Dorothea Brande Quotes
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The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop.
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Romantic comedies are particularly hard to make.
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Writers have an opinion about the world and offer arguments about the world. They should offer contemplation.
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On 'Death Valley,' I fought this werewolf, and he was picking me up and slamming me down. They put padding down in the garbage so he could really slam me down. They're flying around and I'm doing these jumping flying triangles pulling the guy down. It's just fun.
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Evidence points out that if you raise tariffs too much it will increase smuggling.
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People I respect complimenting me on my work in fashion is more exciting to me than anything I ever achieved as a Spice Girl.
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Tori Amos had a major influence on how I craft words in a song. Until I heard 'Little Earthquakes' all my lyrics used really obvious analogies like rain for tears.
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The most important days, more than any Grammy award thing or anything, is the day that you're responsible for snacks after the game.
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In 2010, I sold my car, a Toyota Majester, for just a lakh-and-a-half to be able to feed my horses. It continues to be like a hole, where I put all my money.
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There have been times in my life when I felt compelled to write things down as a matter of therapy, but whatever I kept about those days, I shredded. It was too personal.
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The worst excesses of the dot-com era are gone.
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When I watch myself, I see nothing but faults, like, 'This I need to do different, this I need to do different,' and so if there comes a point in time where I'm like, 'Man, this whole thing is just getting really stale,' I am not opposed to being the bad guy again.
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The president of the United States is not a king. You know? Barack Obama was elected by the American people.
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Waging a colonial war in the post-colonial age is self-defeating.
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People win Oscars, and then it seems like they fall off the planet. And that's partly because a huge expectation walks in the room and sits right down on top of your head. The moment I won the Oscar, I felt the teardown the very next day.
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I think I have character, and that is what people like in me.
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It's important to have people around you with enough confidence to say if you are not acting in a good way. Normally, when you are at the top, people say everything is fantastic. Probably in that moment it is what you want to hear, but it's best to be reminded how to act properly.
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Mental toughness is spartanism with qualities of sacrifice, self-denial, dedication. It is fearlessness, and it is love.
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I try to do something active everyday. Liking what you're doing makes working out enjoyable.
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It takes strength to be kind; it's not a weakness.
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Der Umgang mit einem Egoisten ist darum so verderblich, weil die Notwehr uns allmählich zwingt, in seine Fehler zu verfallen.
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I never bought a man who wasn't for sale.
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You constantly hear about voter fraud... but you don't see huge amounts of vote fraud out there.
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To guarantee success, act as if it were impossible to fail.
