James L. Brooks Quotes
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There are so many lovely cities around the U.S., around the world, that it's almost impossible to pick one.
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The reason a poet is a poet is to write poems, not to advertise himself as a poet.
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The thing that I took away as an early fan from Bob Dylan was the storytelling aspects. He can tell some wicked stories.
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One of my favorite episodes was the one in which Homer grew hair. That was a very unique episode, since there was a gay secretary, but that wasn't even the issue of the show-the issue was Homer's image changing because he had hair.
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We must say that there are as many squares as there are numbers.
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I understand acting and I understand actors. I don't really understand the world of celebrity. That's just bizarre. Those sorts of elements I'm at sea with.
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You'd think after 8 years of things called 'The Patriot Act' and 'No Child Left Behind' they would know that we have figured out the 'Call it what it ain't' PR ploy by now, but... um... no.
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I was always used to being centre stage - something that had its good and bad points.
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The vegetable life does not content itself with casting from the flower or the tree a single seed, but it fills the air and earth with a prodigality of seeds, that, if thousands perish, thousands may plant themselves, that hundreds may come up, that tens may live to maturity; that, at least one may replace the parent.
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You have to master not only the art of listening to your head, you must also master listening to your heart and listening to your gut.
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There are a lot of magazines that are still sort of... that only cater to a certain demographic and only put certain people on their covers.
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I really like one-on-one, rich relationships.
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Labor is the source of all wealth and all culture.
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Everyone should be good at what they do.
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The moment you have children and a mortgage you want things to work; you're locked into the human project and you want it to flourish.
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We cannot control what emotions or circumstances we will experience next, but we can choose how we will respond to them.
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Writing is the supreme solace.
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There is an immeasurable distance between late and too late.
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It was a deliberate decision to act in family entertainers like 'Govindudu Andari Vadele' and 'Bruce Lee.'
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If the U.S. doubled its total immigration and prioritized bringing in new workers, it could add more than half a percentage point a year to expected GDP growth.
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A coach's greatest asset is his sense of responsibility - the reliance placed on him by his players.
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Homeschooling is great because it's extremely lenient, and so if there's a day I come home from practice and mentally, I'm just exhausted, I can actually just save the test for the next day if I really have to.
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The history and baggage of certain actors and characters - it goes into the movie and becomes part of it. If Keanu Reeves wasn't Keanu with all the things that make him Keanu, it wouldn't be the same for him to come in and become his Bad Batch character The Dream. It's kind of meta or next-level interesting for me.
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Great things that can happen when you're doing a movie.
