David Brooks Quotes
This death cult has no reason and is beyond negotiation. This is what makes it so frightening. This is what causes so many to engage in a sort of mental diversion. They don't want to confront this horror. So they rush off in search of more comprehensible things to hate.
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I always went with my agenda, I just couldn't execute it.
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The Heat gave me an opportunity when nobody else wanted to.
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All who consult on doubtful matters, should be void of hatred, friendship, anger, and pity.
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I get a lot of backlash for wearing designers that I feel are creators and artists. I get it all the time.
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The next day, I got a phone call from him and he told me to come and read for a movie called New Jack City. So I went over there and they told me I was gonna wear dreads and play a cop.
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Fashion breaks my heart.
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I'm part Cuban, so anything with a good beat like Rumberos de Cuba gets me going.
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I'm obsessed with 'Scandal.' I love, love, love it. I've gotten to meet all of the cast at this point, and they're all so, so nice.
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My fans are so loving and encouraging. They're with me on good days and bad days.
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In America it's live by the sword of freedom of expression and be will to die by it as well.
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I'm a reader of Chinese literature, I like their films, but also: I've had great difficulty getting my work published in China; very little of it has been published there. The first two attempts to have all of my work published, for instance, were refused without any reason ever being given.
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You don't have to have a great voice to sing, just a distinctive one. But make sure you say the words clearly and tell a story.
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We English are good at forgiving our enemies; it releases us from the obligation of liking our friends.
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I've always considered myself a filmmaker who writes stuff for himself to do.
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The goal has been not to get pigeonholed. I like working in different genres. I'm gonna try to be entertaining and funny and do my usual thing.
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What distinguishes modern art from the art of other ages is criticism.
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America is a meritocracy.
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I don't think I've ever been haunted by a ghost, but I always joke with my fiance about the house we're living in right now. It seems to have something in it.
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The life of Lord Krishna has been misunderstood by many Western commentators. Scriptural allegory is baffling to literal minds. A hilarious blunder by a translator will illustrate this point. The story concerns an inspired medieval saint, the cobbler Ravidas, who sang in the simple terms of his own trade of the spiritual glory hidden in all mankind:
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I'm a Steeler for life.
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Nobody really thinks that Bush or McCain have a real answer for the challenges we face. So what they are going to try to do is make you scared of me. You know he - oh, he's not patriotic enough. He's got a funny name. You know, he doesn't look like all of those other presidents on those dollar bills.
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Death is not the enemy. A life lived without love is the enemy.
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This death cult has no reason and is beyond negotiation. This is what makes it so frightening. This is what causes so many to engage in a sort of mental diversion. They don't want to confront this horror. So they rush off in search of more comprehensible things to hate.
