Elijah Kelley Quotes
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The talent curve in game-making is going straight up to Heaven.
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I listen to 'deep dish house'.
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The principle of evil in Europe is the enervating spirit of Russian absolutism.
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My aunt is the director of the acapella group Black Voices. I was so struck by them as a child. They sang with such passion and conviction. By the time I turned 15, I had plucked up the courage to ask if I could join the group. Acapella is a different discipline from singing with an accompaniment - it is much more exposed.
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I think there is a real thing going on where writers are feeling more liberated to write with a big canvas because of a demonstrable, continued appetite for long-form storytelling.
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I'm not gonna try to defend, or undo what's been done. All I could say about whatever's been done, it's been done, and it's water under the bridge. I have no regrets of my life.
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If you don't hire originals, you run the risk of people disagreeing but not voicing their dissent.
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Christianity doesn't demand that we worship our ancestors. If we don't remember our ancestors, then, in all likelihood, we cannot also recall the distant past.
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As a writer, one is always a little blind to what one writes.
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The things we remember best are those better forgotten.
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My mom taught me the power of love. I learned to focus on the long-term big picture from my father. His sense of humor and light-hearted approach always make me smile. My husband is a pivotal anchor in my life. His influence encourages me to be independent and take risks.
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Nations are divided, but we citizens need not be.
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I have an office in Argentina, I go there every day, so I work.
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I've learned that I've got to keep level-headed.
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Don't call the world dirty because you forgot to clean your glasses.
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You don't let being the first to do it stop you or get in the way.
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I cried when I heard Johnny Carson died.
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I was not a giant comic book fan as a kid, but to the extent that I did read comics, Spider-Man was always my favorite guy.
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Identity is made up of lots of different things now. Different colors and patterns stand out at different times. Different instruments in the symphony of being are more distinct than others at different times.
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Most politicians are either generalists or specialists. It's very rare that a politician is both.
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Genuine transcendence doesn't just look away from human suffering and say, "I am at peace, so I'm at the mountaintop." Genuine transcendence looks human suffering in the eye and attains peace because of a faith in things unseen.
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When I first was exposed to Buddhism in the mid-1960s, I said it was so practical and utterly pragmatic. That's what attracted me to Buddhism.
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I don't feel I'm qualified to be a coach outside the high school level. I think I would need to do more education to really be a good coach.
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I can move, but I've never background-danced for anybody.
