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Portia de Rossi Quotes

When I watched Ellen come out in '97, my jaw was on the floor. I thought, There are some people who break the doors down, hold them open, and some people who walk right through.

Portia de Rossi

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: actress
Nationality: australian
Birth: January 31, 1973

Topics

Walk People Thought Doors Down Open

I am seeking every day to restore faith in Parliament - to ensure we have a House of Commons which is representative, effective and reconnected to the people we serve.

John Bercow

Faith Day I Am People House Serve

Language is a window into human nature, but it is also a fistula, an open wound through which we're exposed to an infectious world.

Steven Pinker

Nature Window World Language Human

A lot of people say, 'Hey, God doesn't have a sense of humor.' Yes, He does. God has a great sense of humor.

Si Robertson

God Great Humor People Say Yes

I was very active in the Parks and Recreation department. I recall a lot of the things we had to do, from the trips for the department to organizing a Little League, those sorts of things.

Mike Scully

Organizing Recreation Active Little

Culture - art, music, literature - is the long game, because it's the way to change people's ideas in a more personal way.

Dee Rees

Change Music Art Culture Ideas Game

Although I was paid a salary in Ann Arbor, my wife and children and I drank powdered milk at six cents a quart instead of the stuff that came in bottles. I was a tightwad.

Donald Hall

Children Wife Salary Milk Paid Six

Most painters want recognition, especially by their peers. I achieved that a long time ago with TV. I don't need any more.

Bob Ross

Time Recognition Long Long Time Want

I am really not interested in the cinema.

Brigitte Bardot

I Am Cinema Not Interested Interested

I had surgery to repair the ACL in February 2010 and was back in the gym by June, but rushed things too quickly and ended up re-tearing my MCL in September.

Shawn Johnson

February Gym Back Repair September

I would get ill before going onstage - something about getting in front of people, and if they don't laugh, I'm a bomb. I got over it when somebody laughed.

Tim Conway

People Laugh Over Something Going

I don't have anything to hide.

Rihanna

Hide Anything

There are two worlds: the world we can measure with line and rule, and the world that we feel with our hearts and imagination.

Leigh Hunt

Imagination World Feel Measure Line