Terry Ellis Quotes
Well, never say never. We have been in conversations about that so I’ll just keep it there and we’ll see what happens.
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For me, I never, never, from the moment I started acting, had a desire to be famous.
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If the lyrics are something new, then maybe I want to give it a more traditional form, or the other way around, but not have all one or the other.
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It is only a step from boredom to disillusionment, which leads naturally to self-pity, which in turn ends in chaos.
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I love Chicago. I lived there briefly for three months and kept a boat under one of those space-age buildings. It was very Jetsons.
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Sarcasm is like cheap wine - it leaves a terrible aftertaste.
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I'm very curious to know what it's like, death - I always say to my wife, 'I wonder if we'll have the 'New York Times' when we're dead.'
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Men's competitive team sports focus on the balance between individual achievement and team achievement with the emphasis on team achievement.
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You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.
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We as the governments, workers, employers and civil society must declare a war on child labour. This war cannot be won without strong, committed, coherent, and well-resourced worldwide movement. Equally needed is a genuine and active coordination between intergovernmental agencies at the highest level.
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I'm not a shouter, and I'm not a bully.
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I never fall in love.
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I don't want to get burned when I'm cooking. To avoid getting hit when pan-frying, I stand far away and use chopsticks that are almost two feet long. I learned it from my mom, who does the same thing.
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I worked for a lot of candidates, in tough campaigns that lost. Most of my candidates lost until Bill Clinton. There was always a point where you look in their eyes and they knew it was over. And there was never that point with Clinton. He never quit. He never gave up.
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Phrase books seem to be a universal and eternal source of hilarity and I think I know why. Their authors go mad in the course of compiling them.
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If you want to talk about luck, we're normally sailing where it's 600 meters (2,000 feet) deep ... The good news is no one was hurt. The crew hardly got wet.
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The best book, like the best speech, will do it all - make us laugh, think, cry and cheer - preferably in that order.
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The distinction between talent and genius is definite. Talent combines and uses; genius combines and creates.
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Certain things you have to stumble on to. They can't be preprogrammed.
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I think watching my mom gave me great inspiration, I wish that had been reinforced more verbally. It would have kept me from a lot of pain.
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I don't blame people or 'pop stars' or whatever for being so quiet, but you can't take it too seriously, especially on social media. It's a very hard thing to be yourself, especially when people are watching, so I don't blame them for being a bit reserved.
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There's something liberating about watching someone not following the rules.
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Well, never say never. We have been in conversations about that so I’ll just keep it there and we’ll see what happens.
