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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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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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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In Australia, we've always been a country that runs the ball right up the middle on the fifth tackle. We've never seen a challenge we didn't like, and we've certainly never run from one.
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I often feel like I have this spirit living inside of me, always dressing in like short mini skirts... but then I start to discover myself. So there are eight spirits, mischievous ones, sad ones, handsome ones, wise ones, and crazy ones.
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The purpose of Plan Columbia was to deal with the increased cultivation and illegal activity associated with that cultivation concerning narco trafficking in Columbia.
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Green issues have been used as a marketing tool. Sometimes these green claims are completely meaningless.
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We have got to cut the spending. We have got to fix Medicare and Social Security. And actually, if we don't cut spending, this country is already broke. We are going off the financial cliff: the big cliff that is going to cause a total economic collapse of America.
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My father was a minister, and it was more my mother that had the responsibility of making sure the family put out an outward of appearance of living what he was preaching. She was the PR.
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Stardom is only a by-product of acting. I don't think being a movie star is a good enough reason for existing.
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Great things that can happen when you're doing a movie.
