Douglas Brunt Quotes
Your spouse, a sibling, a friend need to read your drafts. They have to be people unafraid to tell you what sucks. For early feedback, that's more important than professional editorial skill. Most people know what sucks.
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For me, it's always been very essential to work on projects that one can work on almost for their entire life.
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How long you live is less important than how healthy you are along the way.
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The names are bigger, the show is worldwide, but I get a royal pass into life in the broadcasting business.
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Common Core results finally give families an accurate barometer of whether our kids are mastering the skills they need to succeed in a knowledge-based global economy, early enough that we can intervene.
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I just respect Kanye as an artist.
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We are not saints, but we have kept our appointment. How many people can boast as much?
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I'm from outside Philadelphia, a town called Wayne, which is, like, 25 minutes northwest.
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Though I am a Catholic, a professing one, I have serious doubts about the survival of the human personality after death.
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It is an endless procession of surprises. The expected rarely occurs and never in the expected manner.
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I have this first album that sells more than 100,000 copies in its first week, debuts at number two, goes gold, the single goes platinum, we're doing Madison Square Garden.
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I don't think being a writer who is religious means you have to write about nothing but religion. When I do write about religion, it's to inform the story, not to push a certain agenda.
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There's a lot of interviews now where nobody seems to talk about anything. Like it's illegal. But it can be fun if you stay involved. Like most conversations.
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Thinking about your role will automatically get you in the frame of mind to get your strategy and game plan right before you step onto that field.
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If it weren't for how esoteric the art world likes to be, I would love actually to play the music in the shows, painting the music that influences me most.
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I know that for me, a lot of people will look at me and they'll think 'Somali' or 'outsider' instead of 'Minnesota.'
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The person who takes the oath of office in the next four months will shape not just the next four years, but the next forty years of our nation. In these next four years, we need proven leadership, proven judgment and proven values. America needs four more years of President Barack Obama.
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When I'm painting, I'm not aware of what I'm doing. It's only after a get acquainted period that I see what I've been about. I've no fears about making changes for the painting has a life of its own.
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I don't like to take a lot of stuff since I'm really sensitive to medications.
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I don't believe that classical architecture is enough to engage people anymore. They say: 'So what else is new?'
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Support women directors. When a play opens, and it's by a woman, put your money down.
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I really think that movies are the most popular form of story telling ever and have such a huge impact on culture when they do. So I really want to be a part of those movies that say something good to a lot of people.
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I understand perfectly well why the Catholic Church preaches against abortion. But it shouldn't be the purpose of the Catholic Church to prevent non-Catholics from having abortions if they feel that abortions are morally acceptable. They can certainly only argue for what they believe to be right in the court of public opinion and try to persuade people.
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Your spouse, a sibling, a friend need to read your drafts. They have to be people unafraid to tell you what sucks. For early feedback, that's more important than professional editorial skill. Most people know what sucks.
