Brandi Carlile Quotes
There are still civil rights issues. There are still people who can't be visited by their spouse in the hospital because they're gay. These are humanitarian issues. At the end of the day, all you want is for people to be happy in the pursuit of life, love and liberty.
Quotes to Explore
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The Sundance Institute has been vital to the film communities of Latin America.
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Journalists write because they have nothing to say, and have something to say because they write.
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What I love about the sci-fi community is that it's the most nonjudgmental, inclusive, diverse environment in the country. There's no group of people that is more diverse and inclusive.
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We have such little mystery in our lives generally because of how we live now. I mean, of course, mystery is all around us, but the way we live our lives now, we're too busy to be bothered with it.
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I've been living. I've been doing the writing thing. I've been being the family man. I've been traveling the world. I been to, like, 18 cities last year. I've been getting my thoughts together, trying to figure out what's going on with hip-hop itself.
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I have been in Sorrow's kitchen and licked out all the pots. Then I have stood on the peaky mountain wrapped in rainbows, with a harp and sword in my hands.
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I love old movies. The '40s theatre pace is fantastic.
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I think it's difficult to do fashion for men, because either you become very over-homosexual fashion or very boring fashion. You don't want a boy who looks 15 in a little pair of shorts with some strange art... But to see just a jacket and tie is boring.
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Marvel has such a huge slice of the pie.
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New Hampshire is moving in the right direction because we have shown time and time again that we can work across the aisle to solve problems.
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As far as money goes, there's a saying in Denmark: 'Your last suit doesn't have any pockets.' You can't take it with you. You can make all the money you want, but who cares?
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Fear obscures reason, intensifies emotions, and makes it easier for demagogic politicians to mobilize the public on behalf of the policies they want to pursue.
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What you had at the time was a dictatorship with the team owners.
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The test of good manners is to be able to put up pleasantly with bad ones.
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You can't trust water: Even a straight stick turns crooked in it.
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Obama is a great man who's just beginning to understand the realities. And I'm not just saying that because he reads my books. I would have voted for him anyway.
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I was what they call 'skinny fat' - a body that resembled a python after swallowing a goat.
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WWE doesn't owe us anything.
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My book sales make 'real writers' possible.
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But I've got more to learn, too. I don't feel like I'm done or I know it all.
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It's Moore's Law, everything will be obsolete in 10 years - I'll be obsolete in 10 years!
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There is the view that poetry should improve your life. I think people confuse it with the Salvation Army.
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People who work make the world live better and to reward these people well is normal. Yet they are not the people who are the wealthiest.
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There are still civil rights issues. There are still people who can't be visited by their spouse in the hospital because they're gay. These are humanitarian issues. At the end of the day, all you want is for people to be happy in the pursuit of life, love and liberty.
