Chuck Brown Quotes
People are looking for a way to take action, to do something other than donate on the Turnpike on their way to work, which seems impersonal.
Quotes to Explore
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I had no expectations of white people at all.
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I wrote for nearly six hours. When I stopped, the dark mood, as if by magic, had folded its cloak and gone away.
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More is required of public officials than slogans and handshakes and press releases. More is required. We must hold ourselves strictly accountable. We must provide the people with a vision of the future.
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Where you have the most armed citizens in America, you have the lowest violent crime rate. Where you have the worst gun control, you have the highest crime rate.
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In Kenya, I met wonderful girls; girls who wanted to help their communities. I was with them in their school, listening to their dreams. They still have hope. They want to be doctor and teachers and engineers.
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Our best thoughts come from others.
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As Senator, I will always put the health and safety of New Hampshire's families first.
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Don't compete with me: firstly, I have more experience, and secondly, I have chosen the weapons.
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My dad was in the military, yeah. He was in the Air Force, and he was a doctor, so he would go places for six months here, and two years there. And I was home-schooled because I played the violin, and I did a lot of competitions.
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I'm not always angry. In fact, I think I usually go out of my way to try to find roles that don't seem to be like me.
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If you respect a language and culture, it shows in your work.
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We are in a democracy, and I think for all issues, whatever matters that the opposition may have apprehension on, there is a forum, and it is called Parliament.
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It's no fun for me to cover a song and produce it the exact same way as it already exists. When I hear that happening, I have to say, 'What's the point?'
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It is no surprise that companies do not often respond to moral pressure alone. We need to hit them hard in their pocketbook and on their balance sheet. We need to show them that their stock prices will be affected if their actions encourage Iran's nuclear weapons ambitions.
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Human writing reflects that of the universe; it is its translation, but also its metaphor: it says something totally different, and it says the same thing.
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I loved experiencing city life in New York.
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The one serious conviction that a man should have is that nothing is to be taken too seriously.
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All peoples are entangled in the net of the world market.
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I've always been interested in the idea of people who fell through the cracks.
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Failures are inevitable. Unfortunately, in film they live for ever and they're 40 ft wide and 20 ft high.
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I think every filmmaker in Europe would be lying if they didn't say one day they just wanted to make a movie here in Hollywood or at least try it. It's very different from European filmmaking, because here it's like a real industry. It's very much about money and making money, which I think is fine, because it's very expensive to make movies.
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Abraham: You did not come into this environment to create through action. Instead, your action is meant to be a way in which you enjoy what you have created through thought.
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People are looking for a way to take action, to do something other than donate on the Turnpike on their way to work, which seems impersonal.
