Dan Ellis Quotes
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I like to see a good scientific bout by men who know the use of their hands but would rather walk twenty miles than see animals in strife.
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Weddings are really good for making you feel terrible about yourself if you're not where you want to be in life.
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The rehearsal is where it all happens for an actor.
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The poorer people and criminals of Mexico who are not very religious but not quite atheists, either, worship Saint Death.
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There's such a preoccupation with liquidity and such an unwillingness to invest beyond the horizon of the next quarter and making sure that the CEOs hit their quarterly earnings.
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I was a dancer when I got discovered, and I started working immediately. I started being in commercials and doing guest star roles. My first big thing, which happened maybe six months after being discovered, was 'Bring It On: All or Nothing.'
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I'm not a collector. I toss things out all the time.
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I don't do nostalgia. It just doesn't occur to me. I'm living in the moment, and I don't have that gene.
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There's an energy in an urban core that you just don't get anywhere else.
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If I could travel back in time, I'd bring back the entire Wu-Tang Clan.
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Both my parents had heart problems: my mother had type 2 diabetes, and my father had a stroke.
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Choosing a spouse with religion in mind is not always a mistake, especially if your heritage and your faith are important parts of who you are. The trick is, as always, to recognize a good thing when you see it - and never mistake the bad for something more.
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Beyond being timely, an obituary has a more subjective duty: to assess its subject's impact.
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The lyrics are so important to me. And that there is something going on in the lyrics. That the song actually has something to say.
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There's so many good comedians in D.C. I started hanging out with those guys. Dave Chappelle was there. Actually, Dave was too young to be in the clubs, so when his mom couldn't make it, he would ask me to pretend I was his aunt, so he could do open mike.
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We have seen that no religion stands on the basis of things known; none bounds its horizon within the field of human observation; and, therefore, as it can never present us with indisputable facts, so must it ever be at once a source of error and contention.
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I try to play my game and that's being emotional because I'm that kind of guy.
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I go to correctional facilities and talk to kids there. They have little kids in there who are, like, 12 years old, stealing cars and stuff like that.
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'Flash mobs' are reported on extensively because they're novel and can be used to stoke fears of young people and the Internet. The media, of course, have absolutely no clue what they're reporting on.
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No civilized society can long exist, with an active power in its bosom that is stronger than the law.
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I like to eat really early, 4 or 5 o'clock. That helps out a lot, to digest before you sleep.
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A gladiator's first distraction is his last.
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Jesus put his life on the line because He trusted that His Father had a greater plan.
