Ethan Mordden Quotes
...college wasn't more school, as Chris had anticipated. School was a normalization of the familiar. College was a penetration into the exotic.
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I'm optimistic about people and about the planet and about nature. I think it's resilient, like people are.
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Honestly, you have to take care of yourself. That's probably something I have learned on the road.
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Any show that's bringing in a young audience is doing a good thing, because that's the only way that theater will continue to grow. All the other audience members are going to be dead soon!
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I simply wanted to get through college as quickly as humanly possible. I had no interest in extracurricular activities or anything that required me to be social. I was allergic to people.
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I live in a constant state of hyperbole.
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The people know their rights, and they are never slow to assert and maintain them when they are invaded.
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It's been great having my little girl. It's like having a workout 24 hours a day. I don't need to go to the gym! I'm chasing after my daughter everywhere she goes.
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I've become very, very liberal as far as war is concerned. It's just too terrible. I've been to wars and I've seen what happens. I know what it is to be hurt, and it's nothing compared to these guys. To be blind for the rest of your life. To have prosthetic limbs.
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Sports without music, it's nothing but a game. Music adds the emotion.
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The thing about animals is that they don't judge you. They accept you the way you are.
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The world is equally shocked at hearing Christianity criticized and seeing it practiced.
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Over the years as I went through a lot more things, I've gotten closer and closer to God as far as praying a lot more, being into the Word.
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If you don't feel clean, it affects everything you do; you can't even focus right.
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I like roles of people who can overcome things because there's strength in that and an arc - and roles where they start in one place, and toward the end of the script they end up in a completely different place, so you've seen this growth and some humanity in the role.
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I'm much too young to feel this damn old.
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The house where I grew up in the Hancock Park section of Los Angeles was like a dream - even though my family faced threats after my father bought it in August 1948.
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There is no such thing as absolute proof. There is only evidence.
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When I go to a concert, I can't help but feel happy and everything else just goes away. I hope everyone feels that way at my concerts.
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Being an actress in China, I'm actually a very lucky actress... Especially now that Chinese movies are becoming more diverse with more viewers overseas.
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Hear the wind and you will know the wind. Wind blows, and the generations are its leaves. There was no higher praise than what was said of Confucius: He knows where the wind comes from.
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I participated in every spring musical my school did while attending: 'Pippin,' 'Little Shop of Horrors,' 'Once on This Island,' and 'Hair.' The great thing about those projects was that I was able to work with my peers who were allowed to work professionally and gained some insight as to what it might be like to work with pros.
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I always loved strange stories like the Dr. Seuss stuff. 'Go, Dog. Go!' was one of my favorite stories - it still is. It's just such a bizarre yet true book. And I did well reading and writing as a kid throughout school. I think early on that's what made me realize what an advantage that is.
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...college wasn't more school, as Chris had anticipated. School was a normalization of the familiar. College was a penetration into the exotic.
