Deborah Ellis Quotes

As a woman in Canada, I get to do whatever I want to do, and I'm used to that. I'm used to not having my government tell me my life is going to be restricted because I'm female.

Deborah Ellis

Recitation: by Male by Female

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LifeWomanGovernmentMeMy Life

I've thought for years, sometimes against my will, about what kind of son I'm supposed to be, what's expected. Being Korean, that's a particularly charged question. Is your duty to your culture or to your parent? Is your life your own, or the second half of your parents' life? Who owns your life?

John Cho

LifeSonCultureParentsThought

I'm looking for smart friends all the time.

John Lloyd Young

TimeSmartLookingFriends

Banal words function as a feeble phenomena that fall into their own mental bogs of meaning.

Robert Smithson

WordsMeaningFallMentalOwnBanal

One thing we cannot put a number on is the number of casualties because people were never connected to their purpose in life.

Steve Southerland

LifePurposePeopleConnectedNever

The system under which we live is owned and operated by people who do not deserve to run the world.

Tom Morello

LivePeopleWorldRunDeserveWho

For 'Twisted Fantasy,' I probably spent 180 days in the studio.

Mike Dean

FantasyDaysTwistedStudioSpent

In America, we understand that a nation is only living as long as it is striving.

Donald Trump

AmericaLongStrivingLivingNation

I've been in 'Avengers' films, but I don't do a lot of the action parts. There are superheroes in the movie! People would much rather see them fight each other!

Cobie Smulders

FightPeopleActionSeeBeenWould

In a Toyota, the cops don't think about stopping you so much.

Chuck Berry

ThinkYouToyotaCopsMuchAbout

I think a man should definitely be helping in the home. There are so many places in our country where it's kind of thought to be a woman's place, and it shouldn't be.

Bobby Berk

HomeWomanManThinkThoughtPlace

Basically I started to jot notes, lots of faxes back and forth to my writer, we faxed ideas throughout the whole first draft, and started all over again.

Bruce Boxleitner

IdeasBackFirstOverStartedNotes

I haven't mastered the art of sitting and smiling.

Ashley Wagner

ArtSmilingSittingMastered

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