D. J. Cotrona Quotes
Skateboarding was the only thing I was ever good at. Growing up, I was doing that from, like, dusk till dawn.
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The reason for not getting married was that I just didn't have a partner to get married to. Climbing mountains was more attractive to me than marriage, or other fun things like that.
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I started auditioning but at times would feel depressed, as I would get shortlisted but never received the final call. Only when the commercials were released would I come to know that I was not selected.
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My parents came to see me in a play at Eton when I was 16. And then, when I said I wanted to try for drama school, they knew there was enough passion there for them to be brave and back me.
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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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In terms of achievement, the pride is very important to me. It keeps me going every day. The money is always second to me.
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I've always really been interested in the Pygmalion myth and both what it has to say about creativity and what it has to say about relationships between men and women.
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I've never experienced chronic pain myself, but I have known many people over the years who have.
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Metaphysics is a dark ocean without shores or lighthouse, strewn with many a philosophic wreck.
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Eventually, I grew out of my interest in motorcycles because they're quite dangerous. I don't ride them anymore. But I have this history.
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I love anything to do with history.
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The climate has been changing since there was a climate.
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I wasn't a ladies' man.
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The goal is to divide my time between stage and film.
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When someone tells me about Malala, the girl who was shot by the Taliban - that's my definition for her - I don't think she's me. Now I don't even feel as if I was shot. Even my life in Swat feels like a part of history or a movie I watched. Things change. God has given us a brain and a heart which tell us how to live.
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I really like Los Angeles - I had a good life out there. But the reason I choose to live in New York is because when I'm between engagements, as they say, something creative always comes up for me, like 'Julian Po,' or helping teach at NYU, or helping stage a show at Juilliard.
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I'm not spending every second thinking about the World Cup, but it's always in my mind when I make choices and decisions.
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It's just different in the music world. You come more with an entourage.
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My thinking has always been that the worst problem we have with regard to lack of inclusion is the terribly low labor force participation rates and terribly high unemployment rates of young men, especially young men in ethnic minority groups and, in particular, young black men.
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Oh how I wish I could be as obsessive as Carrie from 'Homeland' when I'm writing a book! That would save me a lot of trouble during the revision process.
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Education has failed in a very serious way to convey the most important lesson science can teach: skepticism.
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I watch a TV show called 'Shark Tank.' It's one of my favorite TV shows. It's basically self-made millionaires who have either come up with their own business or clothing... I came up with the idea of designing clothes.
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Look, you're either loved or hated. Which is a good thing, as Bette Davis used to say.
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Skateboarding was the only thing I was ever good at. Growing up, I was doing that from, like, dusk till dawn.
