David Brin Quotes
A neurosis defends itself by coming up with rationalizations to explain away bizarre behavior.
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I do focus my energy on music, but it's just the way that the industry works. I kind of have to take what I can get when it comes to acting and show up so they'll hire me. And music I get to do when I have time. It's not that I focus less, it's just the way it works.
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The more I compose, the more I know that I don't know it all. I think it's a good way to start. If you think you know it all, the work becomes a repetition of what you've already done. I try to make sure that I don't repeat my music.
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People think I am America's party girl, which is just stupid. I have done 24 movies and I am creating my own TV show.
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The Bible may be the truth, but it is not the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
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I know some black actresses who have to wait every 19 films for a role. I can be cast in practically every one as a young white male.
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The key to winning baseball games is pitching, fundamentals, and three run homers.
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I say the law should be blind to race, gender and sexual orientation, just as it claims to be blind to wealth and power. There should be no specially protected groups of any kind, except for children, the severely disabled and the elderly, whose physical frailty demands society's care.
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'Hannity' had a a guy on that said, 'I fathered 20 kids by 14 mothers.' That is s cultural issue which has demeaned our society and has caused our society dearly in terms of imprisonment. Who's going to be the fathers to those children? Who's going to pay child support?
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It was wrongly assumed that I wished to become some sort of leader among gay activists, whereas in reality I was happier to be a foot soldier.
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No offense to music - thank you for Entertainer of the Year and all that stuff. But if you're a father or a mother, there's nothing that beats being a parent, and that's the best time of my life right there.
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One can resist the invasion of an army but one cannot resist the invasion of ideas.
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Men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all the other alternatives.
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I believe in the 'Wal-Mart' school of business. The less people pay, the more they enjoy it.
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Connecting with people is not hard. I love the interaction and the feedback after shows. It does take some time, but the fans appreciate it which makes it worth it.
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As a kid, I dreamed of being a pop star, a glamorous woman and traveling the world. And I've done that all my life.
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Time is important to me because I want to sing long enough to leave a message. I'm used to singing in churches where nobody would dare stop me until the Lord arrives!
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I think if a girl is easy to talk to then that's the first thing I look for. It's great when you meet a girl and three hours later you're like, 'Oh my gosh, we've been talking for three hours, what happened to the time?'
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Is Bill Clinton so good at politics, or are other politicians so bad?
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So I think we're kind of an alternate choice for people who have had it with sex and violence.
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Remember, social progress only happens when those in society's privileged classes choose to give up their status.
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I was told once by a leftwing scholar that as a Marxist, you have to do two things: always be optimistic and always have a view about everything. That advice still sounds good to me.
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I walked out of Spielberg's 'Lincoln' having such a thirst for more. It used such a microscopic albeit enormous event in American history. It used such a small piece of his presidency to illustrate him as a president through the lens of that event.
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A neurosis defends itself by coming up with rationalizations to explain away bizarre behavior.
