Brandi Carlile Quotes
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It just seems like the most fun thing in the world. I've never met people who have kids who haven't looked me in the eye and been like, 'It's the greatest thing that's ever happened.'
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Considering the popularity of soaps with the African-American audience, it's grotesque that the entertainment industry, for all its vaunted liberalism, is lagging so far behind social changes in the United States. And why has there never been an all-black daytime network soap? It would probably blow the white soaps off the map.
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I couldn't stand back and watch the strong economy that my father envisioned go to ruins.
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I'm interested in playing, not working.
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Honestly, I try and stay away from what's been written about me, because if you let that stuff get to you and it's not true it can drive you crazy. One thing that I have heard recently which is not true, I didn't say it, is that I believe I was quote saying 'I will never take my shirt off for a movie again.' I didn't say that.
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Live your days on the positive side of life, in tune with your most treasured values. And in each moment you'll have much to live for.
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High school dropouts are forfeiting their opportunity to pursue the American Dream.
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It seemed like most of the memories faded before they had time to form. And after a while, my life with my father seemed like a familiar story or a distant dream.
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Those convinced against their will are of the same opinion still.
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Dissensions between Muslim nations run at least as deep, if not deeper, than those nations' resentment of the West.
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To create a nice relationship with an ex, the love has to change form. I think you just have to put your children first.
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I was the first one to allow a projectile to come off of the stage and into the audience. And I kind of take responsibility for the mosh pit.
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I almost got a psychology degree, I almost got a philosophy degree. I kept changing it so they couldn't make me graduate. I studied anthropology and eastern religion, epistomology, and astronomy... I took every interesting course I could find for nine years.
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I think I have a strange relationship with time. I'm not really aware of that time passing. I don't feel that I'm wasteful with time. But I'm not aware of it passing.
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We have lost a lot of ground to the extremists in the Middle East.
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When I started in California, people would say, 'Enterprise who?'
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Good directors say, Here's where the play is. They stand by the heart of the matter. Some of them stand beside it.
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I think they could of recast the children, I heard of people wanting to do something like that. That would be a nice little show to do but you know that show was of the 80's, I don't think the audience mind set is in that direction any longer.
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Congress seems to thrive on breaking promises and passing unfunded mandates down to local government. It's really just a matter of priorities.
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My parents actually wanted me to join the service.
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Disability is a matter of perception. If you can do just one thing well, you're needed by someone.
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I don't think there's any question that the UFL or any other league that wants to challenge the NFL can have an impact. The demand for professional football is off the charts.
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The Righteous Brothers got so heavy because of the dramatic hit records like 'Lovin' Feelin.' Bobby and I just felt like we were a couple of Orange County guys who were just having a great time singing rock n' roll, and then, boy, it became something else.
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Singing is a form of meditation... apparently the only one that I have command over.
