Dan Ellis Quotes
Faith to me is having absolute certainty that God is in control of my life and that He has my best interests at heart.
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Sometimes I like to watch TV, though I never get to watch any of the shows in real time. I'm a fan of 'Downton Abbey,' 'Boardwalk Empire,' and 'Boss.' There's a British series called 'Luther,' but in England, they think a series means four episodes. And I like 'Mad Men.' Otherwise, it's always good to unwind with a book.
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My grandfather arrived in Houston in 1942 as a refugee from Nazi Germany. He had lost everything - his profession, his language, his money - but the city welcomed him, as it has hundreds of thousands of immigrants over the years.
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It drives me crazy when your parents try to read your mind. It's even worse when they try to read your mail.
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I am not ashamed of my grandparents for having been slaves. I am only ashamed of myself for having at one time being ashamed.
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The joy of winning is not as dramatic as the losses were, because I expected us to win.
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I love to sing. I also had a band during my college days in Saudi Arabia called Thousand Decibels. If not an actor, I would have become a singer. I am very passionate about work. I am a fitness freak: I go to gym before doing my shoot. I also do yoga.
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Survival can be summed up in three words - never give up. That's the heart of it really. Just keep trying.
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What I have experienced over time is that environmental problems are easier to deal with in ways that don't go into their interconnections to the rest of what we are.
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The thing that I've always been slightly frustrated with, was that the idea of a CD is kind of confined to a material possession that you can put on a shelf. And the idea of music, for me, is always about both the communication and the sharing of content. And so the interactive part is missing.
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They're trying to kill me before I'm dead. I come to Quebec to spend some time with my family and they say I'm dead.
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I was a victim of a stereotype. There were only two of us Negro kids in the whole class, and our English teacher was always stressing the importance of rhythm in poetry. Well, everybody knows - except us - that all Negroes have rhythms, so they elected me class poet.
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On a given day, you can have market fluctuations where prices fluctuate far more than the underlying economic value of the unit.
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I haven't done an international film for a long time.
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At first, I didn't realize it was gonna be a character. I just thought I was gonna be doing me.
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Anger is stronger than fear, stronger than sorrow.
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The whole Constitution has been erected upon the assumption that the King not only is capable of doing wrong but is more likely to do wrong than other men if he is given the chance.
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'As for your circumcisions, the chief modin can arrange all. Your wine must return to the earth, whence the grape came. Haram.'
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When you start attacking cronyism and people's political interests, it gets nasty.
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If a girl comes on strong and says, 'I really dig your body and I want to f**k the sh*t out of you,' I just decide whether or not I like her. If I do take her home, I try to make sure I get just as much out of it as she does. The word exploited therefore wouldn't apply.
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Most of Gingrich's moderate positions are rooted in a realpolitik that transcends ideology.
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Growing up, I used to go to an inlet to lay out and try to meet all the surfer guys.
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Romance should never begin with sentiment. It should begin with science and end with a settlement.
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I've never been impulsive. It's always been in my nature to consider things carefully and then decide upon the best solution. Except, sometimes the circumstances change. Sometimes things get so complicated and so bad that your nature just doesn't matter anymore.
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Faith to me is having absolute certainty that God is in control of my life and that He has my best interests at heart.
