David Bryan Quotes
We started out a long time ago, and we've managed to just keep writing current songs and have No. 1 current records.
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I was thinking of going to London drama schools or to New York, because France didn't accommodate the things I wanted to do in film.
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The humor is essentially dark for a cartoon and sophisticated. But at the same time, being a cartoon gives the writers more freedom than in a normal sitcom. It always pushes the line that, despite human failings, the Simpsons are really decent people.
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An image of the Earth, its landscapes, directly affects people. The beauty of the Earth creates enormous emotion, and through that emotion, you can transmit knowledge and raise consciousness.
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A good catchword can obscure analysis for fifty years.
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No good work is ever done while the heart is hot and anxious and fretted.
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A modern health and social care system has to be completely focussed on the needs of its users.
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I definitely like performing to a crowd that's there to see a female hero.
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You want to help gay kids, you have to reach them in middle school and high school, when they're being bullied.
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One of my earliest memories is walking up a muddy road into the mountains. It was raining. Behind me, my village was burning. When there was school, it was under a tree. Then the United Nations came. They fed me, my family, my community.
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I would argue that the objective evidence shows that big government is not a friend to African Americans.
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Even if they knew the truth of their own feelings, most mothers would be socially and emotionally incapable of revealing it.
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You want people to buy you as just about anything. So if they think that you're one thing, it's hard to slip into, you know, all these other things.
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I grew up with singers. My father's mother sang opera. My dad was a big band singer. I can't remember a time there wasn't music in the house, so I grew up listening to great songwriters - George Gershwin, Cole Porter - and my grandma was playing opera for me before I was 3.
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Words are a pretty blunt instrument. There's always going to be slippage between the words and the infinite complexities of a thought. As a writer, I find that frustrating, but as a social animal, I wouldn't have it any other way.
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In the Middle East, we don't have the luxury to indulge in fantasy.
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Just making a movie the way 'All is Lost' had to be made was a great experience, because it was structured differently than any other film I will make for the rest of my life.
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Failure to properly control our borders costs citizens in many ways: schools become overcrowded, medical resources are stretched too thin, other government services are overtaxed, and taxes increase further.
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There are only three things I can do - make a dress, decorate a house, and entertain people.
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Over the years, I was never really driven to become a solo artist, but I was curious to find out who I was as an individual creative person. It's taken some time, but now I feel I've truly paid my dues. I guess I'm at a point now where I'm more comfortable in my own skin.
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I like to know who I'm working with, and it's important because they've got to be able to bring something to the party.
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There is no disgrace in working. There was no silver spoon around at the time I was born.
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At the time I was taught to read, it was an Eden-like time of my life. My mother adored me. Everyone adored me. So I associate reading with enormous pleasure.
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I was in musical theater when I first started, so there was always both acting and singing. But as far as getting a record deal, that took time. The majority of that time, I was acting.
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We started out a long time ago, and we've managed to just keep writing current songs and have No. 1 current records.
