Douglas Brunt Quotes
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Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.
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One of the great political and economic challenges of our time is figuring out the balance between wealth that benefits society and wealth that distorts.
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America is another name for opportunity.
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When a certain swathe of India's population considers the country's ancient past, it doesn't see a country fragmented into kingdoms, savaged by caste divisions, and mired in poverty; rather, what's envisioned is a vast, unified Hindu empire stretching from Kashmir to the Indian tip at Kanyakumari.
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I've recorded 25 or 30 albums. I know that sometimes when you work with producers who are kinda dictators, it doesn't help you make a better record.
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Quirky is what a guy would call a girl he doesn't understand.
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I eat leftover caviar by hand, with baked potato, like peasants.
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I can't imagine wanting to be famous just for the sake of being famous. I think fame should come along with success, talent.
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Lunch is for wimps.
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Some people find that if they share a profession with their partner, they don't talk about anything else.
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I was always able to get money, but now it's a little bit more money, and I manage the same way. I just want to see my family do better.
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Skateboarding teaches you how to take a fall properly. If you try to kickflip down some stairs, it might take you thirty tries - and you just learn how to take a tumble out of it without getting hurt.
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I think there are a variety of misconceptions that go along with what 'MMMBop' and our band has been perceived as from the beginning, but I have absolutely no qualms whatsoever about playing 'MMMBop.'
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When I was 4 years old, I woke up in the middle of the night and told my parents there was a witch crying outside in the boxwood bushes. I didn't know who she was or why she was crying, but I was terribly upset.
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Govern a great nation as you would cook a small fish. Do not overdo it.
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It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is so little useless information.
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Rose Aylmer, whom these wakeful eyesMay weep, but never see,A night of memories and of sighsI consecrate to thee.
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There's a sort of rage a man feels when he's been deceived where he most trusted. It compares to no other anger.
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When I just write something, it's usually because I love it, I love the material, but I feel like I really need a creative partner to crack it. And I certainly need and have a lot of creative partners as a director.
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Life is a series of punches. It presents a lot of challenges. It presents a lot of hardship, but the people that are able to take those punches and able to move forward are the ones that really do have a lot of success and have a lot of joy in their life and have a lot of stories to tell, too.
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When I'm happiest writing is just not knowing where it goes and just let the characters bring you there.
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Any time there's a scandal, we always try and get involved.
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Really, handknitting is a dreamy activity, built into many people's thumbs and fingers by genes already there, itching to display their skills and achievement possibilities.
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Washington isn't utterly dysfunctional.
