Charlie Brooker Quotes
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, which is a pity because this week the National Association of Beholders wrote to tell me that I've got a face like a rucksack full of dented bells.
Quotes to Explore
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I really love storytelling.
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You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.
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I always love listening to Bob Dylan. 'Blood on the Tracks' is one of my favorite albums.
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I always wanted the films to play in malls, and I wanted as many people as possible to see them. I never want them to be marginalized in the kind of rarefied, elitist world. I always have hopes that the films will permeate culture in a big way. A lot of times, I'm wrong, but it's always the hope.
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A good school teaches you resilience - that ability to bounce back.
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I love Rihanna. She represents that strong, independent woman that you cannot keep down.
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When I do a 30-minute meal, for instance, on Food Network, that's my food you see at the end of the show and it's not perfect. And if sometimes things break or drop or the pasta hits the wall when I'm draining it, they never stop tape. They just kind of let me go with it.
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My new obsession is 'Storage Wars.' I don't know how such a simple show concept can be so addicting, but I can sit and watch marathons of it.
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You got to have smelt a lot of mule manure before you can sing like a hillbilly.
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The nature of things is dharma.
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There's a certain time of day after sunset when people naturally seem to feel the urge to gather by a fire or a stove or a hibachi or another common source of heat and food, and hunker down together to eat and drink. Call it the blue hour.
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I say 'here's the thing' a lot, both to alert people that I'm about to say something important and to give myself a moment to figure out what that important thing might be, because my head is so often completely empty.
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Learning how to put someone in an arm lock without breaking their arm... It's quite handy isn't it?
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There's something really wonderful about a party where you help yourself. Of course, first you get what you really want. But 'family style' service also really encourages people to connect with one another.
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By concentrating on what is good in people, by appealing to their idealism and their sense of justice, and by asking them to put their faith in the future, socialists put themselves at a severe disadvantage.
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There is more for women in terms of character roles now. Judi Dench and Maggie Smith have constantly changed over the years and challenged themselves with different roles. That's impressive.
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I didn't want to be the aunt where you come over and can't sit on the sofa.
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I don't like to dabble in anything I don't do well. I don't talk politics.
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A lot of baby boomers are baby bongers.
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I think a lot of what you do in acting, and for the most part singing and dancing and everything, is trial and error. It's all about just seeing what works, and if it does, to use it, and if not, to throw it away.
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Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.
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My motivation is tomorrow, just one day at a time, right?
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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, which is a pity because this week the National Association of Beholders wrote to tell me that I've got a face like a rucksack full of dented bells.
