Elias Koteas Quotes
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If I go on a diet and work out, I'm always in a bad mood. I'd rather be a little heavier but nice.
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I am a proud Zionist. I can tell you about every blossom that grows in this land. I know the history and the Bible.
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I really enjoy getting to go and play on other people's shows for an episode or two. It adds such variety to my repertoire.
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I thought we had energy out there. I thought the guys were, they played good, they were excited. We were almost dynamite out there today. Just a flicker away from being dynamite.
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The harder you work, the luckier you get.
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All fashion brands are about looking good. Being Human is also about doing good. And you can do good by the simple act of slipping into a t-shirt or a pair of jeans.
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I was in a really crummy pop-punk band. I think we did a whole bunch of Blink-182 covers, and we were on the fringe of losers and jocks. So we invited all the cool kids to come watch us play in our bass player's brother's bedroom. And it was terrible, but everyone thought we were so cool.
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People my age don't always know where their music comes from.
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Entrenched scriptural literalism is, in my opinion, completely out of touch with reality.
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I have a deep and ongoing love of Iceland, particular the landscape, and when writing 'Burial Rites,' I was constantly trying to see whether I could distill its extraordinary and ineffable qualities into a kind of poetry.
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When I make a film, I am hoping to reinvent the genre a little bit. I just do it my way. I make my own little Quentin versions of them... I consider myself a student of cinema. It's almost like I am going for my professorship in cinema, and the day I die is the day I graduate. It is a lifelong study.
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There is a restaurant in L.A. called Crustacean, which is very famous for its garlic crab. Well, I can make garlic crab better than Crustacean. My sauce is so good you'll want to dip your bread in it, put it on your egg omelet, in your cereal, and in everything else.
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We move sometimes. We send messages to each other. We talk on the phone. Tell me, what can we do?
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There are other writers who try for subtle and minimalists effects, but I don't travel in that tribe.
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I think every girl's dream is to find a bad boy at the right time, when he wants to not be bad anymore.
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I'm a private intellectual, not a public one.
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An artist's sphere of influence is the world.
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If Asian America exists, it is because of systemic racism.
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I never know when chat-up lines are happening! I don't hear them enough. I don't get hit on enough.
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I know who I am.
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It is time for us to focus on the issues that bring us together as a nation. Supporting parents' capacity to raise their children with the love and resources they need is simply the right thing to do.
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The model of the human habitat dictated by zoning is a formless, soul-less, centerless, demoralizing mess. It bankrupts families and townships. It disables whole classes of decent, normal citizens. It ruins the air we breathe. It corrupts and deadens our spirit.
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In fifth grade, we had to write a story and read it in front of the class. When I read mine out, the class were just belly laughing. And I remember being like, 'This is the coolest!' So I want to dedicate my life to trying to make people laugh. I can't imagine doing anything else.
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I feel blessed. To live an artistic life, it's a blessing.
