Charlie Brooker Quotes
I used to draw comics a lot. I was obsessed with 'The Young Ones,' and was massively into video games, although I was no good at them.
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Let's judge a man on what he's done.
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Life must continue, even with the security situation so bad, because I have ambitions. I love this sport too much.
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I enjoy getting gussied up for an event or date night.
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Helping out in your kid's classroom is a great way to get involved with your child's school.
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Although some secrecy is odious, some is essential just to preserve our sense of self.
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If you're not kind, then you won't be attractive to me personally because that spirit shines through and makes people attractive.
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Carelessness makes me cross. And unkindness.
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More and more, we're used to taking things in through the eyes rather than through the ears, and opera is more of a spectacle.
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It's up to the audience. It always has been.
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I thought what would be really just choice for a revamp and a reboot is 'The Greatest American Hero.' I think I'd be just that kind of perfect not prepared for this kind of thing, but thrust into circumstances he's not prepared for... that's another niche of mine. Unpreparedness. Not knowing what to do. I'm good at being that guy.
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But, I couldn't live without creation gymnastics.
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I was sitting alone in a grim mood – furious that the press attacked Senator Edwards on the price of a haircut. But it inspired me – from now on, all haircuts, etc., that are necessary and important for his campaign – please send the bills to me... It is a way to help our friend without government restrictions.
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Men tell me that I've saved their marriages. It costs them a fortune in shoes, but it's cheaper than a divorce. So I'm still useful, you see.
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I can't live without activity; I can't be sedentary.
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When you're young and you're in love and it doesn't work out - it hurts.
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My first love was acting. I went to Sidney Poitier films as a kid. I sat in the theater and dreamed of being an actor.
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We are quick to stick labels on others - especially those who don't fit in with the norm. 'Harold Fry' is about a broken marriage; 'Perfect' is about a broken person. They are both about finding kindness where you least expect it.
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I have won many awards and I am very happy about this, but I am not the best player in the world.
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In film, you have the luxury of accomplishing what you need in 24 frames every second. Comics, you only have five or six panels a page to do that.
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I dug up some old John Buscema 'Conan' comics. Man, when Alfredo Alcala was inking, that was some of the most beautiful black and white comic art ever published. The stories are good, too, though early '70s comics based on Conan is a festival of sexist, racist stereotypes.
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I was as big as I have ever been. I had a personal trainer and was working out. I was feeling good. I was muscular. I had never weighed more than 155 pounds.
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I like old people when they have aged well. And old houses with an accumulation of sweet honest living in them are good. And the timelessness that only the passing of Time itself can give to objects both inside and outside the spirit is a continuing reassurance.
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I think I don't take myself too seriously. You know as far as, it's a fun life. I take my music serious, but I like to have fun.
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I used to draw comics a lot. I was obsessed with 'The Young Ones,' and was massively into video games, although I was no good at them.
