Chester Brown Quotes
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I see my daft surname as a positive thing. It first dawned on me that I had a comical name when someone called me 'Fishface' on my first day at school. I've heard all the fish jokes since then, many times over.
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Fitness, defending, the mental stuff - those were all weaknesses of mine. And I turned those into strengths.
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Oracle is obsessed with security. It's an absolute requirement for all our products. The real security issue is when customers take older products that were not built for the Internet, and kind of rack them and put them on the Internet.
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Sometimes I think we're alone. Sometimes I think we're not. In either case, the thought is staggering.
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Teach us to give and not to count the cost.
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You don't have to become Mother Teresa to make an impact in the world. But nothing can be achieved if, at the very least, we are not talking about it.
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Swimming is my passion and something that I love.
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Me and my brothers started a musical group early on, and we were playing in places where we really weren't supposed to be.
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Wrestlers are a little more dedicated than, and are different from, the other people, which may be strange.
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I'd been touring for so long, seven years. For a year and a half I'd just been curious about what it was like not to tour. It's like if you were to lift a 100-pound barbell with your right arm for seven years, eventually you'd get really curious about what your left arm was capable of.
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I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
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I might go on discussing this subject at great length, but after all is said, done, and written, my own book of experiences will best show what these obstacles are, and how I managed to overcome them to some extent.
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As cliched as it sounds, I'm taking every day as it comes.
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That's a beautiful thing. The more successful you are, the more people are going to come and be a part of music.
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The two most frightening words in Washington are 'bipartisan consensus.' Bipartisan consensus is when my doctor and my lawyer agree with my wife that I need help.
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I try to compartmentalize as much as possible, and I have the most amazing team in the world. They really set up my time in a way that is completely efficient all the time.
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I like the condition of being an outsider, just passing through.
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After 'A Suitable Boy,' I didn't write anything, not even a short story. I thought to myself: 'I ought to start writing.' But I can never force myself to write.
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Inflation is taking up the poverty line, and poverty is not just economic but defined by way of health and education.
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Childhood is a fundamental part of all human lives, parents or not, since that's how we all start out. And yet babies and young children are so mysterious and puzzling and even paradoxical.
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People always complain about something. If you face yourself and stand up strong, you're OK. You can't go wrong.
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When I was 5 or 6, I was messing around with the piano, and I listened to everything from Chopin to boogie-woogie.
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I have no idea what goes on in another person's mind. As a legislator, I need to be good at persuading people, counting votes and getting to 50 percent plus one. I don't go back and say, 'Why did this person get to the right position?' It's only, 'Are you yes or are you no?'
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We're not very accepting of people who act strangely.
