Brad Feld Quotes
A rite of passage in America when you turn 50 and have good health insurance is a colonoscopy.
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I'm profoundly lucky. I really like it. I really like my work. I've liked it since I was 5 years old.
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I try very hard to handle things equally: ideas, materials, and images.
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I just get really defensive as soon as anyone comes near my personal life. I made a decision early on that it's strictly off-limits. No exceptions.
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I like 'The Nightly Show.' People ask me what it is, and I say, 'If you're watching 'The Daily Show,' and it feels like it's getting a little darker, you're probably watching 'The Nightly Show.''
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I started playing badminton when I was probably of eight years and ever since have been playing. I didn't go to university.
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It's a tough transition really for theater actors to adjust to television or film, and all of these years later, I still have a tendency to play it too big.
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Celebrities and 'famous' people are just regular folks. I know, it's a shocking and potentially dangerous statement.
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Today, for the first time - and the Obama campaign showed us this - we can go from the digital world, from the self-organizing power of networks, to the physical one.
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I'm not usually attracted to big-budget American films.
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There was a long time where I was an 'artist' in quotes, who had no money. But I guess back then I also never had a girlfriend.
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I'm uncomfortable with the limelight. I'm not the type to go to the places where I know I'll be seen. I'd rather keep a low profile.
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I know that John Adams has had a very hard time directing French ensembles.
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My dad is always there for me, and no matter how busy, he always makes it a point to answer my calls. I think he knows what is best for me better than me and is very involved in planning my career. Feel blessed to have a dad like him.
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If a literary man puts together two words about music, one of them will be wrong.
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What you wear onstage is a reflection of your artistry.
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Elves are like trees, grounded and focused from the trunk down but graceful and agile on top.
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I spent most of the '60s, when I was starting to try to write novels, living and working in Greece and Turkey. These are countries where the ancient past is interfused with the daily present, and I remember being struck with wonder at the constant sense of continuity and connection, the reminders that lie in wait for you at every turn.
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My friends told me that it's the hardest thing to separate the personal life from their work.
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My ego is really good. I don't need to watch myself on TV, like some others.
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I write a lot. I used to write a lot of poetry when I was younger, write for my school newspapers. Also reading is very important because you need to be on your word game if you want to be a lyricist.
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The Oscar buzz when I was nominated was totally overwhelming. I think I can cope with anything now that I've coped with that. It was huge. It makes you realize, coming from a small country like Australia, what an enormous industry it is in America.
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A library implies an act of faith.
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You're going to change the world? Well, go ahead and try. You'll give it up at a certain point and change yourself instead.
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A rite of passage in America when you turn 50 and have good health insurance is a colonoscopy.
