as a form has such potential as entertainment that the merely adequate can fatigue the spirit while the disaster can amuse with its drastic misjudgments and desperation gambles.
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Romantic comedies are particularly hard to make.
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We must all learn to adjust with our surroundings.
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My father was a pioneer in so many ways. He was fearless, and I think that I kind of picked that up from him as well.
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Pregnancy is something that I always love. It's about hope and the future and a new baby.
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I'm a very proud actor.
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The White House is the people's house. When you do historical restoration, that must be what it is.
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Some anti-Americanism derives simply from our being a colossus that bestrides the earth. But much anti-Americanism derives from the role U.S. political, economic and military power has played in denying such freedoms to others.
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To perform in front of a room full of people you go to school with would be terrifying. I couldn't do it now.
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I read real books. On paper. You know, those printed books? I feel like this is the last thing I do to support my industry. I think they smell great, too.
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Your parents only want what's best for you. They know a career in the arts usually means living paycheck to paycheck; they just want you to know that you have other options!
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While 'Outlander' is a brilliant period show, Claire represents so many qualities of a 10th century modern-day woman: someone who is forging her own path, fighting for what she believes, and doing so with integrity.
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I think what people are attracted to about me, if anything, is my passion. People got exposed to my passion through music and song first.
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If you would be happy all your life, plant a garden.
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Unless he really starts feeling good, in all likelihood I wouldn't think he'd go this week.
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Life's what's important. Walking, houses, family. Birth and pain and joy - and then death.
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There is a great responsibility on the team to perform well, because our supporters and the whole of the country are expecting us to do just that.
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Find an independent woman-who loves you for you and will be your best friend. I got it right the first time and was very, very lucky.
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Excellence is the accumulation of hundreds of minute decisions; it is execution at the most granular level. Once you accept the idea that you should give in to things that make no sense because other people do those things and you want to appear reasonable, you are on a path towards mediocrity.
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Novels set in imaginary futures are necessarily about the moment in which they are written.
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The aficionado prefers a crazy bomb to a mediocrity, because the musical as a form has such potential as entertainment that the merely adequate can fatigue the spirit while the disaster can amuse with its drastic misjudgments and desperation gambles.
