Evan Mandery Quotes
We're about to live through history and it's incredibly exciting. But don't make the mistake of thinking life stops because of any of this.
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I guess becoming an adult and learning how to survive on your own is exciting.
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Sometimes a chord on a guitar will somehow spur some thought in your head, and you will write a song about it.
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I am not going to do a film based on a bad scenario just to make a big Hollywood film or work with Hollywood stars.
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I don't look back. I look forward and plan new shows. That's really feeding the most important part of working in the theater.
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Man, 'Hill Street Blues' was on when I was 12, and I remember feeling I'd never seen anything like it. It was that far ahead of its time, with dark characters you loved. I remember Ed Marinaro, the football star.
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We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.
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He that complies against his will is of his own opinion still.
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We can't have democracy if we're having to protect you and our users from the government over stuff we've never had a conversation about. We need to know what the parameters are, what kind of surveillance the government is going to do, and how and why.
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Working with Chiranjeevi sir, I realized the professionalism and attitude they used work with. It's just so contagious. When such a personality is doing that, everyone around, too, would do that out of respect. Work was far more efficient, smoother.
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I'd make a White Stripes record right now. I'd be in the White Stripes for the rest of my life. That band is the most challenging, important, fulfilling thing ever to happen to me. I wish it was still here. It's something I really, really miss.
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My mother was devoted to helping people - with my father's money! - who had great voices but didn't have the financial means to study music. He and my mum gave away dozens of music scholarships, and my mum opened a school in town, introduced opera to children and created fantastic programmes.
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The first colours which made a strong impression on me were light juice green, white, crimson red, black and yellow ocher. These memories go back to the third year of my life. I saw these colours on various objects houses and roofs, in Russia which are not as clear in my mind as the colours themselves.
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I'm not saying that all college students are subhuman - I'm just saying that if you aim to spend a few years mastering the art of pomposity, these are places where you can be taught by undisputed experts.
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If you show people the problems and you show people the solutions they will be moved to act.
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I don't think there will be a woman Prime Minister in my lifetime.
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I think that with the proliferation of writing programs, people tend to forget that you also have to get used to working alone, and you have to be your own support.
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You get spoiled on 'Captain America,' where your trailer's two blocks long and it's got three bedrooms.
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I wouldn't call myself a shut-in. I have the ability to leave my home; I just choose not to. But because I'm such a homebody, it's important to be surrounded by things I love.
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Coming from New York, you're kind of indoctrinated with anti-L.A. sentiment, but California is just a really dope state.
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Comedy is difficult for an actor. But I think I have a good sense of humor and manage to make people laugh and make them happy.
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Some of the choicest blessings of my life have been the close friendships I have experienced over the years. Often, these friendships have been forged in the fires of shared experience.
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It's hard to believe that you did so many drugs for so long. That's what I find really hard. And didn't really consider it. It was eating and drinking and taking drugs and having sex. It was just part of life.
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We're about to live through history and it's incredibly exciting. But don't make the mistake of thinking life stops because of any of this.
