Edward Kitsis Quotes
In all life, there are the people that are right for you, and there are the people that are wrong for you, and then there are the people that you just choose.
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Sauce is certainly ancestral to French cooking. The technique is very tricky, but it's also very fundamental.
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At NBC I wasn't really sure if the grandparents were going to get my sense of humor on a particular topic.
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The running joke about the Premio Cervantes, the most coveted literary prize in the Spanish-speaking world, which was established by Spain's Ministry of Culture in 1976, is that Cervantes himself wouldn't have received it. This is because he was, in his heart, the most anti-Spanish of Spanish writers.
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It's tough to be 68 and dating. I've given it up now.
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I was so opposed to the war in Vietnam that I initially refused President Nixon's urgings for me to go there.
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In South Africa, being Chinese meant I wasn't white and I wasn't black. I trained in Baragwanath Hospital, the largest black hospital in South Africa. That was around 1976, the time of the Soweto Uprising, when police fired on children and students who were protesting. I was part of the group of interns who volunteered to treat them.
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Speed can't always get you wickets.
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In the country, it feels like you don't have control over nature anymore - nature is in control of you.
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You should always leave the party 10 minutes before you actually do.
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Y'all have no idea how many times I say, 'Yes, ma'am.'
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Harpo Marx looks like a musical comedy.
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I don't try to hurt people in any way, and I try to help out wherever I can.
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When you're in the music business, everything is very personal, because you are invested in everything; there's a very deep, personal attachment to your music.
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I'm not embarrassed about who I am. I'm not apologetic.
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I do watch 'American Idol' sometimes. It's not really that pleasurable... I take that back. It is the epitome of a guilty pleasure. Sometimes there's some good singers on that show.
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Dressing for yourself and not a man is definitely something I advocate.
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Life is such a tragicomedy.
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You say something, things you would rather forget, and then they are out there. It makes me anxious and I don't know why people are interested in me anyway. If I had my way, I would rather exist in a little hole and not speak to anyone.
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You cannot tailor-make the situations in life but you can tailor-make the attitudes to fit those situations.
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What I learned from my go-round with 'In the Heights' is that it's tough to make a movie. In Hollywood, even the people in charge have people in charge.
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I went to a seminar early in my career on the craft of storytelling by Robert McKee. It was really life altering. There are basic principles on how to craft an engaging story and he covers them well. He's got a book out, 'Story,' that I would highly recommend to anyone interested in improve their storytelling.
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Even with the trials of life, because of the Savior's Atonement and his grace, righteous living will be rewarded with personal peace.
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In all life, there are the people that are right for you, and there are the people that are wrong for you, and then there are the people that you just choose.
