James L. Brooks Quotes
Media reporting denied privacy to anybody doing what I do for a living. It was no longer possible to work on your picture in privacy.
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Its no secret that I've never liked tax credits.
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In a democracy, allegations will never improve situations. So, I'm against allegations, but I always welcome criticism.
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I really miss things like going to football games and pep rallies, and when I come home to Tulsa, I always try to go to those things.
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It's so important to get your skin to look even, whether it's with a MAC Cosmetics glow, a Laura Mercier tinted moisturizer, or even just a solid foundation. Start off with a good prep and a good primer.
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I did not love reading, spelling, math and science. I struggled. I was a terrible speller.
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Anytime you do something in this arena, whether it's public records or ethics, it's not like throwing a stone in a quiet pond. It's like throwing a boulder.
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One of two historically African American communities that sprang up along the Mississippi Gulf Coast after emancipation, North Gulfport has always been a place where residents have had fewer civic resources than those extended to other outlying communities.
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But, unfortunately, sometimes that affirmation creates a sense that you deserve special treatment and recognition in areas where you're not so talented.
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There are certainly things labels can still provide that indie artists can't. They can pave the way to radio and pay big bucks for promotion.
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I can't exactly say why there's not much protest music to speak off. And I know there are acts out there still putting a message in their music.
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I don't mind what the role is at all; I just want to play cool characters.
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I've always thought of myself as a character actor, even though I've played some leading-man roles.
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I cannot remember a time when the question of why people behave as they do was not intensely interesting to me. The desire to understand was very important. When I was young, I was aware of the fact that much of the time, the reasons a person gave for his actions were not the actual reasons.
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God takes care of imbeciles, little children and artists.
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Pro-lifers have long been castigated for bringing private values into the public square. But actually it is the pro-abortion position that is based on merely personal views and values.
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Although I'm an atheist who believes only in great nature, I recognize the spiritual richness and grandeur of the Roman Catholicism in which I was raised.
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I had admired Richard Burton for years and years before I had ever worked with him. He was a great, great actor. It was a joy to get to know him as a person.
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We did a lot of those road trips, all the mandatory stuff that you should when you're a kid, like Mount Rushmore and the Grand Canyon and the Sequoias and the western coast.
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Be quiet, or my wife will take away your first born and make him or her work in one of her sweatshops!
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Nothing is work unless you'd rather be doing something else.
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I loved 'Gladiator,' and I thought its depiction of gladiatorial combat, although it was an aggrandizing picture, was cleverly and expertly done.
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Pyrrhus said, 'If I should overcome the Romans in another fight, I were undone.'
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No matter what happens in a child's home, no matter what other social and economic factors may impede a child, there's no question in my mind that a first-rate school can transform almost everything.
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Media reporting denied privacy to anybody doing what I do for a living. It was no longer possible to work on your picture in privacy.
