Kent Brantly Quotes

I've had time to reflect on what happened to me. Am I the same person I was before Ebola? In a lot of ways, yes. I don't live every moment with a conscious awareness of what I've been through.

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• I voted for Barack Obama.

  

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• I first read science fiction in the old British Chum annual when I was about 12 years old.

  

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• This is precisely why you choose to run for office and get elected. You're asking the people to let you be their voice. I don't think there is a more powerful and intense experience than the opportunity to be the voice of the 307 million people living in this country.

  

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• I turned down a lot of films.

  

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• I think it all comes down to motivation. If you really want to do something, you will work hard for it.

  

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• I'm developing artists for my new record label, my son's band, Intangible, being one of them.

  

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• Obstacles, of course, are developmentally necessary: they teach kids strategy, patience, critical thinking, resilience and resourcefulness.

  

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• Here at home, President Obama early on made the connection between growth and economic opportunity for women. In the depths of our crisis in 2009, one of the first laws the president signed was the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. He established an Equal Pay Task Force led by Valerie Jarrett to help women get paid what they earn.

  

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• Humility is the gateway into the grace and the favor of God.

  

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• Questions are a burden to others; answers are a prison for oneself.

  

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• The wave of the Islamic revolution will soon reach the entire world.

  

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• I may have had a lot of luck in my life, but I still need to find a challenge in the game.

  

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• I don't understand why there aren't more powerful female directors. I don't have the answers, but I hope that things may start to shift and that studios will employ more women to handle strong and interesting material.

  

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• Make sure that the people at the top are working together and there aren't divisions of labor. Don't have people working in silos; have them working across the team.

  

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• I would prefer to have a more appealing job. If I could still change careers, I would prefer it. This unfortunate art is made for long beards and ugly faces rather than for a relatively well-endowed woman.

  

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• I realized that if my thoughts immediately affect my body, I should be careful about what I think. Now if I get angry, I ask myself why I feel that way. If I can find the source of my anger, I can turn that negative energy into something positive.

  

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• Chicago seems a big city instead of merely a large place.

  

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• Acting is a plum gig, and then animation is an even more plum gig.

  

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• We are biological creatures. We are born, we live, we die. There is no transcendent purpose to existence. At best we are creatures of reason, and by using reason we can cure ourselves of emotional excess. Purged of both hope and fear, we find courage in the face of helplessness, insignificance and uncertainty.

  

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• Myth-making is absolutely necessary to create the simplified images that people live off.

  

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• Unless you're a big movie star, regular television work is going to bring you more exposure than anything. Everybody has a television; not everybody goes to the movies.

  

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• I've had time to reflect on what happened to me. Am I the same person I was before Ebola? In a lot of ways, yes. I don't live every moment with a conscious awareness of what I've been through.

  

  Kent Brantly
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