George Stroumboulopoulos Quotes
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Life's full of lots of dream-stealers always telling you you need to do something more sensible. I think it doesn't matter what your dream is, just fight the dream-stealers and hold onto it.
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Leave Jesus on the cross. He's very happy there!
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For some reason, I just lack that ability to be embarrassed about going up to people. I even do it for friends if they want to ask someone out.
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Having people jumping in front of you taking a photo can be unnerving.
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I realized that equipment really had little to do with why I sound like the way I sound.
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There is a magnet in your heart that will attract true friends. That magnet is unselfishness, thinking of others first; when you learn to live for others, they will live for you.
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If you're not bruised up, then you're not doing an action film in a real way.
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We really tried hard not to make it a cricket book, it appeals to a much wider community.
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The room-service Caesar salads with soggy croutons, the distant relatives who show up at readings pitching weird, far-fetched investment schemes, the fans who have you sign a book to 'Cathy' and then tell you, 'No, it's Kathy with a K' - it gets challenging after a while. It tests your stamina.
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In many countries in the Middle East - and this is changing in the wake of the Arab Spring - but for a long time, censorship of books and film was a very big deal. There were books you couldn't buy; things with political content would be censored, but there were some genres of books and film that the censors just didn't understand.
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One of the biggest issues for me is campaign finance reform.
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I'm a very political person, and I think things through clearly, even when I was 18 years old.
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If your dream is to tell stories, interesting stories, play interesting people, that's the bottom line. The people that I play have to be extraordinary.
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I come from a jazzy, acoustic, folky background. Everything has to work with melodies; the words have to have meaning.
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I'm 5' 11" as I proudly say - just so I don't have to say six feet.
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Scarlett Johansson was wonderful in 'Lost in Translation,' and then, seemingly within a couple of weeks, she became completely Hollywoodised. I was shocked. I didn't recognise her. I hope to God it's just a phase.
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I like to get real pretty.
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The Premier League is a very strong league. Chelsea, Manchester City, Arsenal, and Liverpool all have a high quality. But those who know me also know that I always want to win titles. And I think that Manchester United are a club which can win titles.
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I have not met a Filipino actor who didn't dream of working on an 'FPJ' remake.
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In this media-drenched, multitasking, always-on age, many of us have forgotten how to unplug and immerse ourselves completely in the moment. We have forgotten how to slow down. Not surprisingly, this fast-forward culture is taking a toll on everything from our diet and health to our work and the environment.
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I had pro offers from the Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers, who were pretty hard up for linemen in those days. If I had gone into professional football the name Jerry Ford might have been a household word today.
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All of my songs are about me and my experiences. They're very literal.
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I think there is always a need for pure design. With pure design, you don't need so much decoration.
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I am who I am: I have my life experiences and my professional experiences.
