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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We are so arrogant, we forget that we are not the reason for evolution, we are not the point of evolution. We are part of evolution. Unfortunately, we believe that we've been created to dominate the planet, to dominate nature. Ain't true.
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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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The impact of climate change is a tremendous risk to the security and well-being of our countries.
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The best physique I ever had was when I was ballet dancing.
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I developed slight body dysmorphia - when I would break out, I couldn't look at myself in the mirror for a couple of months at a time. I remember doing my makeup before school in the dark, which is an awful idea, but it's because I didn't want to see myself in that bright light.
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The people in New York - their humor is on a level that goes, uh, very deep, you know?
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People want to be connected to be everyone at anytime. They want to talk about their passions, they want to talk about their private life, they want to have the right to speak.
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Washington isn't utterly dysfunctional.
