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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A big reason why I'm not a big TV watcher is that in my formative years as a viewer, there wasn't that much great television on, or at least, television that appealed to me.
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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 bargain that yields mutual satisfaction is the only one that is apt to be repeated.
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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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I have to admit that I can't take a whole fig and eat it on its own as I would a peach or mango. It's just too much.
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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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War has become the environment of our time if only because it is an accelerated form of innovation and education. (p. 381)
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My life off the court has changed. I'm feeling good inside, so I guess it shows on the outside too.
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I think the whole idea of me was that I wasn't going to be but that I wanted to be, desperately.
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My father was a lorry driver, very rarely at home. The house was run by my mother, and because there were 10 or so kids, there was no time for individual attention. It was about survival. It was about where the next meal was coming from.
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She had to play the role of mother and father at the same time, and she did it to perfection. I managed to find a way through because of her. My mother is my biggest inspiration.
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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.
