James Brolin Quotes
I was raised in a family where no one had a serious bone in their body and every answer was a riddle, a joke, or a prank.
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The lesson of 'CSI' is: No matter what horrible things happen, nice policemen will turn up and fix everything and return it to the status quo.
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And there is no trade or employment but the young man following it may become a hero.
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I became a clown when these docs came to the house in Berkeley and asked me to come cheer up kids. I'd just had my third spinal fusion and I was looking for something to take my mind off the pain I was in.
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We shot 'Telusa Telusa' song in Bolivia. It took us 50 hours to get to the location. We shot in high altitudes, and oxygen cylinders were kept handy.
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The only time I can't sleep is on a plane, when I am literally keeping it in the air with my brain.
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And I pray thee, loving Jesus, that as Thou hast graciously given me to drink in with delight the words of Thy knowledge, so Thou wouldst mercifully grant me to attain one day to Thee, the fountain of all wisdom and to appear forever before Thy face.
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Dating is a numbers game. What we try to promise is good first dates. Once that first date happens, it's really up to you.
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For most inhabitants of the Arab world, the prevailing cultural attitude toward women - fed and encouraged by Wahhabi doctrine, which is based on Bedouin social norms rather than Islamic jurisprudence - often trumps the rights accorded to women by Islam.
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When you sample something, you're using the crutch of borrowing chords and melodies from a song that's already great, that's already stood the test of time, that's already special. When you're trying to do it all from scratch, you're writing something brand new that has to stand on its own.
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I just think political correctness is crap.
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Dried porcini add a substantial, deep flavour to otherwise more neutral vegetables. I use them in risottos, mashed roots and winter soups.
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I have lived a long life, and I am proud that I spend the whole of my life in the service of my people. I am only proud of this and nothing else. I shall continue to serve until my last breath, and when I die, I can say, that every drop of my blood will invigorate India and strengthen it.
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You cannot say we are a healthy, dynamic democracy when one party wins almost two-thirds of the vote.
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It's very simple. You have to be faithful to your other half and not have secrets. That's my rule.
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If you're not a confident person, pretend to be one.
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There is one kind of robber whom the law does not strike at, and who steals what is most precious to men: time.
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The opening lines of a book are so important. You really need to somehow charm your reader. If you can't get her attention in the first pages, you may have lost her. There has to be an ambience.
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There's no wrong way to experience a film.
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BULLSHIT. Have you _looked_ at the patches you are talking about? You should have - several of them bear your name. ... As it is, the patches are COMPLETE AND UTTER GARBAGE. ... WHAT THE F*CK IS GOING ON?
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At my school, when kids went into the army at 16, they didn't do it in a gung-ho, Tom Cruise, 'Born on the Fourth of July' way. They were generally - and I hope this doesn't offend them - the more vulnerable members of the class. They enlisted seeking family, and they didn't always find it.
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We are all guilty in someone's eyes. More so our own.
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What I want in my career is different to what I wanted when I was 21. It's got to be something that keeps my family together, that allows me to be present in their lives.
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We're comic book fans; we're huge NASCAR fans.
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I was raised in a family where no one had a serious bone in their body and every answer was a riddle, a joke, or a prank.
