Douglas Brunt Quotes
A theme I'm obsessed with is the tension between human nature and the frameworks designed to curb the worst and promote the best of it.
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I always went with my agenda, I just couldn't execute it.
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Don't manage - lead change before you have to.
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Even though I've danced with actors, it wasn't the same with NTR.
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My first show was in front of 30,000 people with will.i.am, and I wasn't even that nervous.
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Acting is doing. It's not speaking; it's behavior. It's something happening, even if you're only listening.
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I was a bit odd. I read books and wanted to draw and go to art school.
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I'm mostly drawn to narratives that are difficult for me to visualize.
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He used to have a tent show, a little tent show, and I thought I was going to get a job working one year on the tent show, but he closed it down and I never got to go out there, but anyway, he had a sax and played drums.
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Charity is a very personal equation, like we say charity begins at home. It starts with your immediate help in the house: the people who work for you.
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Scientists at MIT and engineering schools all across America say that they could improve the fuel economy standards for the existing set of vehicles by 10 miles per gallon using existing technology, without compromising safety or comfort at all.
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I don't really have a type. I don't want to be a cliche. But personality is a big thing for me. You can find cute guys all over. But he's got to have some sort of sense of humor, which is so hard to find in a guy. He's got to be a bit smart.
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I had a good guitar, and I was a young, young kid.
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The accepted definition of a serial killer is a person who kills at least three times with a cooling off period in between his murders.
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I first met my husband when I was 15. He was very cool, in a band, all that kind of thing, but he took a long time to grow up. Our paths crossed again 10 years later, and after about two weeks I knew that was it. I'm glad I met him when I did, even though I was fairly young. Because I think sometimes you can crystallise into singledom.
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It takes a lot of dedication to quit smoking, and whether you give up for good on your first try or have to give it a couple of tries - just keep swinging at it and you will succeed.
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A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.
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I was always into fashion because my mom has always been interested in fashion. She majored in fashion merchandising in college, and it's always been something we have in common.
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Revolution in the modern case is no longer an uncouth business.
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I have a very muscular face.
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Attic tragedies of stateliest and most regal argument.
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I like how wine continues to evolve, like if I opened a bottle of wine today it would taste different than if I'd opened it on any other day, because a bottle of wine is actually alive. And it's constantly evolving and gaining complexity.
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As an improviser, my nature is to take a theme and constantly rework it.
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Even when I see a beautiful woman, I think, 'Aw, her life must be amazing.' Everyone does it. That's human nature to believe that beauty is everything.
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A theme I'm obsessed with is the tension between human nature and the frameworks designed to curb the worst and promote the best of it.
