Ingrid Michaelson (Ingrid Ellen Michaelson) Quotes
When you're writing with someone else it helps you think of things you never would've thought of.
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Part of Michael's uniqueness, I think, comes from the fact that he worked with music. He had a tape which he gave me with many different compositions, really eclectic. These pieces of music were sources of inspiration.
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I never feel there's anything I can't do.
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I know people think that a lot of sports stars are a little bit up themselves, but they all have their heroes, too.
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It's the sum of the parts that make up the whole, so in my opinion excellence comes from how one undertakes to do something. It all begins with the thought process - which is creative and exalted to produce something out of the ordinary.
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The one charm about marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary for both parties.
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With movies, you can do a lot more roles a lot faster. My favorite thing about acting is taking on new characters. It's fun switching it up at times. No matter what, I feel so honored and blessed to be 16 and already living my dream. It's really special.
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One of the things I had to learn as a writer was to trust the act of writing. To put myself in the position of writing to find out what I was writing. I did that with 'World's Fair,' as with all of them. The inventions of the book come as discoveries.
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The history of science is rich in example of the fruitfulness of bringing two sets of techniques, two sets of ideas, developed in separate contexts for the pursuit of new truth, into touch with one another.
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You may not be able to read a doctor's handwriting and prescription, but you'll notice his bills are neatly typewritten.
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Everything that is bad, the falling sickness - God save the mark - or the like, should be at its worst at the full moon. I suppose because it is the leader of the stars.
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I always enjoy impersonating my characters in the first-person singular.
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The amount of good luck coming your way depends on your willingness to act.
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For me, Kate McKinnon can do no wrong. She is an absolute genius. She's a hero of mine. Melissa McCarthy is hilarious.
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Donald Trump begins his political career in birtherism. That idea is connected to a very, very old notion that African-Americans are not citizens.
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There is no life without sport and no sport without competition.
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We are two abysses - a well staring at the sky.
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But one sets of grandparents lived on Davidson Avenue in the Bronx and one lived in Manhattan and I had an aunt and uncle in Queens, so in my heart I was a New Yorker.
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As a comedian, you have everything working against you.
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For me, performing is the biggest part of being a rapper. There's nothing like the feeling of screaming your story to people.
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Don't trust, just verify.
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If you try all different styles that are in vogue, I think you con yourself. Me, I just stick by my guns; I don't want to play out of another man's bag.
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If I stop to think about fans, or best-selling, or not best-selling, or good reviews, or not-good reviews, it just becomes too much. It's like staring at the mirror all day.
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I found out that I was illegal when I was 16. I'm gay. I'm Filipino.
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When you're writing with someone else it helps you think of things you never would've thought of.
