Brandi Carlile Quotes
Every city has a town outside with a lake. I pull out my fishing pole and fish. I've been doing that for a long time.
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Let us remember we are all part of one American family. We are united in common values, and that includes belief in equality under the law, basic respect for public order, and the right of peaceful protest.
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So yeah, I play the piano for most of the show, but I like rock and roll.
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Fame can be annoying, but there are perks too.
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For the first time, the weird and the stupid and the coarse are becoming our cultural norms, even our cultural ideal.
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I feel like a younger man, and I'm sure having a child and all that has to do with that.
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If people think they've found my biggest weakness, let them try to take advantage of it.
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The thing that is so great about Ang Lee is the diversity in his filmmaking, from 'Brokeback...' to 'The Hulk.'
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Hillary Clinton almost got to be president. The reasons why she didn't become president had to do with bad judgments about how to handle the early caucus states, which is not a gender-specific trait.
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To be honest, if it wasn't for my daughter, I don't think I would have gotten out of the situation that I was in before 'Idol' because I am a domestic violence survivor.
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We did an album one time called White Mansions, about the civil war, but it was written by a guy from England. His looking at it from over there and it not being a part of his history made it so he could be objective.
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'The Simpsons' money got bigger and bigger. When I left 'The Simpsons', no one thought that this thing was going to still be around. It's the cumulative effect. It's like, 'Oh my God, 25 years later, and it's still coming in.'
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People ask if I walk around and pinch myself. Yes, I do.
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During the crusades all were religious mad, and now all are mad for want of it.
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I like to do Pilates.
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The greatest pride, or the greatest despondency, is the greatest ignorance of one's self.
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As it is, relationships are difficult, aren't they?
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My M.O. is just do what you do and don't feel like you have to make apologies for it. I'm sure there will come a point when I have to apologize for something, but not yet.
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I just try to speak passionately about things I'm involved in and moved by.
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What I have to say, I say face to face.
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Despite his NFL pedigree, Clay Matthews had to fight every step of the way to get to the NFL. Once there, he's had a unique appreciation of what it took to succeed.
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Over the next decade, cities and states across America will be compelled to tighten their belts as the really big bills - the pension bills they cannot afford - come due. They'll have to go after existing contracts with current workers.
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Critical thinking is not something you do once with an issue and then drop it. It requires that we update our knowledge as new information comes in. Time spent evaluating claims is not just time well spent. It should be considered part of an implicit bargain we've all made.
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So I'm a one movie at a time person, I don't develop. Normally we do a movie then one thing leads to another. If something pops up that catches my attention, then I'll decide.
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Every city has a town outside with a lake. I pull out my fishing pole and fish. I've been doing that for a long time.
