James L. Brooks Quotes
When you work alongside somebody day in and day out, the relationships tend to be wonderful: they're lifelong.
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I think you grow up every year, every day. You learn something new and try to really worry about what's important in life.
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Since 9/11, there has been a huge leap in people wanting to get personally involved in public service and international affairs.
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I don't think I've ever sent a text to Gordon Brown because I'm confident that he would absolutely have no idea how to receive it. He barely managed to master WordPerfect 4.1.
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My brother is the former mayor of Baltimore.
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There is a serious tendency toward capitalism among the well-to-do peasants.
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It wasn't until the first season ended that I went to my first Star Trek convention. It was in Denver. There were two and a half thousand people there.
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I like having a smaller family. I think the more people you have in the family, the more people there are to have problems with.
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It was mostly through pop culture, through hip-hop, through Dungeons & Dragons and comic books that I acquired much of my vocabulary.
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When I first got Yves Saint Laurent Couture, I didn't know how to take off a cape. I would ask Katoucha and Dalma - the real divas of the runway - 'Can you show me?' I've never been afraid to ask for help.
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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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Listen to my voice - I sound like I'm permanently congested.
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I like me better naked. I don't mean that in a vain way... When you put clothes on, you immediately put a character on. Clothes are adjectives, they are indicators. When you don't have any clothes on, it's just you, raw, and you can't hide.
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I am deeply immersed in my medical work, and it can get very intense, but I believe that the connection and devotion is key. You can not work on diseases as devastating and deadly as Lassa and Ebola without complete trust and respect for the individuals with whom you work. My lab and colleagues are just extraordinary, and we are a family.
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I don't think it is so difficult to solve the problems between Cuba and the United States; it all depends on whether there is a dialogue, a discussion, or if the prejudices and hatred of people like the extremists and terrorists from the Cuban community, who try to impose their policies, prevail.
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I did two or three plays every summer.
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Don't try to be like somebody else. You'll be miserable. You need to be yourself, and don't ever get a big head.
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If you compare me to an actor, I'm probably one of the best boxers in the profession. But if you compare me as a boxer, I'm probably one of the best actors.
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Once you're in charge of your job, your house, your children, getting the food on the table, doing all of this, all of the time, it'd be nice for someone else to be in charge for a bit maybe.
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It's really helpful to be physically engaged in something that's completely different from my day-to-day work.
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People ask, 'How do you work with the other side?' Well, I start by not saying bad things about them.
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I always sang in school choirs and went on tours to other countries. I have always loved it. It's a very communal thing, and you really connect with people.
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The public relations warriors fought and lost Monte Carlo's Battle of the Magazine Covers.
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When you work alongside somebody day in and day out, the relationships tend to be wonderful: they're lifelong.
