James L. Brooks Quotes
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Dixie Chicks surprised me with a beautiful three-part harmony version of 'I'll Take Care of You.' And Don Henley's performance of 'The Heart of the Matter' still just slays me every time I hear it.
J. D. Souther -
I don't talk about Amy Winehouse as a 'singer.' She's a pioneer. I listened to her endlessly when I started writing.
Laura Mvula -
I hate celebrating birthdays.
Ranbir Kapoor -
I wanted to do two things when I was growing up, about your age. I wanted to play in the NBA, and I wanted to be a businessman after my basketball career was over, and that is what I am doing now.
Magic Johnson -
Whenever we changed schools, we had to make a new set of friends. At the time, of course, I hated it. But looking back now, I'm really glad I did, because it forces independence on you.
Patrick deWitt -
I collect books - a lot of books.
Kate Spade
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People need to have enough to eat and have work and money. But there are other things that are important.
Daniel Barenboim -
I was very happy being a secretary. I loved working for the government. I was very happy with my life.
Fawn Hall -
I believe it is an established maxim in morals that he who makes an assertion without knowing whether it is true or false, is guilty of falsehood; and the accidental truth of the assertion, does not justify or excuse him.
Abraham Lincoln -
Around here, ma’am, if folks got they mouth open, if they ain’t eating then they lying.
Orson Scott Card -
Vain was the chief's, the sage's pride! They had no poet, and they died. In vain they schem'd, in vain they bled! They had no poet, and are dead.
Alexander Pope -
Blepsidemus: There is no honest man! not one, that can resist the attraction of gold! (tr. O'Neill 1938, Perseus)
Aristophanes
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Justice to others and to ourselves is the same; that we cannot define our duties by mathematical lines ruled by the square, but must fill with them the great circle traced by the compasses
Albert Pike -
Elvis is the king of rock and roll, who made white kids shake there shackle.
Gene Klein Kiss -
I cut the labels out of my clothes because they scratch. Clothes are just little workhorses, aren't they?
Joanna Lumley -
We must not have an economy that discourages and chases away investors from investing in South Africa.
Cyril Ramaphosa -
There are no problems that exist in the District that have been solved elsewhere in the country. Whatever problems exist in this city exist other places.
Chaka Fattah -
When I was cast for 'Walking Dead,' I was still doing 'Lone Ranger,' so I have my 'Lone Ranger' look with the handlebar mustache. I think everybody appreciates the professional mustache.
Lew Temple
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I didn't call for a ballot at the start of the miners' strike in 1984. I'll regret that until my dying day.
Neil Kinnock -
I'm very familiar with the importance of dairy farming in Wisconsin. I've spent the night on a dairy farm here in Wisconsin. If I'm entrusted with the presidency, you'll have someone who is very familiar with what the Wisconsin dairy industry is all about.
Al Gore -
If Trump publicly commits to embrace science, stops threatening censorship of the Internet, rejects fake news and denounces hate against our diverse employees, only then it would make sense for tech leaders to visit Trump Tower.
Chris Sacca -
I second-guess and overthink and rethink every single thing that I do.
Taylor Swift -
Making an authentic film about anything is difficult.
James L. Brooks